Based on the development of our pilot plant in 2019 and the acquisition of our second site for off-grid electricity production in May 2019, Hydrobox is proud to announce the launch of its first crowdfunding campaign to scale up its operations.

The crowdfunding...

Green Crossroads is happy to announce that Hydrobox has been incorporated as a fully independent company. We are proud to have incubated Hydrobox in its early stages and are confident Hydrobox has a very bright future ahead.

Hydrobox CVBA was founded on 6 November...

It all started with a late night beer in a hotel bar in Accra, when Thomas Poelmans & Christian Verbrugghe met while participating in the 2015 trade mission to Ghana organised by Flanders Investment & Trade. 

Thomas was working under Green Crossroads as an...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the area of computer science that emphasizes the creation of intelligent machines that work and react like humans. Already at a very young age, Professor Johan Loeckx became interested in artificial intelligence, which eventually led him...

Following a matchmaking between Belgian and Kenyan start-ups as part of the Silicon Savannah economic mission by Startups.be & Close the Gap, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Green Crossroads is happy to announce they have launched a new spin-off in K...

Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world when it comes to global warming, but the continent is stepping up efforts to find solutions with backing from climate funds.

Twenty-seven nations – half of Africa – have signed up to pilot programmes finance...

 A gradual process of development has started yielding results for African hydropower, with a swathe of international hydro and associated power export projects under way or planned. It seems that Africa is becoming a more attractive place to invest in infrastructure d...

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has published its 2016 Hydropower Status Report.

Building on statistics published by IHA earlier this year, the report highlights that 33.7 GW of new installed hydropower capacity was commissioned in 2015, including 2.5 GW...

In 1977, the average price of generating energy from sunshine was $76.67 a watt. Today, the price has dropped to just $0.60 a watt. It’s a stunning 99.2% drop in 38 years, and solar energy is soon going to reach “grid parity” all over the world – the point where it is...