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Nadia Sheffer

CEO of Alga Global; seaweed entrepreneur and blue economy leader transforming coastal economies through sustainable biorefinery technology in South Africa.

Jul 7, 2026

36:05
Why is Elon Musk not investing in kelp?
36:09
Um, that would be, that would be amazing to get him on the like heads up on that one.
36:15
Um, I think it is because you you're working with nature.
36:19
So it's not a guarantee.
36:22
There's so much potential, even like if you, for instance, the, the species, uh, Ulva can be, uh, cultivated on land where with that one, especially for the food production, you need a system where you, you have 100% control over the whole system.
36:38
So in South Africa, some of the big productions around that is done with the abalone industry, where they use a system called IMTA.
36:48
So it's integrated multi-tropic aquaculture, where you're basically just replicating what happens in nature.
41:17
It's difficult, isn't it?

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