TechnoServe’s New Online Fundraising Campaign Offers Transparency and Accountability
DECEMBER 8, 2009 — Private sector development leader TechnoServe today launched the Ankur Campaign: Poverty to Prosperity, a transformative online fundraising…
TechnoServe Named Official Partner of Global Entrepreneurship Week; Takes Host Role in Swaziland
NOVEMBER 13, 2009 — Global Entrepreneurship Week, running from November 16-22, is a world-wide effort that connects millions of young people throughout the globe in the spirit of entrepreneurship. Its goal is to inspire and motivate the next generation to embrace innovation and empower them to make their dreams…
TechnoServe to Collaborate with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 — TechnoServe will partner with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative to determine the most effective strategies for providing wrap-around services, or aftercare, to women participating in entrepreneurial training. TechnoServe and 10,000 Women agree that these services provide a critical bridge between entrepreneurs receiving in-classroom…
TechnoServe and The Nike Foundation Expand Young Women’s Entrepreneurship Training Program
AUGUST 5, 2009 — The Nike Foundation has granted TechnoServe nearly $3 million to maintain and expand its work with young women in Kenya through 2012. The Young Women in Enterprise (YWE) program teaches business and life skills to more than 3,000 adolescent girls and young women, ages 15…
TechnoServe Receives Charity Navigator’s Highest Rating Once Again
JUNE 22, 2009 — TechnoServe has garnered a four-star or “exceptional” rating (the highest possible) from Charity Navigator for the third consecutive year. To cater to donors who are increasingly demanding more accountability, transparency and quantifiable results, Charity Navigator provides objective ratings to help donors identify truly impactful…
TechnoServe to Help Implement Two New Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-Funded Programs in West Africa
FEBRUARY 19, 2009 — Washington, DC— TechnoServe is an implementing partner on two programs announced today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The $48 million in grants will help hundreds of thousands of small-scale cocoa and cashew farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to significantly increase their incomes so they…
TechnoServe Celebrates Successful 40th Anniversary Fundraising Event
OCTOBER 27, 2008 — Washington, DC—TechnoServe hosted a successful fundraising gala on October 20th, 2008, at The Pierre in New York City. The event celebrated women entrepreneurs across the world. TechnoServe honored the following inspirational businesswomen: Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO, J.P. Morgan Private Bank; Janet Tiebout Hanson, Founder, 85…
TechnoServe/Swaziland Announces Winners of Tourism-Themed Believe Begin Become Business Plan Competition
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 — Ezulwini, Swaziland—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), TechnoServe, local sponsors and partners awarded a total of E1 million (U.S. $123,000) in prizes during the 2008 Believe Begin Become business plan competition final awards ceremony held at the Royal Villas, Ezulwini. This year’s competition…
TechnoServe and University of Dar es Salaam Launch 2008 Believe Begin Become Business Plan Competition for Tanzanian Entrepreneurs
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 —Dar es Salaam, Tanzania—Today, TechnoServe, in partnership with the University of Dar es Salaam’s Entrepreneurship Center (UDEC), and Business in Development Foundation Network (BiDNF) are pleased to announce the launch of the 2008 Believe Begin Become, Tanzania’s national business plan competition. Now in its second…
TechnoServe Receives Major Software Grant from Microsoft
AUGUST 25, 2008 —Washington, DC—TechnoServe announced that it has received a $2.9 million software grant from Microsoft Corp. The grant will enable TechnoServe, an organization empowering people in the developing world to build businesses that break the cycle of poverty, to upgrade and standardize information technology tools across…
