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June 12, 2019

Swedish impact hub Norrsken Foundation goes to Rwanda

The impact hub of Norrsken is going global. First stop: Kigali.


Mimi Billing

6 min read

The Swedish impact hub Norrsken is going global - first spot outside Sweden is Kigali, Rwanda.

The Norrsken Foundation has made impact entrepreneurship a hot topic within the Swedish startup scene in recent years, thanks to deep investor pockets and a trendy co-working space.

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Head shot of Erik Engellau-Nilsson, the chief executive at Norrsken Foundation.
Erik Engellau-Nilsson is the chief executive at Norrsken.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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