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Our story began in 2010, with that year’s World Cup. It was in South Africa – you remember the Vuvuzelas, right? – and our future founder Maurits Groen decided he would help to ‘green’ it with LED lights. But when he got there, he found millions of people who weren’t even connected to the electricity grid. A seed was planted… something needed to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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