In this conversation, TechnoServe’s Chief Advancement Officer John Keightley sits down with Carole Hemmings (Global Coffee Director, 18 years with TechnoServe) and Midway Bhunu (Zimbabwe Coffee Lead) to walk through how a revival origin partnership with Nespresso, a two-year farmer training program, and a revolving pulper credit fund turned a…
The new initiative will leverage educational technology to help entrepreneurs in coal-dependent communities build businesses and create jobs.
The Mpuma NOVA project supports businesses in South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province as coal-dependent communities transition toward a low-carbon economy. Through TechnoServe’s NOVA EdTech platform, the project delivers flexible, mobile-based entrepreneurship training that helps entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, create jobs, and build more resilient local economies beyond fossil fuels.
In 2025, foreign aid cuts disrupted TechnoServe’s work in many of the communities we serve. Yet despite these challenges, our projects continued to change lives and achieve lasting, cost-effective impact. Explore these results in our 2025 Annual Report, “Rooted and Rising.”
Context Nigeria ranks among the top ten global plastic waste polluters, facing a growing environmental crisis. Each year, the country generates an estimated 32 million metric tons of waste, including an estimated 2.5 million metric tons of plactic, much of which ends up in waterways, streets, and…
The nonprofit’s 2025 annual report also highlights that a record 44% of the beneficiaries were women
The Benin Poultry Value Chain Transformation (BeniPoule) program is a market-driven initiative designed to strengthen Benin’s poultry sector by supporting production and commercial growth, reducing reliance on imports, and improving food security. Working with market actors across the value chain, the program promotes more competitive, resilient, and inclusive poultry production to create better jobs and expand opportunities for women and youth.
Around 43,000 people in Mozambique have improved their eating habits through the Mangwana program, which combines agricultural training with practical cooking demonstrations to fight malnutrition.
In 2024, TechnoServe programs mitigated 126,000 tons of CO₂e and supported regenerative practices across 189,000 hectares of land—numbers set to grow in the years ahead. To unpack how and why TechnoServe measures these impacts, we spoke with Inés Suaya, senior specialist for climate impact.
TechnoServe Fellow Rediet Yeshidenber shares her experience building sustainable business solutions to poverty in Kenya by transitioning the Smart Duka program into a self-sustaining independent organization. Discover how strategic financial modeling and community-driven entrepreneurship are driving global equity and empowering micro-retailers across Nairobi.
