CategoryAfrica

May 21, 2020

How the Restoration Economy Incentivizes Growing Trees

In Africa, Latin America, South Asia
May 21, 2020
21May

By Sofia Faruqi and Will Anderson | World Resources InstituteOriginally published by One Tree Planted How do we simultaneously fight climate change and improve food security? Is there a way for us to protect wildlife while creating jobs? What about better air and water quality? The answer: landscape restoration. Restoring degraded land by growing trees in forests and on farms not only...

March 12, 2020

Notes about eligibility

In Africa, Latin America, South Asia
March 12, 2020
12March

We have also heard from many amazing companies, “I am not sure if my company qualifies.”  We would like to provide some guidance. The overall premise is, if you are NOT sure if your company would qualify or not, we would encourage you to apply. Please see a few FAQs below that may further clarify: Q: My project is not structured as a company. Actually, it is a part of a non-profit initiative...

February 28, 2020

Webinar: Financing for your land restoration business

In Africa, Latin America, South Asia
February 28, 2020
28February

This webinar focused on explaining how impact entrepreneurs can leverage their strengths to find appropriate financing. Check out the recording of the webinar below: The webinar featured Moses Kimani of Lentera Africa, alumni from the Land Accelerator Africa 2018, who discusses his experiences and lessons with raising funds, his recent new focus to his business, as well as his experience with the...

February 19, 2020

How farming in forests could sustain the planet

In Africa, Latin America, South Asia
February 19, 2020
19February

Reuniting farmland with trees has the potential to improve agricultural productivity and boost food security by creating a landscape that does not become exhausted through overuse. Land Accelerator companies are identifying and scaling business models that help to restore the land and also provide financial benefits to farmers, forest dwellers, and land owners. Are you a land restoration...

February 14, 2020

Webinar: Biodiversity and your business

In Africa, Latin America, South Asia
February 14, 2020
14February

Held on Feb 13, 2020 over 60 entrepreneurs joined for a conversation featuring ways to ensure your company is doing its best to respect and promote biodiversity. Three experts shared techniques to incorporate biodiversity into business operations, consider biodiversity when planning land use change associated with expanding your business’s footprint, and collect and report on biodiversity impact...

November 2, 2019

Webinar: Climate resiliency for your business

In Africa, Latin America, South Asia
November 2, 2019
02November

WRI hosted the inaugural webinar targeting environmental and business issues for Land Restoration entrepreneurs. Dr. Moushumi Chaudhury presented practical best practices that companies everywhere can use to ensure they are prepared to face climate change and extreme weather events that are striking our planet more and more as time goes on. You may watch the recording of the webinar below to...

October 16, 2019

2018 Alumni Spotlight: Lentera

In Africa
October 16, 2019
16October

At the Transform Africa Summit, hosted by Smart Africa in Kigali, Rwanda on May 14, Lentera Africa was awarded the Afric’up Summit 2019 startup of the year after winning the finals of the pitch competition. The company graduated from the Land Accelerator in 2018. The Afric’up Summit aims to support the emergence of future African champions by promoting their skills, creativity and success stories...

September 17, 2019

Land Accelerator helps close financing gap for African soil startups

In Africa
September 17, 2019
17September

This was originally posted on Impact Alpha by Amy Cortese on September 10. Turning sugarcane waste into cooking fuel. Growing neem trees to make natural pesticides and insect repellants. Providing affordable piped water for smallholder farmers. These are some of the restorative services offered by the startups in this year’s Land Accelerator, a bootcamp program for African entrepreneurs working...

September 3, 2019

2018 Alumni Spotlight: Kalahari Honey

In Africa
September 3, 2019
03September

This article was originally posted on Fledge here. In Botswana, elephants often trample farmland, angering local communities. One 2018 Land Accelerator alumna, Mavis Nduchwa of Kalahari Honey, realized that bees make great fences to keep the wild elephants off of farmland. And the honey that they produce can provide rural communities with a sustainable source of income. Kalahari Honey trains...

August 23, 2019

Who’s speaking at the 2019 Land Accelerator?

In Africa
August 23, 2019
23August

From serial entrepreneurs to investors and technical experts, the speaker lineup that we have put together for our cohort is diverse and experienced. Agnes Manthi, Root CapitalHaving grown up in a farming environment in eastern Kenya, Agnes has been interested in agriculture for a long time. For ten years, she worked in the microfinance industry offering microloans to mostly smallholder...