Samir is the CEO and founder of SunCulture, a leading agriculture and climate technology organization serving several markets across sub-Saharan Africa. SunCulture helps smallholder farmers grow more food with climate technology, carbon financing, and a digital marketplace, and is the largest solar irrigation company in Africa. The company is backed by investors including Reed Hastings and Eric Schmidt, was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, and has been named as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. Samir recently served on the board of the Kenya Revenue Authority (IRS-equivalent of Kenya) and gave a TED talk titled "How hip-hop can make climate action cool".