Cashing in on Chips in Kenya
Hannah Karanja seized an opportunity to add value to potato products; now she's working with TechnoServe to expand her business.
Following in Her Father’s Footsteps
How TechnoServe supported a long-time family business in the transition of ownership from father to daughter
Three Unorthodox Lessons for Latin America’s Entrepreneurs
TechnoServe's global entrepreneurship director challenges conventional wisdom about how to help businesses grow.
Box Shop in South Africa Hosts Special Guests
Earlier this month, a U.S. Congressional delegation visited TechnoServe and Citi Foundation’s Box Shop program in Soweto, South Africa.
A Road to Progress in Mozambique
A fruit farm in Nampula Province uses capital from an agribusiness fund to improve its farm and benefit their community at the same time.
Researching Strategies to Improve Food Security and Promote Economic Development
TechnoServe with funding from the European Union is reaching programming to help enable the European Commission to achieve the goal of helping to address core issues currently faced by agricultural industry players and poor households in Zimbabwe, as well as inform future thinking and program design.
Providing Opportunities for Youth and Women Through Coffee in Eastern Guatemala
TechnoServe together with the Trade Facilitation Office of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, and Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons is implementing a four-year initiative to train 1,000 farmers in agronomic and sustainability practices in eastern Guatemala and improve their productivity by 25 percent.
Cooking Up Change in Chile
Cesar and Priscilla Díaz have launched a successful catering business in a small town in Chile with the help of the EMERGE program, an Anglo American-TechnoServe collaboration.
Solutions for African Food Enterprises
Solutions for African Food Enterprises (SAFE) was a public-private partnership between TechnoServe, Partners in Food Solutions, and USAID that aimed to increase the competitiveness of the African food processing sector to expand availability of affordable and nutritious foods to local populations. The program benefited more than 1,000 food processors who source from more than 800,000 smallholder farmers in five countries.
Empowering Youth Entrepreneurs in Latin America
Youth face unique challenges in obtaining formal employment or becoming successful entrepreneurs. Crece Tu Empresa, TechnoServe's program in partnership with Citi Foundation, is working to address the challenge of youth unemployment in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Panama.
