Journey with us in this series as we introduce more Founders-in-Residence at Rootical. Meet Innocent Ociti, an empathy-driven entrepreneur. He is dedicated to transforming Uganda’s food system through organic farm inputs. Take a deep dive into his entrepreneurial journey.

Meet Edith Tendo Okello, a passionate social entrepreneur who’s on a mission to transform the Ugandan food system. Learn more about her entrepreneurial journey and her agri-food business “Plenti,” which provides solar drying services to combat aflatoxins and farm-gate food losses while drying 6 times faster.

We are happy and proud to announce our second publication. Please find the Rootical Blueprint for Regenerating Uganda's Food System through Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship.

Meet Dr. Akite Irine, an expert in regenerative agriculture and a passionate entrepreneur. Learn more about her entrepreneurial experience and her quest to transform Uganda’s food system by better connecting supply and demand.

In this fourth release of The Rootical Times you will find key updates from November 2023 to May 2024, some Rootical announcements, and our focus on talent and learning by driving real sales

Join us as we introduce another Rootical Founder-in-Residence, Emmanuel Luwemba. He is the founder of Eden Seeds, a farmer owned seed company that builds the market for indigenous seeds. Let us explore his entrepreneurial story.

In this article, we'll delve into the type of founder we are looking for our second cohort, starting in October. Do you have the qualities and characteristics necessary to join us?

We are excited to introduce yet another Rootical Founder-in-Residence: Brian Kiprotich. Take a deep dive into his story, uncovering who he is, and what motivated him to start a soil health management business.

Meet Roselyn Ilumeyat, co-founder of Garden Fresh. In this new series we introduce the founders of the Rootical 2023 Cohort, their personal stories and why they do what they do.

In this third release of The Rootical Times we share what we have been learning and doing in the first 7 weeks of our business building process with 23 Founders-in-Residence.

In The Rootical Times we cover regular updates about the progress made with piloting Rootical in Uganda. In the spirit of full transparency, these updates for (potential) financial partners are shared here, publicly, on our website. Enjoy reading and learning along with us!

In The Rootical Times we will share regular updates about the progress made with piloting Rootical in Uganda. In the spirit of full transparency, we will be sharing these updates for (potential) financial partners here, publicly, on our website. Enjoy reading and learning along with us!

Find out all about Steward Ownership, why it’s an important opportunity for building impactful and long-term businesses in Uganda, and how to set up a steward owned company structure in the Ugandan legal context.

Rootical is a startup studio powered by its team: in the business of creating businesses… and bringing them to scale. Are you ready to meet the team?

In less than 15 minutes the IPES-Food expert provides a concise and eloquent global food system analysis. Yes, the kind of analysis we will be conducting for Uganda with our 40 future founders at Rootical.

Rootical is hiring a Junior Start-up Studio Officer to ensure smooth operations. Are you a smooth operator?

Rootical is hiring a Junior Talent Manager. Are you passionate about talent and people? Then we might love for you to join our team! All information here.

We are hiring a Senior Venture Builder. If you build ventures for breakfast, then come and build agribusinesses with us!

In the world of entrepreneurship, we see the field still dominated primarily by men. Encouraging more women to jump into building a business that can have lasting impact is however not just about equity and balance. At Rootical, building a systemic venture is about bringing together diverse viewpoints, embedding principles of care and balancing feminine and masculine energy.

For those of us that care about building good businesses – enterprises that put social and ecological impact first – looking at the start-up studio model makes a lot of sense. Yet, when spearheading this approach in an emerging economy like Uganda, some key questions…