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Podcast: Unlocking Africa
Episode: A Billion-Tonne Vision: The Company Using Rocks to Remove Carbon and Boost African Agriculture with Sam Davies
Description: Episode 182 with Sam Davies, CEO and Co-Founder of Flux, a pioneering climate-tech company based in Nairobi that’s scaling Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) to remove carbon from the atmosphere and restore Africa’s soils. A former British Army reconnaissance officer, Sam transitioned from military leadership to climate entrepreneurship, driven by a personal vision to contribute meaningfully during the climate crisis.After discovering carbon removal while producing the documentary Legion 44 in Kenya, Sam founded Flux to unlock Africa’s immense potential for ERW, a natural process that sequesters CO₂ while improving crop yields and regenerating farmland. Under his leadersh...