Recorded live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026, this episode features Mukami Wairaina, Associate Investment Director at Novastar Ventures.

Novastar Ventures is a venture capital firm backing planet-positive, people-centered businesses solving mass-market problems across Africa's agriculture and climate sectors.

In this conversation, Mukami unpacks the continent's vast untapped agricultural potential - including the 60% of arable land still uncultivated - and the challenges smallholder farmers face, from costly inputs to steep post-harvest losses.

The discussion also covers how integrated digital platforms, climate risk insurance, and circular-economy innovations like biodigesters are building more resilient agritech businesses, plus why local currency debt, diverse funding, and stronger exit markets are key to sustaining th ...