Entrepreneurship

Are you an informed global citizen? Test your knowledge of current events this week with TechnoServe’s January 2025 world news quiz.

The coming year promises to be an important one for the fight against poverty. We asked TechnoServe leaders around the globe to tell us what they are looking forward to in 2025.

In Guatemala, women entrepreneurs like Yara Tobar are gaining the confidence, skills, and connections they need to build successful, profitable businesses.

Djoule Bonna is a hairdresser, entrepreneur, and mother in northern Benin. Read a firsthand account of how she transformed her life, going from an apprentice to a thriving business owner and leader in her family and community.

Plastic pollution is a global crisis, harming marine ecosystems, threatening wildlife, and impacting coastal communities like Mombasa, Kenya.

In eastern Botswana, four remarkable women are proving that entrepreneurship can be a powerful path to personal and community transformation. Baikanne Toteng (43), Gofaone Botshelo (41), Kenyatsegile Gotewang (49), and Stephinah Gaanakobo (53) are the founders of Pinbelly Elite, a cleaning detergent manufacturing and services company.

As 2024 draws to a close, let’s take a moment to celebrate the milestone moments that you helped make possible through your support. Thanks to you, our work has made a real, tangible difference in millions of lives. 1. As TechnoServe’s Coffee Alliance for Excellence…

The right use of artificial intelligence in small businesses can boost growth and job creation—critical needs in emerging economies. Even relatively basic AI tools can help small businesses improve their decision-making, support workforce development, and enhance customer experience.  But this technology must be applied the right way, and with consideration…

Meet Celestina, a passionate entrepreneur who found out about the USAID and SDC-funded project through a colleague in her group of decorators. After participating in the training program, she experienced a significant transformation in her business. Initially insecure about managing her employees and her finances, Celestina had difficulty…

This year, TechnoServe worked with thousands of small-scale farmers and business owners to overcome challenges, find creative solutions, and build lasting change for themselves, their families, and their broader communities. Check out TechnoServe’s top five stories of 2024, then explore other content on the TechnoServe blog.