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Number 46 on the 2025 list
Mohamed Gastli is a co-founder and CEO from Tunisia, named to the AFN 100 in 2025 for raising US$20.7 million for nextProtein's insect protein made from food waste.
In 2025 nextProtein, the company Mohamed Gastli founded in 2015 with Syrine Chaalala, raised US$20.7 million, the second-largest African agtech deal of the year by Ag Safari's count. From a 2,500 square metre production site in Tunisia it raises Black Soldier Fly larvae on unused food and organic waste, turning them into protein and oil for fish, poultry and pet feed, plus a natural fertiliser.