Category: Tanzania
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More education and venture capital for developing countries
Microfinance funds are today more popular than ever. They attract billions of SEK from Swedish institutions and individuals – even though researchers have not been able to establish a positive impact by microfinance. Swedish investors receive a high return on these investments, but the result for the poor entrepreneur ultimately becomes rather meager.
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On the benefit of switching towards financing SMEs rather than micro businesses
Published in Faedrelandsvennen 12 july 2018 Strømme Foundation changes its strategy from a focus on microcredit to a focus on financing small and mediums sized companies, in line with what my own research and experience indicates to be a better path towards prosperous economic development. I concur with this move and look forward to seeing…
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Tidningen entré skriver om min mikrofinansforskning samt MTI Investment — investerar i växande små och medelstora företag i Östra Afrika
I senaste numret av entré skriver journalisten Maria Linde om min avhandling samt om vårt jobb med MTI Investment AS – det nordiska investmentbolaget som investerar i växande små och medelstora företag i Östra Afrika. För att ladda ner delen som har med min forskning att göra klicka här: Pontus Engström_entre-nr-4-2016 För att ladda ner…
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MTI Investment, investing in the growth of Eastern Africa
We are launching our website now for MTI Investment. www.mti-investment.com “Mti” is Swahili for tree – symbolizing MTI’s focus on growing companies, with the potential to bear fruit from our long-term efforts of investing, coaching, mentoring and monitoring our portfolio companies. MTI Investment is a Tanzanian/Nordic investment company founded by Professor Trond Randøy, PhD candidate/MSc.…
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Jambo (hello)! A field trip to Tanzania
Just ended an interesting two-week field trip to Tanzania. Me and the one eyed professor Trond, named so after a lost battle with his contact lens in the flight over, have been travelling around the Tanzanian country side, together with our Tanzanian colleague Dr. Neema Moori. Like three explorers we have travelled on bumpy “roads”…
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The world´s unsettled debt to Africa?
(English follows) Relaterat till min PhD har jag nu befunnit mig en tid i Tanzania. Kanske låter det lyxigt, men det har inneburit ett ganska hårt arbete och många långa och dryga resor på dåliga vägar. Så efter en tuff vecka, har jag tagit mig ut till Stone Town på Zanzibar, ett persiskt uttryck för…
Pontus Engström 