Written by Koen The on 12 March 2018
More than 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to energy. Most of them are in Africa. But something beautiful is developing. In the coming decades, more and more of these people will have access to energy. And it can be done in a way that will not damage our planet.
Wat een kwartaal! Het beste kwartaal in de geschiedenis van Lendahand qua investeringen op de website. En niet alleen mochten we dit kwartaal meer nieuwe investeerders verwelkomen dan in alle voorgaande kwartalen van 2017, ook breidden we uit naar Engeland.
Like every fast-growing company, our ambitions have met with their own share of challenges. For the sake of transparency, we would like to share these challenges with you and likewise our thoughts on how we intend to address them.
As of February 2018, Lendahand has begun the transition of the Advisory Board to a Supervisory Board.
This week the Energy4Impact knowledge center launched their third report on crowd-based energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In the report Energy4Impact concludes that Lendahand takes a leading position worldwide in financing the energy transition in Africa. We grow to a solid third place in the ranking.
"Heeft Generatie X het dan toch beter voor elkaar? Op dit moment zou je geneigd zijn te zeggen van wel. Ze zijn niet zo well-off als de babyboomers maar kennen wel termen als pensioenpremie holidays en hebben een sterk stijgende trend in huisprijzen meegemaakt".
CEO Arnoud de Vroomen: "And this is what makes us really proud of what we do: we change lives on a daily basis! Thousands of people are now experiencing, for the first time in their lives, what it is like to have electricity and by investing in our latest project you can be part of this, while earning a good return."
Two of Europe’s leading online impact investing platforms Lendahand and Ethex with support from UK aid and Virgin Unite have launched Energise Africa – putting life changing solar home systems within the financial reach of rural families.
Soon Lendahand will offer projects where you can invest alongside institutional investors via a fund managed by our new partner from Zimbabwe, Vakayi Capital Partners.
We are very pleased to announce the partnership of Luxembourg headquartered and Frankfurt-listed FinTech, MyBucks S.A.
The SimGas biogas system was launched: a ground-breaking product that is mass produced, fast to install, and customized to best fit customer needs; three unique selling points that enable supply to meet the increasing demand for domestic biogas in Africa and Asia.
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