Driven by the desire for a holistic lifestyle, in November 2022 the three entrepreneurs Judith Birghoffer, Cécile Birghoffer and Vanessa Görner founded AYUUKU (Indonesian for “my beauty“). AYUUKU offers premium plant-based drinkable wellness shots that are skillfully composed of tropical,…
Current fashion supply chains are ranked amongst the most wasteful and polluting on earth, built on extraction of large amounts of natural resources and a linear production and consumption process. Given this, fashion production and consumption have resulted in significant…
The mood barometer in the startup scene is back up: Enthusiasm and confidence have returned among founders and entrepreneurs, as indicated by the development of the Frankfurt Startup Fund this year. The inquiries for external capital financing along with guarantees…
The Covid 19 has had a negative impact on the lives of many people, organizations, and sectors of the economy worldwide. It is also fair to recognize that faced with the “new normality”, there have been providers of essential services…
ON THE ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA (SSA) Following the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) most governments in Africa adopted the target to reach universal access to electricity by 2030. However, 2018-levels of electrification in SSA remain low on…
Carbon tax is a fee imposed on the burning of carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, gas)1. Many economist and scientists regard it as an incentive to reduce the use of fossil fuels and an instrument for governments to reduce emissions, fight…
We asked our summer intern Lars Ballhausen to tell us about his experience at FS Impact Finance. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING SINCE YOU JOINED FS IMPACT FINANCE IN JUNE? During my time here I mainly worked in the areas…
As part of its analysis to inform COVID-19 policy responses, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is calling for adequate consideration of the vulnerability of economies as African governments consolidate efforts and define stimulus measures to mitigate national and regional…
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK After a robust economic growth reaching 4.5% in 2019, Kazakhstan’s economy expected to shrink by 2.53% in 2020. The main reason for the decline is the Covid-19 pandemic triggering deterioration in many sectors of the economy. The IMF…
HOW VIETNAM BECAME THE RENEWABLE ENERGY POWERHOUSE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA A SCAF INSIGHT SEA below expectations when it comes to new installations in wind and solar PV Vietnam marks the exception with over 4,000 MWs solar PV capacity added in…