Effective Support for Women Entrepreneurs Goes Beyond Skills Training
Writing for Business Fights Poverty, TechnoServe's Cristina Manfre and Lucinda Francisco share insights from the Business Women Connect program.
Building Farmers’ Resilience to the Fertilizer Crisis in Peru
Facing synthetic fertilizer shortages and price hikes due to the conflict in Ukraine, farmers in Peru are quickly turning to alternatives. Programs like CAFE can support alternative fertilizer adoption through supporting local businesses and stakeholders, encouraging reduction, not elimination, of fertilizer use; and presenting alternatives that benefit both farmers and the environment
Social Entrepreneurs Accelerate the Digital Revolution to Help Small Businesses Around the World
From SOCAP21: How Technological Solutions Can Help the Global South’s Small Businesses Lead an Inclusive Economic Recovery
Financial and Technical Assistance Helps Vital African Food Businesses Weather COVID-19 Pandemic
Support from Visa Foundation and the Coalition for Farmer-Allied Intermediaries helped food processors in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia weather the crisis
Women’s Economic Empowerment on the Airwaves
Writing for the Vikara Institute's MSD Hub, TechnoServe's Sarah Bove describes how the WIN program is using mass media to support women's entrepreneurship in Mozambique
New Edition of Globally Renowned Partnership Will Create Jobs in Brazilian Mining Communities
The CRESCER 2.0 program will reach 4,170 participants and support more than 1,000 jobs
Knowledge Transfer: How Corporate Employees Can Help Build the Skills of Entrepreneurs through Volunteerism
In this iBAN article, TechnoServe's Alice Waweru and Elsie Njoki describe how Citi employees' expertise is helping Kenyan shopkeepers succeed.
US Finances Project to Boost Cashew Processing in West Africa
Will Warshauer, CEO of TechnoServe, is featured in this news coverage about Prosper Cashew. The project aims to improve cashew processing facilities, facilitate access to working capital, and link investors with processors in West Africa.
‘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.
TechnoServe’s Fifth Micro-Retail Stakeholder Forum Will Celebrate Progress in a Key Sector for African Economies
The event will also bring together a range of actors to discuss some of the challenges impacting small shopkeepers
