Mzansi Meat Co. - Pioneering cultivated meat to impact food security and sustainability in Africa

Get to know the story behind the company Mzansi Meat Co. and its remarkable CFO Tasneem Karodia who combines a love for flying airplanes, rock climbing, and changing the world by changing our food systems. A bachelor of business science in management studies, majoring in accounting and finance from the university of Cape town, South Africa, a chartered accountant qualification, a postgraduate degree in accounting, and working at Bain and company, a global management consulting firm have equipped Tasneem to excel in her role at the biotech start-up. She shares with us how following her passion for sustainability in food systems and her curiosity led her to join co-founder Brett Thompson at Mzansi Meat to pioneer the cultivated meat industry in Africa. Hers is an example of how a company's branding can attract remarkable talent. Tasneem recons that retaining talent also requires focus on selection for mission-driven individuals. We discussed: the challenge of being a new industry in Africa leveraging extended timelines due to technical challenges towards public education and enabling market readiness for innovative products like cultivated meat the specialized skillsets required to be successful in the biotech industry especially in a start-up environment how the increasing need for food security in Africa makes it likely that we'll leapfrog in the Food tech space in Africa similar to what is happening in Fintech. Follow Mzansi Meat (https://www.mzansimeat.co/) on all social media platforms to stay updated on all they are doing in the Food tech space in Africa.