Aug 27, 2026 · 34 min · 15 segments
We sat down with Nyatichi Maraga to explore what happens behind the scenes of climate entrepreneurship, from identifying an idea and building a viable business to becoming investment-ready, attracting…
Eunice MaragaGuestSustainably Speaking Africa HostHostNow, Eunice, you're a senior investment, um, advisor or analyst, if I can call it that, at the Kenya Climate Innovation Center.
What does that work entail, and why does it matter so much?
At Kenya Climate Innovation Center, we basically support climate entrepreneurs across, uh, different thematic sectors that definitely fall under climate, um, and address the impacts of climate change.
So, um, supporting these enterprises, there's different levels to it, and where I sit now is more on the investment aspect, that over and above having worked with these enterprises, um, there's the need for some catalytic capital to enable them to commercialize further, scale up, and create, you know, um, the intended impact, um, that they need to create within the space.
So that's where I sit, um, yeah, basically dealing with the investments aspect to this, uh, within this space.
Now, Eunice, you're a senior investment, um, advisor or analyst, if I can call it that, at the Kenya Climate Innovation Center.
What does that work entail, and why does it matter so much?
At Kenya Climate Innovation Center, we basically support climate entrepreneurs across, uh, different thematic sectors that definitely fall under climate, um, and address the impacts of climate change.
So, um, supporting these enterprises, there's different levels to it, and where I sit now is more on the investment aspect, that over and above having worked with these enterprises, um, there's the need for some catalytic capital to enable them to commercialize further, scale up, and create, you know, um, the intended impact, um, that they need to create within the space.
So that's where I sit, um, yeah, basically dealing with the investments aspect to this, uh, within this space.
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