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TechnoServe in the News (selected media hits about our work)

• "The Passion Overflows to Pro Bono Work," The Firm Voice, 04/30/08. (Article about our relationship with the public relations firm Text 100.)

• “Gates Foundation Unveils $306 Million in Agricultural Grants,” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 01/25/08. (Article quotes TechnoServe CEO Bruce McNamer on our new coffee initiative in East Africa, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.)

• “Google.org announces $26 million in grants, investments,” San Francisco Chronicle, 01/17/08. (Article identifies TechnoServe as a Google.org partner in developing small- and medium-sized enterprises.)

• "A study in African ingenuity," Financial Times, 01/13/08. (Article discusses TechnoServe chairman of the board Paul Tierney's position as co-teacher of Entrepreneurship in Africa course at Columbia Business School.)

• “How to make a little go a long way,” Financial Times, 12/16/07. (Article highlights TechnoServe employee Pauline Mwangi’s work on the Young Women in Enterprise program in Kenya.)

• "Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy," Financial Times Special Report, 07/05/07. (Article ranks TechnoServe fourth on its list of best global NGOs to partner with.)
  
  
• "Nicaragua se cuela en el mundo del cacao fino," El Nuevo Diario, 6/28/2007. (Article discusses Nicaragua's potential to become a leading world exporter of fine cocoa. Article is in Spanish.)
  
  
• "Tanzanian coffee farmers go green," BBC News, 04/23/07. (Article discusses TechnoServe-assisted clients’ installation of a bio-digester to treat coffee processing waste water in Tanzania.)
  
  
• "The Charity Gap," The Wall Street Journal, 04/04/07. (Article discusses how a larger percentage of philanthropic donations should go to organizations like TechnoServe, which explicitly target those in need.)
  
  
• "TechnoServe launches new program in Rwanda," Coffee and Cocoa International, 03/28/07. (Article discusses the replication of TechnoServe's coffee work in Rwanda.)
  
  
• "Excellence in a cup," The Economist, 01/25/07. (Article discusses the Cup of Excellence quality coffee competition. Author quotes TechnoServe Vice President of Business Development David Browning on quality coffee's potential for reducing poverty.)