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)
Forbes
SunCulture CEO Samir Ibrahim is named to the Forbes 30-Under-30, as a change-maker in energy (January 2017)
TEDx
SunCulture CEO Samir Ibrahim shares our vision for transforming agriculture by viewing smallholder farmers as customers (January 2015)
SunCulture wins Global LEAP Awards for new ClimateSmart Direct™ solar irrigation system
October 23, 2019
NAIROBI, KENYA – SunCulture, a Kenya-based technology company and a leader in solar water pumps and irrigation solutions for smallholder farmers, has won the Global LEAP Awards for its new RainMaker2 with ClimateSmart Direct™ solar irrigation system, in the category of submersible pumps for medium head applications. The Global LEAP Awards identify best-in-class off-grid appliance technologies that lead the pack in energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. They are run by the Efficiency for Energy Access Coalition and supported by UK Aid, USAID, and Power Africa.
SunCulture closes inventory working capital facility with the Facility for Energy Inclusion’s Off-Grid Energy Access Fund
September 5, 2019
NAIROBI, KENYA — SunCulture, a Kenya-based technology company and a leader in solar water pumps and irrigation solutions for smallholder farmers, has closed an inventory working capital facility with the African Development Bank’s flagship fund, the Facility for Energy Inclusion’s Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FEI-OGEF) managed by LHGP Asset Management (“Lion’s Head”).
SunCulture launches RainMaker2 with ClimateSmart™
January 30, 2019
NAIROBI, KENYA — SunCulture, a leader in technology solutions for smallholder farmers, last week announced the launch of two transformative products designed to boost the productivity of the world’s 570 million smallholder farming families.
RainMaker2 powered by ClimateSmart™ is a smart solar-powered irrigation kit that brings best in class precision irrigation to smallholder farmers in Africa for the first time. By combining this technology with an Internet of Things (IoT) platform, wireless sensors, and advanced machine learning algorithms, SunCulture is able to predict trends to optimize performance in real-time and offer affordable, easy-to-understand precision farming tools that were previously unimaginable for a smallholder farmer.
SunCulture closes investment with EDF Group
July 23, 2018
NAIROBI, KENYA — SunCulture, a Kenyan-based technology company and a leader in solar water pumps and irrigation solutions for small holder farmers, has closed an investment round with the EDF Group, one of the world’s largest electric utility companies and a global leader in low-carbon energy. EDF joins SunCulture’s existing institutional investors, Energy Access Ventures and Partners Group.