Innovative Business Owner Plays Her Part in Conserving Lake Malawi’s Shoreline Biodiversity
In Malawi, a business owner is using her social enterprise to help diversify incomes in her community – and it's helping rejuvenate a depleted Lake Malawi.
Two South African Women Turn to Entrepreneurship to Fulfill Their Dreams: “Women Are Moving Up the Ladder and Can be Anything They Want to be Now.”
Two South African women rise early each morning, hoping that entrepreneurship will help them fulfill their dreams. A TechnoServe program is giving them the skills to do just that.
‘Coffee Cultivation Is Up by 50%’: The Sustainable Scheme Reviving the Fortunes of Zimbabwe’s Coffee Growers
The Guardian covers TechnoServe's Reviving Origins program with Nespresso in Zimbabwe.
Women in Energy: “It Makes Business Sense to Increase Gender Diversity”
TechnoServe's Program Director for Women IN Business (WIN), Julia Sorensen, is featured in this article about the benefits of getting more women involved in the energy sector.
Meet the TechnoServe Fellow Who’s Inspiring Farmers in Mozambique: Q&A with Progress Chisenga
Progress Chisenga is a former TechnoServe Fellow who worked in Mozambique in late 2019 through early 2020, where she worked on a project supporting rice and vegetable farmers in Mozambique. In this Q&A, Progress shares her thoughts about the experience and the future.
Celebrating a Milestone in Women’s Journeys to Improve Their Businesses and Futures
TechnoServe’s Business Women Connect program recently celebrated training 1,000 women entrepreneurs in Mozambique. Read about the event and what it meant for the women involved.
Meet the Farmers Behind Your Coffee: Reviving Origins in Zimbabwe
Follow two coffee farmers as they go about their day in Honde Valley, Zimbabwe, which is known for its prized Arabica coffee.
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…
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.
