MozambiqueIn spite of strong recent economic growth and extensive natural resources, Mozambique remains one of the world’s poorest countries.
TechnoServe has been providing technical assistance to Mozambique’s industries, agribusinesses, and entrepreneurs with high-growth potential for over 20 years, since our office first opened in 1998. We have helped create a competitive and sustainable commercial agricultural sector, which has generated opportunities for small-scale rural producers and suppliers, in addition to new employment opportunities for the rural poor. TechnoServe in Mozambique is known for creating lasting impact in the value chains of cashew and poultry, though we've also worked in agro-forestry, seed systems, horticulture, and access to finance. We work with corporate partners to promote investments in key industries and build local supply chains for sourcing, as well as public sector partners to build capacity to regulate and promote growing industries. Our goal in the next 10 years is to scale our impact through leveraging and sharing knowledge and build new partnerships in order to catalyze further change.
Since 2018, Business Women Connect has economically empowered over 200 businesswomen in Mozambique by giving them the business skills they need to succeed. At the same time, Business Women Connect has increased the supply of savings products through empowering these businesswomen to become financial service agents in their communities. Business Women Connect invests in women, because they are capable of making change.
The TechnoServe Coalition for Smallholder Sourcing was dedicated to generating evidence on innovations in smallholder sourcing that improve outcomes for farmers and companies, as well as promoting broad-based adoption of effective innovations.
The Connected Farmer Alliance (CFA) is a public-private partnership that seeks to promote commercially sustainable mobile agriculture solutions and increase productivity and revenues for 500,000 smallholder farmers across Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. The program also aims to increase revenues for agribusinesses and agricultural value chain service providers.
The Feed the Future Mozambique Agricultural Innovations Activity (FTF INOVA) is a five year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by DAI, TechnoServe, and Market Shares Associates.
TechnoServe and the Government of Mozambique’s Institute for the Promotion of Cashew (INCAJU), jointly developed a mobile-based platform for on-farm data collection and real time analysis to help INCAJU improve the coverage and quality of its extension services for cashew farmers.
The goal of the technical support for China's ATDCs project is to build the Mozambican ATDC capacity to pilot and scale technologies in prioritized value chains while also taking initial steps to establish the ATDCs as technology hubs.
TechnoServe, in partnership with the Government of Mozambique’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and with funding from the United States Department of Agriculture, is supporting disease-ridden banana farms by providing financial support to affected farmers, through a grant facility, to contain the outbreaks and support prevention measures for future banana crops.
Through Catalisa we work with agribusiness partners and smallholder farmers to increase their ability to earn a profit from poultry and horticulture.
With financial support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), TechnoServe implemented the MozaCajú project from 2013 to 2018, supporting the Mozambican cashew nut industry by harnessing global market demand for premium cashew and addressing obstacles throughout the value chain, including in the areas of production, inputs, processing, finance and marketing.
FinAgro is a program funded by USAID and the Government of Mozambique designed to increase the competitiveness of the Mozambican private sector in selected cash crops and value chains.
TechnoServe’s Inhambane province program, supported by Irish Aid, is designed to stimulate inclusive growth of the agricultural economy while enhancing the long-term resilience of the poorest households.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands and TechnoServe have entered into a three-year grant agreement to support the work of small commercial farmers and the Government of Mozambique’s ongoing efforts to reduce poverty.
Women in Business (WIN) is a five year program working to economically empower women in Mozambique by facilitating the development of market solutions for low income, entrepreneurial women, in partnership with the public and private sector.
Business Women Connect was born out of research showing that micro-savings products are one of the most impactful tools for women entrepreneurs to access in order to grow their businesses.
With financial support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), TechnoServe implemented the MozaCajú project from 2013 to 2018, supporting the Mozambican cashew nut industry by harnessing global market demand for premium cashew and addressing obstacles throughout the value chain, including in the areas of production, inputs, processing, finance and marketing.
Read the 2021 TechnoServe Annual Report in English, French, or Spanish in the PDFs on this page. You can find Portuguese here.
Learn about the impact of TechnoServe’s small commercial farmer model as a mechanism for rural development.
This report outlines four years of impact and insights from the MozaCajú program, which supported the Mozambican cashew nut industry by harnessing global market demand for premium cashew and addressing obstacles throughout the value chain, including production, inputs, processing, finance, and marketing.
This case study is one of a four-part series designed to explore the effectiveness of interventions across different sectors to increase women’s economic empowerment. The series includes case studies on achieving women’s economic empowerment through four of WIN’s intervention areas: media, financialservices, distribution and management tools and information. Improving the…
This case study is one of a four-part series designed to explorethe effectiveness of interventions across different sectors to increase women’s economic empowerment. The series includes case studies on four of WIN’s intervention areas: media, financial services, distribution and management tools and information. By promoting management tools and information…
This Food Processing Mapping was carried out between October 2022 – January 2023 as part of a series of studies designed to provide background context and strategic recommendations to inform FTF Premier’s strategy and workplan development. FTF Premier is a 5-year, USAID supported agricultural markets program with a goal of…
Drawing from its work in Mozambique, The Women In Business (WIN) program presents a case study based on its experience engaging financial services providers to support women's economic empowerment
The Women In Business (WIN) program published a series of tools based on its experience support women's entrepreneurship in Mozambique
Selecting winning sectors for women’s economic empowerment The WIN program was set up in Mozambique to advance women’s economic empowerment (WEE), especially among women entrepreneurs, using a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach. MSD programs work with market actors (private and public sector) to design and test ways to improve the…
Selecting Winning partners for women’s economic empowerment The WIN program was set up in Mozambique to advance women’s economic empowerment (WEE), especially among women entrepreneurs, using a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach. MSD programs work with market actors (private and public sector) to design and test ways to improve the…
Designing winning intervention for women’s economic empowerment The WIN program was set up in Mozambique to advance women’s economic empowerment (WEE), especially among women entrepreneurs, using a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach. MSD programs work with market actors (private and public sector) to design and test ways to improve the…
Building a rigorous MEL system for a MSD program focused on WEE The WIN program was set up in Mozambique to advance women’s economic empowerment (WEE), especially among women entrepreneurs, using a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach. In Market Systems Development, programs work with market actors (private and public sector)…
The team assessed the 8 commodity value chains and end markets and mapped the agro-processing industry to determine opportunities for local value addition. These studies were the basis for confirming the portfolio of commodities following three steps: Step 1: End Markets opportunities; Step 2: Opportunities for Value…
Drawing from its work in Mozambique, the Women In Business (WIN) program presents insights about how media can support women's economic empowerment
This case study highlights the approach that the Business Women Connect program, a partnership between TechnoServe and the ExxonMobil Foundation, has used to support thousands of women entrepreneurs in Mozambique.
The Women IN Business program developed a set of tools to help businesses create a gender-equality policy, deliver gender training, and conduct a gender analysis
This manual, which acts as the foundation for each of the various MozaCajú trainings that are given to cashew producers, details the actions required at various stages of production, including planting, cleaning and pruning, chemical control of pests and disease, harvest and post-harvest and commercialization.
Cashew Nut Processor Competitiveness Analysis – Mozambique aims to provide a comprehensive view on the Status Quo of the Mozambican Cashew Nut Industry, its current key players on the private and public sector, its history and a brief evaluation of the policies that regulate the industry. The document also focusses…
This report describes the history of the Mozambican Cashew Industry, current key players in the private and public sector, and a brief evaluation of the policies that regulate the industry. The report focuses on mapping out the costs of cashew processing in Mozambique and benchmarking the competitiveness of the industry.
Findings from field research in Nampula, Mozambique (2010-2013)…
Rural Transformation and the Organization of Work in Mozambique’s Cashew Triangle.
The Women IN Business program, celebrated on May 31st, the end of its implementation cycle in Mozambique. WIN aimed to accelerate the economic empowerment of micro-entrepreneurs, through smart partnerships with private and public sector companies, which proved to be able to test models, promoting changes in the market, thus minimizing…
WIN in partnership with the Brilho program implemented by SNV, supported 3 companies directly to conduct studies to enable them to have greater gender inclusion within their framework, which includes employees, distributors and customers. SolarWorks, Ignite Mozambique, and Epsilon Energia Solar, co-applied the WIN tools for a greater gender framework…
This case study is one of a four-part series designed to explore the effectiveness of interventions across different sectors to increase women’s economic empowerment. The series includes case studies on achieving women’s economic empowerment through four of WIN’s intervention areas: media, financial services, distribution and management tools and information. Improving…
WIN is supporting Moza Banco, a commercial financial institution, in the conception of a financial literacy radio program in local languages in three provinces, namely Nampula, Niassa and Zambezia. Just over a month ago, the program showed encouraging results in terms of engaged audience at the community level. These radio…
How gender-responsive media can help women’s economic empowerment – and business is the WIN article published by Business Fight Poverty. a global community of people, companies and organizations passionate about building an equitable and resilient future that believes in the power of business, to help improve lives,…
How to drive impact and ensure sustainability in the media sector, is the topic of the article produced by the WIN program. This article provides an overview of the current state of Media in Africa, description of WIN initiatives that have reached about 452,000 micro-entrepreneurs with information related to tips…
“WIN’s article “How can players in the media sector make money while making a difference?”, discusses the importance of having data to measure audience and impact, describes models used in this sector outside of Mozambique (Africa) for the different media players (content producers, media channels, commercial advertisers & agencies, non-commercial…
How can gender-responsive media effectively increase women’s economic empowerment? Women In Business Program – WIN, implemented by Technoserve with funding from the Swedish Embassy in Mozambique, launched the case study designed to understand the effectiveness of media interventions to increase women’s economic empowerment. This case study…
The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform contains short audios on various topics, which can be accessed by dialing 84321 on the cell phone for free. The WIN program has made use of this platform as a viable alternative to reach and empower more women in Mozambique, disseminating entrepreneurship content from…
“How can Intelligent Gender Design help women entrepreneurs”, is with this theme that the WIN program shared its experience based on its work in Mozambique with its partner AfricaWorks, a Micro-finance company that operates in the market with a focus on low-income women. The event is organized by FinEquity, a…
Janete launches Website and Chatbot, the two digital platforms have with the main goal of facilitating access to content about entrepreneurship and gender-sensitive business development for different users. Through these platforms users can easily interact with Janete, exposing their doubts and learn new business tips. Access through the QR.
The Case Study, on how gender-responsive media can effectively increase women’s economic empowerment, developed by WIN is published in CanopyCut, an accurate list of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion resources for market systems and private sector development professionals globally. This list was developed by…
Under the motto Financial Inclusion of Women. The WIN program addressed the topic: the importance of a gender lens when designing financial products. The event is organized annually by the Center for Financial Inclusion, based in Washington the organization purpose is to use research and advocacy…
The investment in female entrepreneurship programs through media to reach new markets was the topic of discussion during the event organized by the WIN Program, funded by the Swedish Embassy on October 13, 2022 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Maputo. The event was attended by…
The Program Women IN Business – WIN supported Nestlé in Mozambique to design and pilot a new distribution channel led by women micro-entrepreneurs for the brand’s best-selling products in sachet format to reach customers at the base of the pyramid. The objective of this intervention is to promote product access…
How to conduct a gender analysis, was the workshop that closed the series of Gender workshops organized by the WIN Program, which took place on August 24, 2022 in Maputo city. This series had the participation of about 15 companies, mostly from the private sector, which enrolled about 26 employees,…
Since 2021 TechnoServe through the WIN program has been supporting the National Authority for Professional Education (ANEP) with the introduction of gender-sensitive approaches in the training of trainers modules, this initiative aims to ensure greater efficiency and respect for gender equality in the teaching and learning process in technical vocational…
From June 28-30, 2022 a series of workshops were held at the BCI Auditorium in Maputo, organized by WIN. These Workshops were aimed at enhancing the portfolio of services provided and improving the gender performance of private sector organizations or companies. The replicators of the gender tools came out of…
WIN organized the second workshop on How to Facilitate Gender Training, the event took place in the BCI Auditorium in Maputo City on June 21st 2022. This event was attended by nine companies from different areas of economic activities represented by their leaders mainly from the Human Resources and Operations…
TechnoServe through the WIN program participated for the first time in the annual Market Systems Symposium (“Market Systems Symposim”), 2022, organized by the Vikara Institute. This event is an excellent space for debate, learning and sharing of experiences from different communities acting globally in the area of Market Systems Development…
“We are still far from achieving global gender balance at any level, with women representing 25% of Boards, 17% of Executives, 24% of Senior Management, and 37% of the Workforce.” Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking, Ed. 2021 As a way to reduce gender asymmetries in the labor market in…
Do you want to find ways to improve your business? To improve the retention rate and increase innovation by employees?Expand and/ or diversify its customer base? Increase sales? Improve customer loyalty?Unlock funding? Reach more suppliers and business partners? A Gender analysis is a process that can help you identify ways to improve…
To celebrate Mozambican Women’s Day, WIN Program is pleased to share 7 inspiring stories of women who have been impacted by projects carried out with WIN’s partner organizations. See the photobook here. Together with our partners we have impacted over 18,251 women…
In 2020, WIN Program jointly with TV Sucesso, created a 15-minute segment in the most popular sunday program “Mozambique in Concert”, called “Business Clinic”. The main objective was to transmit good business practices given by different consultants each week, to micro-entrepreneurs participating in the segment. In terms of overall…
A special radio program in Mozambique is helping women gain the skills and confidence to break business barriers. Janete, a character in a radio drama who transmit the daily life of a young female entrepreneur in Mozambique. Broadcast in four languages throughout Mozambique, Janete was developed as part of the…
After being selected for the Magwevas Project (street vendors), a partnership between the Women IN Business Program and Nestlé, Versóvia Nguenha (39) felt a positive change in her life, both personally and professionally. After the training in business techniques under the project, she used the skills acquired to manage…
The Women IN Business (WIN) program held a virtual event with the theme Gender Equality in the Private Sector in Mozambique on 09.02.2022 to share the results of a survey carried out in a sample of Mozambican companies to understand the level…
After separating from her husband, Albertina Chirindza turned to an innovative digital savings product to help her children get ahead. It’s helped her to diversify her business, buy land, and send her daughter to college. See here the story of Albertina Chirindza, a single mother of four who, when…
How it can help your organization and how to do it Do you ever wonder how you can get the most from your workforce? Are you looking for ways to decrease absenteeism? Are you having difficulties reaching new customer bases to boost your sales? Well, did you know that companies that pay attention to…
A GenderScope of 35 companies 80% of interviewed companies believe gender inclusion is a very important part of their company’s mission but only half have a gender policy, 63% do not disaggregate their data by sex and more than half have a workforce comprised of more men than women. To…
Understanding and working with micro-entrepreneurs in Mozambique Mozambique’s entrepreneurial culture is constantly evolving because of ongoing socio- economic, political, technological, and cultural changes. Harnessing Mozambique’s entrepreneurial spirit will be critical to driving the economy. This report sets out to fill in the missing information around micro-entrepreneurs in Mozambique and how…
“The practice of agriculture is important for us (women), because instead of depending on our husbands, we also fight to end hunger and earn some (money), for our livelihood, also helping the family (…) the woman in agriculture is very important, because we work, earn money and help our husbands…
According to the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011 “companies with more women on their boards outperformed their rivals with a 66% higher return on invested capital and a 53% higher return on equity.” As part of its initiatives, the WIN Program – Women IN Business, an initiative by…
“The import of 17 tons of potatoes means one hectare of arable land idle in the country and 7 jobs created abroad of which 4 would be fixed… This means that just with the potato imports, Mozambique exports approximately 20,000 direct jobs per year of which more than 12,000 would…
WIN is supporting partners working in the media sector to use interactive voice messaging to reach new audiences, through its partnership with Viamo. In March, the content for Escola do Agricultor went live, and is being accessed by up to 4,000 people per month. By calling 84321 from any feature…
In May 2021, WIN trained twenty-two members of IPSOS’s management and technical teams over two half day sessions in Gender awareness and Unconscious bias. The training was very well received and feedback was excellent, as always provoking a great deal of reflections, different perspectives and constructive dialogue around what can…
By TechnoServe TechnoServe’s WIN program worked with the Mozambican government to revise a life skills curriculum that will help young people — and women in particular — access jobs and start their own businesses. Click here to read more.
WIN held a global webinar to reflect on the use of media to help empower women. The webinar was organized as a panel discussion between WIN team members and representatives of WIN media partners. Click here to read more, or to assist the entire webinar recording.
In Mozambique, women often face barriers that limit their ability to achieve financial independence. WIN’s role is to identify opportunities and barriers for women and find business partners with the incentive and ability to break down those barriers. Read the story here to see how Elsa…
This report aims to provide stakeholders in the fast moving consumer goods value chain with market intelligence on the impact of COVID19. It also provides some ideas and potential solutions that can be taken forward. WIN conducted quick surveys with informal traders in various markets in Maputo and Matola to…
This report provides a general overview of the financial agency model in Mozambique, including a comparision of the strengths and weaknesses of each actor’s management model and assessment of the attractiveness of the commission structure for the various types of agents (rural vs. urban; banking agent vs. non-banking/mobile). For more…
This report details how by recruiting women agents, financial institutions in Mozambique can reach untapped markets and grow market share and suggests that more effectively engaging womenin agency banking, starting with recruitment of women agents, makescommercial sense for financial institutions. For more details or to download the report, please…
Women IN Business (WIN) and FSDMoz have joined efforts to conduct a study with the goal of informing financial services actors and mobile money operators MNOs ) in Mozambique i) on the impacts of COVID 19 on the agents in their networks and ii) share potential solutions of how better…
WIN program was officially launched in September 2019, at Southern Sun Hotel, in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo. Click here to see the video of the event.
