A successful laboratory equipment maker in Romania has invested in private energy to secure their plans for future growth. The local grid was not able to cope with their increasing power demand resulting in between 3 and 5 power outages per day. For E-Laborator Feeria SRL  that kind of disruption to their manufacturing schedule was bad enough […]

The market at Sabon Gari in Kano state, Nigeria, has 12,000 shops where you can buy everything from vegetables to visual arts. It’s so big they call it ‘Mini Africa’. Several kilometres of bustling passageways and roads, packed with shoppers and the shouts of traders calling attention to their bargains, makes for an exhilarating atmosphere […]

A remote part of the island of Fiji with no access to grid electricity may not sound like an ideal location for a business. However, German national Robert Glowatzki and his Italian wife Lucilla Chiericati have set up a factory to make organic iced cream – using exotic fruits like Soursop, Passionfruit and Vudi (my mouth is […]