“A month of entrepreneurship in Africa” In May and June, students Fabrice Verhaert and Stijn Van der Putten spent a month in Mali where, together with GreenVentures, they installed solar energy-based mini grids or ‘FlexGrids’. What began with fine-tuning a financial plan led to an educational path of social, international and innovative enterpreneurship. Recognition soon followed, in the form of substantial European financing for FlexGrid on the one hand and the first Soudal Award for Social Entrepreneurship on the other. Read more
How can microloans achieve their aim? Microloans are currently regarded as one of the most promising ways of encouraging entrepreneurship and combating poverty. Statistics show that the majority of the loans are repaid. We can therefore conclude that the system works. But is this actually the case? Read more