Dalilang started in 2014 with a simple frustration: Uganda grows some of the best potatoes, plantain and groundnuts in the region, yet most of the snacks on shelves were imported. We set out to change that with a small fryer, a handful of farmers and one rule: nothing leaves the plant unless we would eat it ourselves.

Today we run a food grade processing and packaging line producing potato crisps, gonja chips, coated peanuts and ground peanut butter. Raw materials are graded on intake, washed, processed in short batches and sealed the same day, so the pack that reaches a kiosk in Gulu tastes the way it did leaving the line.

Growth has been deliberate. We add capacity when our farmer network can supply it, and we invest in training, storage and fair, predictable payment schedules so the people who grow our raw materials grow with us.