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Meet the founder: Marica Quarsingh of Sea-Stematic on creating the ‘Tesla of Seafood’

AFN Sustainable Protein

Quarsingh talked to AFN about her goal and journey to putting Africa on the map for cellular seafood. Marica Quarsingh: I started out in corporate South Africa, working in commercial roles, leading media agencies and consulting. The bio-economy in South Africa has a strong synthetic-bio focus.

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Big Agriculture Casts Itself as Climate Champion Ahead of COP27

DeSmogBlog

and United Arab Emirates governments, the AIM for Climate (Aim4C) coalition pledged to accelerate innovation in agriculture and food systems to support climate action. Africa has workable alternatives right here at home, for resilient agriculture that works with nature.”. Aim4C’s participants skew heavily towards the Global North.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Prithivi Chellamuthu currently works as Senior Scientist – Curative, a biotech/healthcare startup involved in improving healthcare access to the community. She is a strong believer in the role of arts, technology and innovation in education, and has worked on related projects in Tanzania, India, China, and the US.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

He also worked with Nestlé while at McCann Enterprise to develop a low-technology platform for communicating nutrition and health information to low-literate consumers in equatorial Africa. He’s excited to bring his skills for channeling innovation and building partnerships to achieve broader impact. Hilda Liswani, 28.