Futurepump is a small company from the UK with a factory in the UK manufacturing solar pumps. It is distributing its product in Africa through Davis & Shirtliff, a large company with a 78 year old history. The partnership is bringing the pumps to small holder farmers across 11 countries in Africa. As climate change is having a “real negative impact” on farmers, solar irrigation pumps help farmers “take backs some control.” Partnerships between start-ups developing innovative products and large companies are key to bringing climate products to the market.

But partnerships are not easy to build. In the case of Davis & Shirtliff, the robustness of the product of Futurepump and its ten year warranty was crucial to build trust between the two companies.

Sections
Section 1: First 9 minutes about Davis & Shirtliff and Futurepump
Section 2: Next 15 minutes about lessons from the partnership
Section 3: Last 15 minutes about the impact of the partnership

Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise New Ventures
www.regainparadise.org
Guest : Stephen Wambua, Group Irrigation Manager, Davis & Shirtliff
Helen Yapp, Operations Director, Futurepump

Guests details.
Stephen.Wambua@dayliff.com
https://www.davisandshirtliff.com/
helen.yapp@futurepump.com
https://futurepump.com/