Small and Growing Businesses

A young entrepreneur, equipped with a new understanding, provides for his family and inspires a generation through his rock quarry business in Rwanda.

In an article for the World Economic Forum, TechnoServe's Program Director for Central America Entrepreneurship discusses ways to engage entrepreneurs in practices that not only benefit women workeres and suppliers, but help solve some of the most common issues facing small and medium businesses.

Jessica Vargas started Le Blanc laundry services with a single washer and dryer. Now, her business has more than doubled, providing key services and employment to her community.

Women play a central, though often "invisible," role in Colombian coffee production. Here's how The Coca-Cola Foundation and TechnoServe are partnering to improve the access of 11,000 women to the services and training they need to run their coffee farms as a business.

TechnoServe and the Citi Foundation are partnering to help youth develop skills for achieving business success.

A newly released report by Emory University and TechnoServe shows that carefully designed accelerator programs can facilitate revenue growth.

Building on past successes has helped TechnoServe's Crescer program and the entrepreneurs it supports to improve strategies for stronger community economies.

The Cargill Agri-Fellow Program helps rural youth to build successful, agriculture-based livelihoods and create a prosperous future for their farming communities.

An innovative retail model is allowing women business leaders like Charity Dangana to sell safe and affordable water in their communities.

With the right kind of support, women entrepreneurs can unlock the potential to transform their livelihoods, their families and their community.