"As the business has grown, I also get a lot of satisfaction when I see my customer’s faces light up when they come to the store and see products from back home. *It’s now bigger than just me. It’s also now about the community. And the relationships we have built."

"We have women who wake up as early as 4a.m. to go to the farms in Kasese, to pick out which produce is suitable for export."

"Chakula Tamu has become more than a place you buy food. *People come here to socialize."

"To share with us. To share with one another. To share recipes."

"It’s more than just a grocery store."

"It began with one of the co-founders’ love for matooke. Matooke, also known as the East African Highland banana, is one of the staple foods of Uganda."

"We will be giving away a basket of organic East African food matooke, baby bananas (ndizi), garden egg (ntula), and more."

"To start with, a lot of women are the ones in charge of their kitchens at home, and many of us are happy knowing we are able to access food specialties from back home."

"Its spices or knowing there is some matooke in the fridge."

"Pregnant women or women who just gave birth tend to have cravings for their comfort food, which in most cases is food they grew up eating like matooke."

"Our community has a lot of young women who are becoming parents and we love that we are able to provide that for them."

"We also work with women mainly in our supply chain."

"Our key buyer in Uganda is a woman."

"It’s important that we are providing extra income to the local farmers in Uganda, who are mainly women."

"The aim of the Product is to enable Ugandans access electricity in off grid areas by addressing the affordability barrier arising from the up-front cost of solar systems."

"This is in line with the National Development Plan (NDPIII) Sustainable Energy Program objectives of increasing access and utilization of electricity."

"Increasing adoption and use of clean energy and promotion of utilization of energy efficient practices and technologies."

"Our new partnership with Equity Bank Uganda will enable us reach more people through their countrywide customer network."

"Through networking, training, and mentoring opportunities, we shall break barriers in male dominated business sectors, providing our female clients with access to larger volumes of growth capital."

"We need to empower the private sector including small and medium business (SMA's) with skills of harnessing the consumption of the renewable energy resources."