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Meet Brian Kiprotich

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.

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Meet Roselyn llemuyat

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.

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The Rootical Times #3

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.

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The Rootical Times #2

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!

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The Rootical Times #1

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!

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How to start a steward owned business in Uganda?

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.

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Meet the Rootical team!

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?

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#hiring a Junior Talent Manager

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.

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Women driving food systems transformation

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.

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A start-up studio to change the food system

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…

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Regenerating agriculture in Uganda

In a world of imminent climate change, dramatically rising inequality and strongly degraded soils and water resources, the decision to venture into agriculture is not an easy one. Not only is it a technical choice, but it is also a political and ideological one.

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#AAEC2022: More funding for Agroecological entrepreneurship

Since early 2021, Root!cal and Shona have been building their position as a Business Development Support (BDS) provider in the agroecological space in East Africa. We have been doing so by focusing on three different yet complementary agri-business development approaches with a strongly regenerative mindset.

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