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Samir Ibrahim
SunCulture

Samir Ibrahim is the CEO and a co-founder of SunCulture, headquartered in Kenya. SunCulture sells affordable solar-powered irrigation solutions to smallholder farmers in East Africa. SunCulture was the first company to commercialize solar-powered irrigation in Africa and is the only in Africa that provides a turnkey solar irrigation solution to farmers. In addition to industry-leading solar-powered irrigation systems, SunCulture-trained technicians and agronomists provide on-farm training, soil analysis and agronomy support by mobile phone, and next-day delivery and installation anywhere in Kenya is included in the price of the system. SunCulture farmers have average annual revenues of $14,000/acre, compared to just $600/acre they receive growing maize using rain-fed agriculture.

 

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