4 November 2019
Episode 265
15 minutes
This week we’re joined by another of the inspirational thought leaders and innovators supported and celebrated by UBS via its Global Visionaries programme. This time it’s the turn of Sebastian Groh of SOLshare, creators of a revolutionary new approach to affordable solar electricity worldwide.
4 November 2019
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