- February 27, 2023
EPISODE #
#47 Hossam Allam on food security and safeguarding our future
About this episode
Hossam Allam is the General partner at Climate Resilience Fund based out of Cairo, Egypt. We discuss the nature economy and what it means, then we deep dive into agriculture, food security and why our region is especially vulnerable.
We discuss the role of entrepreneurs in tackling some of the challenges we’re facing with a special sense on agri-tech. What are some of the low hanging fruits that can really move the needle? Why isn’t there more funding going into ESG?
We end with a sobering message. We have been mindlessly consuming for 200-250 years and nature has been subsidizing our growth. Today, nature is teetering on bankruptcy. What’re we doing about it?
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guest profile
Hossam Allam
Hossam Allam is the Egyptian/Danish co-Founder and Managing Partner at Climate Resilience Fund, an impact venture fund backing climate-smart startups in agri–food tech and the nature economy.
He is a prolific angel investor who in 2010 co-founded and built Cairo Angels, a pre-eminent and early entrant into Middle Eastern seed-stage venture capital, that continues to back African and Middle Eastern start-ups today in its new form Acasia Ventures.
A marine oceanographer by training, he spent twelve years at Shell International in environmental and commercial roles, before earning his MBA from London Business School, and setting up an Egyptian facilities management business, building it into a multi-thousand person operation which managed multiple mega projects, before exiting in 2020.
Hossam serves on the boards of nine start-ups, two NGOs, his family’s Hassan Allam Holding, and chairs the precious metals junior exploration company Ankh Resources.