Bboxx: Fixing the World’s Largest Issues by way 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 peculiar form. They awarded a Nepalese NGO for offering electrical energy to rural properties. What shocked him essentially the most was the 1.6 billion individuals dwelling on this planet with no electrical energy. They had been dwelling in full darkness, and had been forgotten. That triggered the concept of Bboxx. 

Mansoor was born and raised in Pakistan earlier than shifting to Sweden. He likes to say that he’s had expertise within the growing 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 ultimately turn out to be enterprise companions. Now, thus far, Bboxx has put in over 200,000 photo voltaic power methods in properties and companies throughout East Africa. 

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

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

• Their long run aim to supply everybody electrical energy by 2030 
• The early difficulty with lack of capital and the wrestle to fundraise within the UK
• The problem of adjusting 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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