1. Introduzione: il rapporto tra natura, tecnologia e gioco in Italia In Italia, la tradizione della pesca rappresenta molto più di un semplice passatempo: è un elemento fondamentale del patrimonio culturale, radicato nelle comunità di tutta la penisola. Dalle acque tranquille del Lago di Garda alle coste del Mar Tirreno, la pesca ha sempre avuto un ruolo sociale e identitario, […]
Dear friends, It’s an honor to be stepping into the role of CEO at Cycle Connect! In 2019, I joined the team as Managing Director on the ground in Uganda. Over the past three years, I’ve navigated our team through the impacts of the pandemic, grown our leadership team to be fully East African, and expanded our reach through the […]
Dear Friends, I’m sharing a rather exciting, yet bittersweet, update. After ten years of leading Cycle Connect, I am transitioning from CEO to a board member and welcoming Emmy Okkema to the role of CEO. Emmy is our long-time Managing Director and an inspiring, committed, and strategic leader who I firmly believe in. Simply put, we’re at the right […]
Digest in 3, 2, 1 2022 is a year of expansion for Cycle Connect. We are reaching rural communities we’ve never reached before. In this Last Mile Dispatch, we are providing an update on our most telling impact, biggest updates, and most impactful story from the last few months. The 3 most telling DATA POINTS: Increased sales with 92% through […]
Digest in 3, 2, 1 2022 is a year of expansion for Cycle Connect. Over the past three months, our team has been hyper-focused on putting the right pieces in place to help us scale our operations across northern Uganda to create access for more rural communities. In this Last Mile Dispatch, we are providing an update on our most […]
Digest in 3, 2, 1 2021 has been a year no short of challenges but our team has persisted and made 2021 a year of growth. In this Last Mile Dispatch, we are providing an update on our most telling impact, biggest updates, and most impactful story from the last few months. The 3 most telling DATA POINTS: Improved our […]
By Anika Mohideen At Cycle Connect, we believe that access to assets enables rural communities to elevate themselves out of poverty into prosperity. Here’s why: The vast majority of smallholder farmers in rural Uganda are trapped in the cycle of poverty. Despite working hard on their land and often running multiple side businesses, smallholders often fail to generate enough income […]
2020 Review: Digest in 3, 2, 1 As 2020 comes to a close, our team is celebrating the impact we have generated together this year. In this month’s Last Mile Dispatch, we are sharing our most telling impact, biggest updates, and most impactful story of 2020. The 3 most telling DATA POINTS: Distributed 3,700 loans in northern Uganda- In 2020, our […]
October 2nd, 2020: Digest in 3, 2, 1 The 3 most telling DATA POINTS: 3,256 farmers partnered with this year- Our team has successfully reached over 3,256 farming families this year to date. Over 1,000 of these partnerships was through our emergency COVID-19 seed loan. We plan to work with an additional 750 farmers this year to reach a total of […]
August 3rd, 2020: Digest in 3, 2, 1 The 3 most telling DATA POINTS: 134 group executives trained in basic seed agronomy– Training is a core component of our offering. Lockdown restrictions on the number of people who can gather in Uganda prevented our team from conducting training in our usual manner. Instead, our team turned to training the group leaders […]