Samenvatting

This report is intended to describe my experiences of working as an intern at E+Co, an organisation investing in renewable energy and energy efficient technologies in developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. This was my last internship for my bachelor degree; therefore I was obliged to come up with a research question about a company, of which I was going to work on for the time that I had to be at the organisation. In total, I spent five months at E+Co, four months at E+Co Europe in the Netherlands and a month at E+Co Tanzania, conducting interviews with clients of enterprises financed by E+Co. The aim of this research was to find out the social impacts of E+Co investment activities in the rural areas of Tanzania and its relation to poverty reduction.
Among things that will be discussed in this report include, internship preparation, activities and assignment that were assigned to me during my internship period, learning goals and whether they were achieved. Furthermore, the usefulness of this internship to me and E+Co is described, and finally the report finishes with recommendations to E+Co, HU and future interns.