A New Model for Benin’s Cashew Industry
With technical expertise and training from TechnoServe, a Benin-based company has established a world-class cashew processing facility that prioritizes social and environmental responsibility.
Strengthening Competitive Businesses in Benin
Launched in late 2014, TechnoServe implemented a business plan competition program with funding from the World Bank and working in conjunction with the Government of Benin. This partnership aimed to create jobs by strengthening formal small and medium enterprises.
From Shopkeepers to Shop Masters
Owners of mom and pop shops in Nairobi are making small changes that add up to big profits.
Creating a Coffee Husk Market in Ethiopia
Using a market-based approach, TechnoServe is helping coffee farmers and cooperatives in Jimma, Ethiopia, turn coffee husk into a thriving market.
Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises
Despite a high volume of of entrepreneurial activity, Ghana has a low rate of success in transforming small enterprises into larger, more productive companies, which can help to promote economic growth and create jobs.
Natural Solutions: Innovative Opportunities in South Africa
Tumi Mphahlele struggled to find beauty products for her sensitive skin in South Africa, so she turned to her knowledge of biochemistry and began her own business.
Accessing Clean Water and Economic Opportunity for Women
TechnoServe and Unilever are working in partnership to develop a new concept for sustainable water provision by piloting the concept of Sunlight Water Centers in eight peri-urban areas near Abuja.
Improving the Business Development Services Industry
Business development services play an important role in supporting entrepreneurship, which is critical to driving job creation and economic growth in Haiti.
Promoting the Food Processing Sector
Food processing provides the potential to create necessary jobs in Zambia’s rural areas, as well as strengthening the competitiveness of the broader value chain.
