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Solar irrigation pumps for sustainable farming.

SunCulture

SunCulture (SC) is a late venture-stage Climate Smart Agriculture & 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.

2012
Established in
2016
Partner since
350 +
Employees
Shell Foundation’s role

Our involvement

Shell Foundation supported 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; that has catalysed investors like BII.

Female farmer watering her crop

For 25 years, Shell Foundation has partnered to scale clean energy solutions that boost incomes and cut emissions

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