Feb 18th, 2016

Ahead of the 2016 Sankalp Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya next week, Pioneers Post and the Sankalp team spoke to the founders of four ventures based in the continent to find out: ‘What does the world need to know about African enterprise?’

High number of funds, but impractical mandates

Sun-Culture is a business that designs and sells solar powered irrigation systems and agricultural extension services that make it cheaper and easier for farmers in East Africa to grow high-value fresh fruits and vegetables.

Co-founders Samir Ibrahim and Charles Nichols founded the business, which is headquartered in Kenya, in 2013.

Ibrahim offers his take on what the world ought to know about African enterprise. “This isn’t Europe and this isn’t the U.S. Solutions for Africans are not going to be developed in nice buildings in New York or London.