Dear SunCulture Supporters, We recently announced our oversubscribed Series B equity fundraise, which we closed at the end of 2023. This is an important milestone for SunCulture, and not just from a financial perspective. It signifies a powerful vote of confidence in our vision, team, and the potential of our company. While this is certainly worth celebrating, I describe a […]
Dear SunCulture Supporters, A few weeks ago, SunCulture announced our commitment to deploy 274,000 solar irrigation systems to smallholder farmers nationwide to achieve food security in Kenya. The commitment was highlighted by United States Vice President Kamala Harris in a press release. Deploying 274,000 solar irrigation systems over the next 5 years will directly improve the […]
Dear SunCulture Supporters, In last year’s annual letter, I advocated for a more focused approach to how capital gets allocated and what it needs to be allocated to in order to scale climate resilience technology, and specifically, solar irrigation. My sense of urgency on this has continued to increase, and for good reason: the Intergovernmental […]
Dear SunCulture Supporters, We’ve always known that SunCulture is important to our customers, their families, and their communities. But this year showed that being a SunCulture farmer makes all the difference. This is most easily seen when comparing how SunCulture farmers fared versus non-SunCulture farmers in 2020.
Dear SunCulture Supporters, As you read these words, food insecurity is peaking in the Horn of Africa. Across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, farmers have suffered two years of poor rainy seasons and depressed crop yields. One of our customers, Ruth, told us that she spent last year waiting for the rain to fall, while watching […]
Dear SunCulture Supporters, One month ago, we closed a round of funding with EDF, one of the world’s largest electric utility companies and a global leader in low-carbon energy (press release). This exciting deal demonstrates that major power players view the off-grid sector as a future cornerstone of their business. In the African context, investing […]
Dear SunCulture Supporters, Usually, I write this letter in late April or early May. This year I waited to see how the world’s biggest superpower would fall on the issue of climate change. The decision has been made and now, more than ever, we need to step up to protect the future of our planet.
To Family, Friends, Advisors, Mentors of SunCulture Kenya Limited: This is the first of many annual letters that I hope to write. However, this letter is of particular importance as today we mark SunCulture’s official one-year anniversary. Good ideas evolve in stages, and although it has been more than a year since Charlie and I […]
