Providing low-cost, solar-powered irrigation to African farmers, increasing yields by more than 300 percent.
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June 30, 2018
Top Conscious Business Leaders 2018 - Conscious Company
These 21 superstars are making a difference through their personal-transformation work, the conscious workplaces they create, and the global impact of their businesses and ideas.
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October 11, 2022
Council Post: Do You Care About U.S. National Security? Then You Care About Global Food Security
I believe that if we better understand the interrelatedness of the world, we in the business community can help solve big problems. And food security is related to more of these problems than you...
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April 22, 2022
This 33-year-old raised $40 million to give rural farmers solar power and help fight climate change
In 2012 Samir Ibrahim and Charles Nichols launched SunCulture, a start-up that helps farmers grow food without relying on rainfall by using solar power instead.
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March 10, 2021
The 10 most innovative European, Middle Eastern, and African companies of 2021
Beewise, Sokowatch, Softbox Systems, and SunCulture are some of the top businesses in these regions when it comes to addressing today’s emerging needs.
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February 10, 2021
Groundbreaking $11m syndication for SunCulture to expand solar irrigation
Today we made the first disbursement from a new $11m syndicated debt facility to SunCulture, a solar irrigation company based in Nairobi.
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December 8, 2020
Kenyan energy startup SunCulture raises $14m Series A round - Disrupt Africa
Kenyan company SunCulture, a provider of solar power systems, water pumps and irrigation systems for smallholder farmers, has closed a Series A investment round of US$14 million to help it...
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