TechnoServe’s Coffee Wet Mill Processing Guide
A definitive guide on how to process coffee to high quality standards, tailored for use by coffee wet mill operators across East Africa.
Empowering Women in Coffee
This Women's History Month, we highlight our work promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment throughout the coffee value chain.
A Resilient Crop for a Resilient Woman
After struggling to make ends meet on her tomato farm, Cicily partnered with TechnoServe to start growing the more resilient Kilele tomato and implement best farming practices, allowing her to increase profits and open her own store.
A Zambian Woman Entrepreneur Seizes Her Opportunity
A woman who needed healthy food for her young son used her ingenuity to place herself on the path of success by starting her own business. Today, she is an entrepreneur with big plans for the future.
How A Young Ugandan Woman Breaks Gender Barriers in a Job Dominated by Men: “I Have to Put in Double the Effort”
Ruth Nabatanzi couldn’t afford to stay in school, and struggled to make ends meet. After a TechnoServe training, she launched a career as a welder, an unusual occupation for women in her country. Now she is earning significantly more income – and breaking gender stereotypes.
Middlemen Are the Invisible Links in African Agriculture
In highlighting the role of intermediaries in coffee value chains, The Economist talks to TechnoServe Global Coffee Director Paul Stewart.
How Does Quality Control in East Africa Help Bring Your Favorite Coffee From Crop to Cup? Part 3: Cupping
In the final installment of this three-part series, Crop to Cup, learn how coffee processing – cupping, in particular – in East Africa affects the taste of your coffee and the prices that farmers receive.
Farmers See the Benefits of Vetiver Wetlands and Regenerative Agriculture in Peru
From Ethiopia to Peru, a highly efficient, natural technology is being implemented to help wetlands recover: vetiver grass. Learn how it works in Peru – and how it helps coffee farmer Emilia Lozada send her children to school.
‘It’s a WhatsApp Life’: How the Messaging App Became a Critical Financial Service
Raconteur highlights the importance of WhatsApp to entrepreneurs in the global south, quoting TechnoServe expert Alice Waweru.
Inclusive Training Program Will Help Young African Entrepreneurs Grow Their Businesses
The PAYED 5 program will harness digital tools to help micro-retailers in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire recover from the pandemic and increase their revenues
