“If we want to make meat for Africa, we’ve got to start looking differently at the solution as opposed to just replicating what's worked overseas.”
My guest for this episode is Brett Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Mzansi meat, the first cultivated meat startup in Africa.
In this interview, we cover a lot of ground I haven’t previously discussed on this show…
Developing cultivated meat for the African markets diverse expectations and needs.
Raising funds and growing their team as two non-technical co-founders.
Efforts to gain access to the President of South Africa’s special Ankole cattle herd for a sample to develop a cell line.
Mentioned in this episode - mutton/the future of meat https://freakonomics.com/podcast/meat/.
https://www.mzansimeat.co/
Twitter: @mzansimeatco