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In Peru's San Martín region, coffee farmer Layit Vargas Tello learned skills that helped her transform from a quiet participant in her coffee cooperative to a leader in her community.

Four years ago, Lúcia Sigauque’s life took an unexpected turn. Discover how a sudden change in her circumstances propelled her into a new role as a successful woman entrepreneur and baker in northern Mozambique.

In 2025, TechnoServe navigated challenges, launched exciting new initiatives, published cutting-edge research, and helped entrepreneurial people around the world create economic opportunity. Here are 10 milestone moments that marked the year at TechnoServe.

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to Silicon Valley boardrooms or research laboratories. Today, AI for social impact represents a convergence of technology and purpose, creating tangible solutions for some of the world's most pressing challenges.

As COP30 closed in Belém, new momentum emerged around food systems and collective action. In this interview, TechnoServe’s Thiago Chang shares his perspective from the ground and what businesses could do now to turn that progress into real action ahead of COP31.

Our monthly photo series highlights the beauty and emotion in the lives of our clients around the world. This month, we're celebrating the skills, confidence, and connections that TechnoServe clients use to build sustainable pathways out of poverty.

Our five most-read stories from 2025 illustrate just a few of the ways that TechnoServe has helped women and men in Africa, Asia, and Latin America overcome obstacles to build brighter futures.

Are you an informed global citizen? Test your knowledge of current events with TechnoServe's November 2025 world news quiz.

Meet Genith Apagueño Cahuaza, a coffee farmer who reconnected with her roots and is now a coffee farmer in Peru’s San Martín region. Her journey is a powerful story of choosing farming after having traveled other paths.

Soil is the foundation of our food supply, rural economies, and even our planetary health. Ahead of World Soil Day, find out how farmers and communities across Africa, India, and Latin America are working to restore this precious resource.