The UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, British International Investment (BII) along with the UK-registered charity, Shell Foundation recently announced investments of US$2.1mn and US$0.5mn respectively into SunCulture, a Kenya-based company that provides solar-powered irrigation systems to smallholder farmers
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Exclusive interview with CEO and co-founder of FreezeM, Dr. Yuval Gilad
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Desmet: helping business transformation by leveraging digitalisation
Desmet is a company specialised in the engineering and procurement of installations and technologies for the food, feed, and biofuel industries, while also being a full technology provider to transform oilseeds, grains, and tropical oils into protein for feed and food, edible oils and fats, oleochemicals, and biofuels