About
SunCulture is a climate-smart agriculture and productive-use service provider to smallholder farmers, offering solar-water pumps, energy access, and financing in sub-Saharan Africa. SunCulture accelerates farmer access to energy through its innovative business model, which incorporates energy assets with enabling farmer services.
Project Focus
Shell Foundation supports SunCulture to pilot and commercialise their PAYGrow asset financing platform, and develop associated sales process, systems, distribution channels and KPIs.
Most recently Shell Foundation has enabled SunCulture to pilot carbon financing to demonstrate the impact on increased sales through lowering the cost of assets that has confirmed investments by BII and others, and expansion into markets outside of Kenya, including Ethiopia, Zambia, Uganda, and Ivory Coast.
Insights and impact
Latest news and updates
Fostering Innovation
Micro-Entrepreneurs
India
Clean Cooking
From flame to plug: what India’s micro-food vendors tell us about the commercial future of clean cooking
New research shows how electric cooking is improving productivity, incomes, and working conditions for micro-food vendors across India.
18th March 2026
Gender
Micro-Entrepreneurs
East Africa
West Africa
Clean Cooking
Cold Storage
Smart Energy Systems
What gender-responsive financing can unlock for women entrepreneurs
A Gender Results-Based Financing pilot shows how targeted incentives can unlock income growth, resilience, and opportunity for women entrepreneurs.
08th March 2026