Behind The Scenes

At Amazi, we are always supporting businesses that align with our values of equitability, sustainability, and purposeful action. We had the pleasure of interviewing Patty Connor - CEO of Our Gorongosa - to learn about her company's mission that is driving the future of business forward.

I've always struggled with seeking and sharing - they're not the same thing at all, but I they often conflated for me. This feeling of seeking when sharing only amplified at the start of the pandemic. I felt like EVERYONE was throwing things into the ether. And so I stepped back.... and now, I'm ready to have...

Ever wonder who makes your favorite snacks? The hands that dry roast those delicious plantain chips, and flavor the jackfruit chews of your dreams?  Those mysterious hands belong to our production team that works hard at our factory, NeGonja, in Zirobwe, Uganda to bring you the snacks you know and love.  Our founder, Renee,...

Lauren Polovoy makes a living forming connections to her students, clients, and the community around her. Her main job, a speech-language pathologist at a high school autism program, came about by a last-minute “life-pivot”. Lauren started out as pre-law in college and decided to follow her passions for speech therapy and fitness instead. Lauren finds her purpose...

At Amazi, our intention to give is inherent to our business model. We decided to use Giving Tuesday as an opportunity to hold ourselves accountable and share some of the ways in which we’ve worked to increase impact over the past several months, and how we hope to improve in the year to come.

"Weekend farmers" are able to innovate and be involved in every step of the process when we create internal supply chains.