The Trine Blog

Off-grid Solar in Rural Zambia

What I learned during my trip, meeting solar companies, sales agents and customers. I’m leaving with a heavy heart, I really hope to come back!

This trip opened my eyes to a lot of things which I’ve taken for granted. For example, you would think…

What’s the real impact?

Jon Warghed joined TRINE in February 2017 as our Data Scientist. He’s leaving us on Sunday for a two week trip to see for himself the real impact of our work. Here are Jon’s thoughts before he starts his journey…

Crowdinvestors on TRIp

During our first loan to BBOXX Kenya we ran a competition where an investor and a friend would win a trip to see their investment in action. We caught up with Anna and Tobias ahead…

Making it safer, easier and more impactful to invest sustainably

Since the beginning of TRINE our crowd-investors have always been in the centre. We constantly ask ourselves, ‘what can we do to improve our investment offer for the crowd?’

Energy poverty is not gender-neutral

Women are disproportionally affected by a lack of access to clean…

Inspired to code for a better world

I’m now back in Gothenburg after our TRIp and a subsequent vacation for me. I’ve had some time to reflect upon what I experienced in Kenya, both from just spending time in another culture and environment, but also what I learned about how our business works and how…

BBOXX making a dent in Rwanda

One of the benefits of living in Nairobi was the close proximity to the…

“Makes life better” — Meet Amos & Nancy

During our trip together with Pawame we also got to meet two of their customers, Amos and Nancy. They live in a remote area in the outskirts of Kitale town, Kenya. On their property it was a small mudhouse (about to fall apart) and a bigger house made of stone…

Etiska investeringar — hört den förut?

Etiska investeringar. Har du hört den förut? Ja, gissade väl det. 
De stora bankerna och…