Boosting Agricultural Yield in East Africa: The Role of Solar-Powered Irrigation Pumps and SunCulture’s Lipa Pole Pole Financing
In East Africa, smallholder farmers face significant challenges in boosting their agricultural yields. One of the most pressing issues is…
5 Benefits of Using Solar Water Pumps for Irrigation
In the modern agricultural landscape, efficient and sustainable solutions are crucial for farmers. One of the most innovative and beneficial…
Expanding the Market: How SunCulture’s Lipa Pole Pole Model is Revolutionizing Solar Irrigation pumps
In many parts of the world, smallholder farmers face significant barriers to adopting modern irrigation technologies. High upfront costs, limited…
Maximizing Water Resources
Kenya, like many other African countries, is heavily reliant on agriculture for economic growth and food security. However, unpredictable weather…
The Future of Agriculture in Africa
The agriculture sector in Africa is undergoing a major transformation with the integration of technology and innovation. As a solar…
How SunCulture is Building Climate Resilience in Africa
As we kick off the new year, we at SunCulture would like to take a moment to reflect on the…
Business Daily
Brookside eyes solar water pumps to boost milk output.
SunFunder
Groundbreaking $11m syndication for SunCulture to expand solar irrigation.
TechCrunch
SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time.
SunCulture Annual Letter 2020
Business Daily
Our CEO Samir Ibrahim shares his personal reflections on the journey of building SunCulture (August 2019)
Microsoft
SunCulture is featured at Microsoft Inspire, the annual summit for Microsoft’s partner community (July 2019)
Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps and MasterCard Foundation look at SunCulture as a case study on productive use of solar to increase incomes (April 2019)
BBC World Service
BBC World Service spotlights SunCulture for increasing agricultural productivity and resilience to climate change (March 2019)
Shell Foundation
Shell Foundation covers the launch of SunCulture’s Rainmaker 2, with a smart energy management system and IoT capabilities (February 2019)
London Stock Exchange
SunCulture named among the London Stock Exchange Group’s Companies to Inspire Africa (January 2019)
Microsoft
Deep dive on SunCulture’s work on artificial intelligence and precision agriculture, with Microsoft’s Airband Initiative (December 2018)
CDC
CDC and Acumen Lean Data publish an impact analysis of how SunCulture changes the lives of our customers (November 2018)
The Economist
SunCulture featured for our contributions to sustainable agriculture in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Fixing Food 2018 report (November 2018)
Financial Times
Financial Times awards SunCulture for Excellence in Transformational Agriculture and Achievement in Sustainable Development (June 2018)
CNBC Africa
CNBC Africa interviews SunCulture CEO Samir Ibrahim on de-risking smallholder agriculture in Africa (May 2018)
Unreasonable Institute
Unreasonable Institute reports on how SunCulture improves livelihoods and educational outcomes for farming families (March 2018)
Next Billion
Irrigation is the first step to getting smallholder farmers up the productivity ladder, writes our CEO in a blog post for Next Billion (November 2017)
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review highlights SunCulture as a company transforming African agriculture through digital technology (May 2017)
