Bboxx: Fixing the World’s Largest Issues by means of Entrepreneurship with Founder and CEO, Mansoor Hamayun

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Mansoor Hamayun is the Co-Founder and CEO of power tech firm Bboxx. 

In 2008, Mansoor noticed a Rolex advert in Time Journal, however not the unusual variety. They awarded a Nepalese NGO for offering electrical energy to rural properties. What shocked him probably the most was the 1.6 billion individuals residing on this planet with no electrical energy. They had been residing in full darkness, and had been forgotten. That triggered the concept of Bboxx. 

Mansoor was born and raised in Pakistan earlier than transferring to Sweden. He likes to say that he’s had expertise within the creating world and the developed world. 

“Bboxx is an organization fixing a set of buyer’s issues – isn’t that every one companies? In the event you’re not fixing somebody’s issues or wants, you’re probably not in enterprise.”

He then went on to check at Imperial School London the place he met his co-founders, Christopher Baker-Brian and Laurent Van Houcke. Collectively they ran a student-led organisation named Equinox. They managed to affect 600 households throughout their summer season breaks, and had their first stint at fundraising. This set them up with sufficient expertise to finally grow to be enterprise companions. Now, so far, Bboxx has put in over 200,000 photo voltaic power programs in properties and companies throughout East Africa. 

“[A Rwandan customer] purchased a photo voltaic residence system and began a barber store, and he grew the empire to 10 barber outlets throughout Africa – [a] mini empire.” 

On this podcast episode, Mansoor sits down with Josh and Alex to debate:

• Their long run objective to offer everybody electrical energy by 2030 
• The early subject with lack of capital and the battle to fundraise within the UK
• The problem of fixing individuals’s notion of Africa
• Sustainable power and the way individuals can be taught to adapt for a greater future 
• How Bboxx have developed their firm tradition

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