Tech Solutions (#1): The affordable tech that will revolutionize farming (with Samir Ibrahim and Josephine Waweru)
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🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
When entrepreneur Samir Ibrahim asked farmers in Kenya what problem they most needed solved, the answer was simple: reliable access to water to irrigate their farms year-round. Samir is the CEO of SunCulture, a company replacing diesel- and petrol-powered water pumps with more affordable solar-powered ones. He sits down with Sherrell Dorsey, host of the “TED Tech” podcast, to discuss how he continues to innovate his product to serve smallholder farmers. Later, Sherrell chats with coffee farmer Josephine Waweru about how SunCulture’s pump revolutionized her farm and the advice she has for young people to succeed.
This is episode one of a four-part series airing this month on TED Tech, where host and climate tech journalist Sherrell Dorsey speaks with climate leaders on the technology sparking a greener, more equitable future.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Madupa here. |
| 0:07.0 | Today we're sharing an episode of a podcast we think you'll love. |
| 0:11.0 | It's been handpicked by the TED staff, and we think that as TED business listeners, |
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| 0:27.7 | Welcome to TED Tech, a podcast from TED. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm your host, Shirel Dorsey. |
| 0:34.1 | Today, we're kicking off a special mini-series about climate solutions and the technology that can lead us into a greener, more equitable future. |
| 0:43.3 | The climate crisis feels more urgent than ever, and I'm not the only person saying that. |
| 0:50.3 | Many in the international climate community define this time we're living in as the deciding decade. |
| 0:57.4 | Our last chance to get it right for the future of our planet and humanity. |
| 1:03.9 | As we consider possible pathways forward, I often ask myself, what bold ideas about climate can give us hope? What conversations |
| 1:14.0 | aren't we having that we should? And where have we limited our thinking about what's possible |
| 1:20.3 | for our planet and our future? I went to this year's countdown climate summit in Nairobi, Kenya, |
| 1:30.0 | looking for answers to some of those questions. |
| 1:36.6 | And my time at Countdown was an adventure in discovering what's possible. I spoke with some of the world's leading minds who are actively shaping climate change solutions, the visionaries and doers |
| 1:42.8 | confronting one of the greatest challenges of our time. |
| 1:46.5 | And over the course of this four-part series, we're bringing those conversations to you. |
| 1:51.9 | Today, you'll hear from two of these climate change makers. |
| 1:56.3 | First, we'll speak with Samir Ibrahim, a CEO of a company called Sun Culture. |
| 2:02.7 | In the last decade, Sun Culture has brought solar-powered water pump technology to rural farmers in Kenya and across sub-Saharan Africa. |
| 2:12.7 | Today, they serve over 60,000 farmers. |
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