10 ventures selected to scale solutions for extreme heat across food and agricultural systems, healthcare, climate intelligence, and clean energy
LAGOS, Nigeria, 29 April 2026 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – As heat
intensifies across Nigeria, a new cohort of ventures is developing
solutions to protect crops, reduce food spoilage and livestock losses,
and equip hospitals and outdoor workers to anticipate and withstand
extreme conditions.
BFA Global, FSD Africa, ClimateWorks Foundation, and the UK’s Foreign,
Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Nigeria have selected 10
early-stage ventures to join the inaugural cohort of the TECA Heat
Action Wave (THAW) program focused on accelerating solutions to extreme
heat.
The 10 selected ventures are:
- Ofemini Global Limited provides a heat-resilient logistics platform
that helps farmers transport perishable goods efficiently, reducing
spoilage caused by extreme temperatures through optimized routing and
heat monitoring. - Agiletech Operations Consulting Limited provides a hyperlocal
early-warning system that delivers climate and heat alerts through
accessible channels, enabling farmers and micro-entrepreneurs to
anticipate risks and take preventive action. - Emplaris develops a predictive energy and heat-risk intelligence
system for healthcare facilities, helping hospitals anticipate outages
and manage equipment stress during extreme heat events. - Doorcas Africa delivers an AI-powered livestock health and
co-ownership platform that enables early disease detection and
prevention, helping farmers reduce heat-related livestock mortality and
improve productivity. - Farmxic offers an AI-driven soil and crop diagnostics platform that
helps farmers adapt to heat-induced soil degradation and crop stress
through real-time insights and personalized recommendations. - Farm Fresh Grocery Ltd. builds a climate-resilient agricultural
system combining heat-adaptive beekeeping, herb production, and consumer
products to stabilize yields and supply under rising temperatures. - Farmslate Technologies Limited provides a climate intelligence
platform that translates satellite and weather data into actionable
insights, enabling farmers and financial institutions to manage
heat-related risks and improve decision-making. - Let-It-Cold offers a solar-powered, portable cooling solution that
helps small businesses and households preserve perishable goods during
extreme heat and power outages. - Pod develops a climate-resilient sanitation system that prevents
failure and contamination in heat- and flood-prone environments through
on-site treatment and water reuse. - TheHyWing Ltd provides a climate-smart digital health platform that
combines heat alerts, AI diagnostics, and telemedicine to prevent
heat-related health risks among outdoor workers and vulnerable
populations.
Together, the ventures address some of the most immediate and
under-addressed impacts of extreme heat across Nigeria, including food
spoilage and cold chain gaps, heat-induced soil degradation and crop
stress, livestock disease and productivity loss, health risks for
outdoor workers, and system failures in energy, healthcare, and
sanitation infrastructure. They range from early-stage concepts to
minimum viable products, reflecting both the urgency of the problem and
the early development of solutions in this emerging space.
The cohort reflects a growing innovation ecosystem across Nigeria, with
ventures operating in multiple regions. The companies are based in
Lagos, Kaduna, and Edo States. This geographic spread underscores the
breadth of climate innovation emerging across the country and reinforces
TECA’s commitment to supporting founders building locally relevant
solutions nationwide.
Selected from a competitive pool, the ventures will each receive $56,000
in funding along with hands-on venture-acceleration support, including
user validation, product development, business model design, and
investor readiness. Each team will work with embedded venture builders
and technical experts to accelerate their path to scale. Six of the ten
selected ventures have a female co-founder.
“Extreme heat is rapidly becoming one of the biggest operational risks
facing African economies, yet it remains dramatically underinvested,”
said Tyler Ferdinand, TECA Director at BFA Global. “Through TECA’s
Heat Action Wave, we’re backing entrepreneurs building the tools,
services, and financial products that will allow people, businesses, and
cities to function in a hotter world. Our goal is not only to support
these ventures but to prove that climate adaptation can become a
powerful new investment frontier.”
Juliet Munro, Director, Early Stage Finance, at FSD Africa, said: “If
climate adaptation finance is going to scale in Africa, it has to be
grounded in real, investable solutions. This group of innovators
tackling extreme heat is important because it shows what those solutions
look like in practice, and that’s what gives markets the confidence to
follow. At FSD Africa, our role is to help turn early innovation like
this into something markets can actually back.”
“The cost of inaction on climate change is growing, as over 70% of
workers around the world are at risk from deadly extreme heat. At the
same time, momentum for adaptation is growing, as we see both more
funding and more innovation. These new business ventures are strong,
community-led solutions that can accelerate resilience in Nigeria and
more broadly in the West African region,” said Jessica Brown, Senior
Director of Adaptation and Resilience at ClimateWorks Foundation.
“Responding to climate change is central to Nigeria’s future growth
and resilience. The UK is excited to support this cohort of ambitious
Nigerian businesses developing transformative solutions to extreme heat.
TECA’s Heat Action Wave is part of a broader UK partnership with
Nigeria that backs private sector–led innovation, creates jobs, and
drives shared prosperity for both our countries as we transition to a
greener economy,” said Temi Akinrinade, Foreign, Commonwealth &
Development Office, Nigeria.
The program will run through 2026, culminating in demo days and investor
engagement opportunities, with follow-on support available for
top-performing ventures.
