Our Mission
To provide innovative social enterprise means and expertise necessary for building an inclusive, green and equitable food secure and prosperous continent.
Our strategy
Our operational strategy at ACL focuses on medium scale farmer enterprises that are linked to smallholders in order to drive increased productivity and access to sustainable markets.
We achieve this by deploying our expertise, know how, financial support and networks and by linking both the small scale and medium scale farmers to global produce buyers using a farm land management model that is pegged to a revenue share model.
We have signed forward agreements with a number of global produce buyers and we seek to meet the supply demands of these produce buyers by linking them to stable supply lines.
Our values
At the core of ACL operations is a code of conduct that the board members, management team, employees and partners are expected to reflect. This code of conduct is informed by our corporate values which include the following: Quality, Trust, Win-win, Innovation, Integrity and Knowledge.
As an organisation, we have chosen to invest in:-
- Quality: We strive to deliver high quality results and a superior experience in all our engagements. As such, we hire high quality staff and engage with likeminded clients and partners that will work in partnership with us to deliver high quality results. That is our aspiration.
- Knowledge: We strive to be ahead of the game and knowledgeable in our field and to maintain a high level of relevant, high-tech, affordable and sustainable knowledge that can make a difference in our society.
- Win-win: We look out for win-win deals with all our clients and partners because we believe that it is these deals that we can leverage to drive sustainable development.
- Integrity: We believe in exhibiting integrity across the board. Integrity will be seen through our recruitments, our deployments and our infield supervision and in the way we report to our clients.
- Innovation: We believe in innovation and all our engagements will continually be informed by innovative, affordable, cutting edge and sustainable solutions.
- Trust: We seek to build a culture of trust with all our employees, clients and partners.
Our Staff
Apollo Muyanja Mbazzira
Position: Director & CEO
20 years plus project management experience in the agriculture sector having attained an all-round experience from working with the private sector, non-profit making organizations and government in a multiplicity of functions including managerial level functions. He has international working experience having worked across East Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
Brenda Nabiryo Muyanja
Position: Cofounder, Communications & Marketing Manager
15 years plus experience in the communications industry having worked with leading telecoms companies and media houses in the radio and TV industries before moving into communication for the non-profit making organisations
Prossy Nakigozi
Position: Finance & Administration Manager
15 plus years in financial management and audit exercises both for startups and for development agencies supporting agriculture projects
Solomon Oyuku
Position: Agronomist
Solomon is an agronomist who has honed his skills by working with agriculture research agencies and linking their innovations to small holder farmer groups. He has hands on experience in farmer training and farmer mobilization.
Our Cofounders
Apollo Muyanja Mbazzira
Apollo is an agribusiness development specialist who specializes in the development of multi-country agribusiness projects, food security projects, value chain development projects and in structuring (PPPs) public private partnerships for large agribusiness projects.
He has over the last 20 years worked in a number of countries, with government agencies, the private sector and with the development sector to help design and implement private sector led agribusiness development projects for cereals, horticulture and edible oil seed crops.
He has team leadership skills and is currently serving as the board chairman for Trueafrican, a fintech in East Africa. His interests within ACL include the continuous development and refinement of the inclusive agribusiness model, recruitment of new clients, development of a franchise model, resource mobilization, implementation of the strategic plan and the recruitment of highly skilled staff members, in line with the organizational vision.
Brenda Nabiryo Muyanja
Brenda has a passion for the field of communications and specializes in content development for audio-visual media channels with 15 years of professional experience in news anchoring, editing, script editing, voicing over and providing technical consultancy in this field.
has participated in projects aimed at developing the skills of women in rural areas using multiple technology channels. She has won a number of accolades as a news anchor and her interests within ACL include social innovation, e-profiling of the leading women farmers under the inclusive agribusiness model, building a brand and profile for ACL that matches the vision, taking ACL to the market and establishing a strong communications culture within ACL.
Collin Muyanja
Collin is an enterprise development expert who specializes in the development of sales and distribution strategies for mobile telephone companies and financial institutions.
He has over the last 15 years worked with where he championed the development of innovative sales and distribution models, channel development, recruitment and training of dealers and he currently supports financial inclusion projects, as a board member for FINCA Africa.
He has strong team management skills and believes in capacity building especially for women and youth. His interests within ACL include resource mobilization, the continuous development and refinement of the inclusive agribusiness model, development of a franchise model, recruitment of strategic business partners and the development of a strong financial inclusion strategy for ACL and in line with the organizational vision.
Our Advisory Board
Our advisory Board is a multi-stakeholder board comprised of members that are leaders globally, in their own regions and countries. They are renowned individuals from across the private sector, civil society, development organizations, the education sector and the impact investments industry. Our advisory board convenes four times a year to offer high-level strategic guidance to the team. All members of the Advisory Board participate in their personal capacity and they are firm believers in the power of social enterprise as a trigger for social transformation.
Collins Muyanja
Forte: Channels development for mobile phone networks and fast moving consumer goods, supply chain management, portfolio management, strategic planning, financial inclusion and real estate development
Dr. Mussolini Kithome
Forte: Leadership for development, international Development, rural development, program management, water for production, multi-country project designing, entrepreneurship development, development of food security strategies, natural resources management and management of multi sectoral development platforms
Hellene Karamagi
Forte: communication for development, web development, content development, communication material layout and design
Dr. Coffie Reuben Mawuli
Forte: Impact investing, MSME entrepreneurship development, leadership development, strategic planning, food security project implementation and design, portfolio management, market development systems design, value chain development, financial inclusion, rural development, structuring of (PPPs) public-private-partnerships, water for production, sales and marketing
David Wakyiku Nanambi
Forte: Deal structuring, deal sourcing, impact investing, financial inclusion, strategic planning and management, portfolio management, market research, financial modelling, value chain development, market systems development, tech for development, structuring of (PPPs) public-private-partnerships