Kjaer Group’s Chairman Receives Top Prize for Social Entrepreneurship

November 18, 2008

Mads Kjaer, Kjaer Group’s Chairman and Co-Founder of MyC4, 2008 Freedom Award Recipient

MYC4’s co-founder and Chairman of Kjaer Group A/S Mads Kjaer received the Liberal Award 2008 presented by the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Andersen.

Picture left: Carl Holst, The South Denmark regional president of the Liberal Party and Chairman of the Liberal Freedom Award, Mads Kjaer in the middle and the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Picture by: Hasse Ferrold.

The award honors exceptional entrepreneurial achievements and in the case of Mads Kjaer it is for his and MYC4’s action to combat poverty in Africa. The award recognizes Mads Kjaer’s long standing commitment to social entrepreneurship.

The internet Marketplace MyC4 was incubated from Mads Kjaer’s many years of work with Africa in his role as CEO of Kjaer Group A/S. Kjaer Group was founded in 1962 and is one of the leading automotive solution providers for the Aid and Development Sector and emerging countries.

MYC4 was founded in May 2006 as a joint venture between Mads Kjaer and Tim Vang. MyC4 raises capital for African entrepreneurs and strives to become a significant tool in the fight to end extreme poverty.

"It is an enormous recognition of MyC4.com as a serious tool for poverty alleviation through business. The overriding task for the international community is helping to generate the 10-15 million African jobs annually, which is necessary if the large youth generation should be absorbed in the labor market in Africa," said Mads Kjaer, when receiving the award.

To read more about MYC4, please click here www.myc4.com