The Smart Duka program helps entrepreneurs in Kenya’s micro-retail sector improve the profitability of their shops. Today, we’re sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the daily activities of a TechnoServe business advisor who works on this program.
Immaculee Ndagijimana is a tailor in Rwanda who is using the skills she learned through the STRYDE program to teach other women about the power of entrepreneurship.
In 2017, TechnoServe engaged ImpactMatters, an impact audit firm founded with support from Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), to review several projects within our portfolio. This impact audit reviews the second phase of the Coffee Initiative, C.I. II, which was implemented by TechnoServe from 2012 to 2016 in Ethiopia, Kenya,…
In 2017, TechnoServe engaged ImpactMatters, an impact audit firm founded with support from Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), to review several projects within our portfolio. Training and mentorship programs aimed to help SMEs develop business expansion strategies in Uganda helped women-led businesses increase monthly revenues by 22 percent and take…
"Ask a TechnoServe Expert" is a series where our staff members, who work on a range of important global development issues, answer questions from you. In this edition, Jahazi David, regional program manager for STRYDE, talks about creating economic opportunities for young people around the world.
A partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and TechnoServe, the STRYDE program has provided training and mentorship to nearly 69,000 young people across rural Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Nile Breweries, a subsidiary of AB InBev, has sought to improve their supply chains of sorghum and barley through local sourcing and sustainability commitments. This outcome story shares how Nile Breweries Limited leveraged the Guide to Assessing Climate Resilience in Smallholder Supply Chains, part of the USAID Feed the…
East Africa Regional Direct Chris Donohue shares lessons from the STRYDE program, a partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and TechnoServe.
With support from USAID and in partnership with the Uganda Cooperative Alliance, the TechnoServe led Producer Organization Activity promotes the development of key agricultural commodities in Uganda, including coffee, beans, horticultural produce, and maize.
The Coffee Farm College Program is a four-year training program that aims to improve incomes for 30,000 coffee farming households in Central and Western Uganda by increasing their coffee farm productivity.
