Meet the Farmers Behind Your Coffee: Reviving Origins in DRC
Follow coffee farmer Noella Rwizibuka and her family as they go about their day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Remote Sensing and Satellite Imagery Providing Data for African Cashews
Emerging technology solutions combining aerial and phone imagery with machine learning could solve long-standing challenges in getting accurate, timely data for trade and investment decisions in the global nut and dried fruit industry.
Making This Year Better Than the Last: A Recent Survey Assesses the Pandemic’s Impacts on Micro and Small Businesses
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in NextBillion as a part of the series “Recovery 2021,” which explores how businesses, development initiatives and the communities they serve in low- and middle-income countries are building greater resilience for a post-pandemic future. At the worst…
Making This Year Better Than the Last: A Recent Survey Assesses the Pandemic’s Impacts on Micro and Small Businesses
Juan Carlos Thomas, Director of Entrepreneurship at TechnoServe, writes about TechnoServe's report on the impacts of COVID-19 for micro-retailers in this NextBillion article.
TechnoServe Releases Ethiopian Arabica Coffee Guide to Promote Forest Conservation
TechnoServe's new forest coffee guide, titled: "Ethiopia's Forest Coffee: An Illustrated Guide", features stories, interactive maps, and photographs as highlighted in this Global Coffee Report article.
Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee Initiative Seeks to Protect and Promote
Daily Coffee News covers TechnoServe's conservation work in East Africa by featuring our new, free 70-page guidebook called Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee: An Illustrated Guide, along with an interactive online map.
New Guide Highlights Ethiopia’s Little-Known Forest Coffee
Ethiopia’s Forest Coffee: An Illustrated Guide includes information about nearly 100 cooperatives and mills that produce and sell this unique coffee
MSME Survival and Recovery Program to Support 80 Micro and Small Businesses in Nigeria
The Joint initiative by Citibank Nigeria Limited and TechnoServe Will Help Small Businesses Develop Long-Term Resiliency and Achieve Sustainable Growth
How a Global Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing Improves Food Safety
This article, published by Agrilinks, details the Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP)—a partnership between USAID, TechnoServe and Partners in Food Solutions (PFS) that aims to create a more competitive food-processing sector in Africa—and shows how partnerships with local food processing businesses can help them improve food safety, even amid an unprecedented pandemic.
Skills for Life: Developing a Curriculum to Help Young Mozambicans Thrive Post-Graduation
In Mozambique, many students graduate without the necessary soft skills to succeed in jobs or as entrepreneurs, leaving them with limited economic opportunities. 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.
