
At Cycle Connect, we provide rural farmers, like Ojok Richard and Akello Milly, with the opportunity to continuously invest in products that will move them and their families forward out of poverty.

Ailo Apenyo Molly
In 2019, Molly sought advice from a trusted motorcycle taxi rider she employed, asking about transportation and business opportunities. He introduced her to Cycle Connect, highlighting how its affordable loan programs had enabled many small business owners to access reliable motorcycles, enhancing their livelihoods and achieving financial stability.
Inspired by their conversation, Molly decided to visit the Cycle Connect office in Gulu. Drawing from her firsthand experience with a successful motorcycle business, she set a clear goal: to acquire another motorcycle through Cycle Connect’s affordable financing.
Molly was determined to expand her motorcycle taxi business and continued to acquire motorcycles through Cycle Connect. Today, Molly is one of Cycle Connect’s valued repeat clients; she has secured four motorcycle loans, and employs four young men to ride them.
Reflecting on her journey, Molly shares: "Given the success of my initial operations, I made a strategic decision to reinvest my earnings into expanding my business. Each new motorcycle added to my fleet represented an opportunity for greater revenue and business growth." From her first loan to her fourth, Molly has been diligent in repaying her loans while growing her fleet of motorcycles. This expansion has allowed her to scale her operations, broaden her market reach, and serve more customers. Beyond personal success, Molly has positively impacted her community through employing young people as motorcycle taxi riders while also offering essential transportation services to local residents. At Cycle Connect, we take pride in this ripple effect. By empowering individuals like Molly with access to productive assets, we help create opportunities that uplift not only entrepreneurs but also the communities they serve.

Denisco Opiyo
Denisco Opiyo, a determined young farmer from Kalamomiya village, embodies the transformative potential of agricultural financing. Forced to abandon his education after his fourth year of secondary school due to financial constraints, Opiyo's future seemed uncertain. However, his perspective shifted after watching an inspiring video by Bouncer and Lapir that showcased Cycle Connect and its innovative solutions for last-mile farmers. Motivated by the opportunities he discovered, Opiyo reached out to acquire a maize thresher, a tool he saw as key to boosting his farming productivity and achieving financial stability.
At the time, Opiyo had cultivated 15 acres of maize and recognized the financial and logistical challenges of renting a maize thresher. He realized that owning his own thresher would not only reduce costs and save time but also enable him to manage his farm more efficiently. Beyond his own needs, Opiyo identified an additional opportunity to generate income by offering threshing services to other farmers, turning his investment into a source of steady cash flow.
The maize thresher transformed Opiyo’s harvest season, drastically cutting operational costs and enabling him to save and reinvest in his farm. After repaying his loan, he used his profits to rent an additional 30 acres of land in Nwoya district, where he planted more maize and significantly increased his income. The thresher has been instrumental in his growing success, not only enhancing his production but also allowing him to provide threshing services to other farmers in his village. Without this service, they would have to travel over 64 kilometers to access a threshing machine.
Opiyo’s determination has spurred even greater growth. He has since invested in a retail shop and dreams of purchasing a plot of land in the local trading center. His quality of life has improved markedly,he now spends more time with his family and can afford better healthcare, education, and essentials for his wife and three children.
The challenges of the last mile didn’t deter Opiyo’s ambition. With Cycle Connect’s support, he transformed a life of uncertainty into one of stability and optimism. His journey is a powerful testament to the potential of young people in the last mile, individuals with big dreams and drive, needing only the right opportunity to achieve them.

Ojok Richard
In 2021, we worked with clients like Ojok Richard, a farmer and small business owner. When Ojok isn’t tending to his farm he is managing his bakery.
The two motorcycle loans he received enabled him to expand his bakery’s delivery to five districts. Currently, Ojok is in the process of receiving four oxen and two plows on loan to further expand his farming business.
The extra income has enabled Ojok to create access to education, food security, and healthcare for his family.
Assets unlock small businesses and small businesses build resilience in the last-mile.

Akello Milly
Since 2019, Milly has been investing in her future through Cycle Connect. Over the past two years, she invested in two bicycles and a pair of oxen.
Milly is a community leader in her region and the bicycle helped her get around to support her community through the pandemic. Realizing one bicycle wasn't enough she invested in a second to help her children get to school and to travel back and forth between her farm.
Milly's oxen have helped her double the amount of land she can plow every season, leading to a bigger harvest and more food on the table for her family.
Her assets have enabled her to earn additional income and send all of her children to school. Milly is not done investing. Next time, Milly hopes to secure a motorcycle loan to move her even closer to her dream.

Help Us Connect More Farmers in 2025
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Your support will bring us closer to our vision of a world where every family in the last-mile has the means to thrive, not just survive.
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