Across East Africa, we work with founders and innovators building practical solutions for sustainable food systems, clean energy, agriculture, water, mobility and the circular economy.
150+ students in co-creation labs. 20+ startups moved from research-backed innovation to traction. 28 startups guided to investment-readiness and follow-up investment. This is what climate impact looks like in numbers, across East Africa.
AgTech
Revolutionizing soil testing through the Rhea Agripad — an IoT device combining sensors, cloud analytics, and ML to deliver fertilizer recommendations in 15 minutes instead of 14 days.
FinTech / AgTech
AI-powered market risk intelligence providing automated micro-finance risk analysis and mobile-first market intelligence for informal traders and farmers across East Africa.
Clean Energy
Hybrid business selling solar water pumps, panels, and irrigation systems, plus installation, training, and financing services to farmers and cooperatives.
Clean Energy
Solar-powered micro mills deployed under an installment payment model, reducing farmers' travel to milling centers while promoting eco-friendly agricultural products.
Food Systems
Tech-enabled food distribution platform using USSD to connect rural farmers directly with urban retailers, bypassing middlemen and reducing food waste.
Clean Mobility
Electric bicycle-based transport for underserved markets via a Battery-as-a-Service model, particularly for rural dairy transporters.
AgTech
Climate-smart platform connecting smallholder farmers to clean-energy agri-machinery (solar, biogas, electric), financing, and digital services.
Energy
Field testing, market research, and QA for Productive Use of Energy manufacturers, plus after-sales repair and e-waste disposal.
Renewable Energy
Converting food waste into clean-burning bioethanol fuel plus animal-feed and fertilizer byproducts, run by an all-female team.
AgTech / Food Systems
Youth-led company transforming potato farming by supplying smallholder farmers with climate-resilient certified seed potatoes and AgroHubs.
Climate Tech / AgTech
Nairobi-based climate-tech enterprise using AI-enabled, solar-powered "Wastebot" composting technology to convert organic waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer.
Circular Economy
Machakos County-based company recycling plastic waste into multi-purpose fencing poles and offering sustainable agricultural products.
Food Systems
Delivering ready-to-cook African Indigenous Vegetables through climate-smart value chains empowering local women farmers.
AgTech
IoT solar-powered soil probes and mobile app to optimize irrigation and improve yields, addressing drought and water scarcity.
AgTech
Women-founded startup combating bee colony collapse using patented IoT smart-hive technology and precision pollination.
WASH
Solar-powered, IoT-enabled smart water kiosks delivering safe drinking water at a fraction of bottled-water cost.
Waste Management
Youth-led social enterprise in Mombasa trading HDPE, PP, and PET plastic waste — selling to recyclers in informal settlements.
HealthTech
Reducing neonatal mortality via NeoNest — a low-cost, locally sourced device preventing hypothermia during neonate transport.
AgTech
Offline, AI-powered precision farming system leveraging Tiny ML and real-time data for actionable insights for smallholders.
Clean Energy
Developing green ammonia from renewable hydrogen and Bio-CNG from organic waste — sustainable fertilizer and clean fuel.
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