Berber Verpoest (1983) is a freelance (video) journalist from Belgium.

He writes and shoots projects on a variety of topics such as the economy, human rights, energy and development for Apache.be, De Standaard, MO* and Vranckx, among others. In 2010 he won the VVOJ's De Loep award for upcoming investigative journalists.

Basic information

Name
Berber Verpoest
Country
Belgium
City
Ghent
Twitter
@berber21
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Supported projects

Belgian Minister of Finance Reynders mocks parliament

  • Politics
  • Finance

Due to the banking crisis the Belgian government had to bail out 4 major financial institutions in 2008 and 2009 to prevent them from bankruptcy. Fortis, KBC, Dexia and Ethias initially received more than 20 billion of tax payers' money which they will have to reimburse eventually. But which role does the government play in the meantime now that it acquired seats as an important stakeholder in the governing boards of these banks?

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Breathless

  • Health
  • International

Kapelle-op-den-Bos is the birthplace of filmmaker Daniel Lambo. Life was good there, Daniel's father was a labourer and trade unionist in the local Eternit factory. The company was once one of the largest asbestos-producing multinationals in the world.

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The Lunatic Express

  • Industry

How did one of Africa's biggest investment companies spend the money they collected from international developments banks for the refurbishment of the Rift Valley Railway?

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