Small and Growing Businesses

Tumi Mphahlele struggled to find beauty products for her sensitive skin in South Africa, so she turned to her knowledge of biochemistry and began her own business.

Hannah Karanja seized an opportunity to add value to potato products; now she's working with TechnoServe to expand her business.

How TechnoServe supported a long-time family business in the transition of ownership from father to daughter

TechnoServe's global entrepreneurship director challenges conventional wisdom about how to help businesses grow.

Earlier this month, a U.S. Congressional delegation visited TechnoServe and Citi Foundation’s Box Shop program in Soweto, South Africa.

Cesar and Priscilla Díaz have launched a successful catering business in a small town in Chile with the help of the EMERGE program, an Anglo American-TechnoServe collaboration.

Graciela Barrientos is working with her mother Elsa to build a successful childcare provider and training service in El Salvador.

Young entrepreneurs like Audrey Allotey are starting and growing food businesses that provide key products and create jobs in their communities.

To help grow their sunflower oil business, the Majengo sisters needed access to finance, which is often a barrier to success for women entrepreneurs.

Through vocational apprenticeships and business mentorship, young women like Emily Ahebwa are creating new sources of income in Uganda.