Some of these I still lead. Some I handed over. All of them still open doors.
The company behind the bridge. Bridgizz accelerates cleantech and social entrepreneurship across Morocco, Africa, Europe and MENA: incubation, funding guidance, innovation showcases, corporate and government partnerships, market entry. Amsterdam and Casablanca.
The world's largest green business ideas competition, brought to Morocco and financed from my own pocket. No one was building the cleantech pipeline. So I did.
Women-led green entrepreneurship from Morocco's forgotten cities to the heart of MENA and Africa. Because the energy transition will not be built by half the talent.
Guiding foreign investors into Morocco and Africa: market conditions, legal frameworks, the right local partners. Casablanca.
globalinux.comA platform promoting investment and trade towards Morocco and building the bond with the Moroccan business network.
The first fund in the Netherlands dedicated to Morocco's development and bilateral cooperation.
Co-founderThe Dutch trade and investment centre for Morocco, financed by the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce and the Municipality of Rotterdam. It helped Dutch and Moroccan companies do business with each other.
Architect and director, from 2002My first consultancy. Intercultural management, diversity and communication. From one to 22 consultants in 7 years. Then sold.
Co-founder, 2000 to 2008From one idea to 42 cities in the Netherlands and 5 cities abroad. One of the longest festivals in the country. Winner, Marketplace of Ideas, UN Alliance of Civilizations, 2009.
Founder, 2005A book and a project about the people who make a city: 180 nationalities, 180 portraits, with Amsterdam Museum, OBA and Het Parool.
Author and co-founder, 2015
I support startups with coaching, incubation and introductions, and I have connected many of them with investors. If you are a fund looking for cleantech founders in Morocco and Africa, I know where they are.
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