AUGUST 7, 2007 —The Inter-American Development Bank's Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) has approved a US$4.4 million grant that will enable TechnoServe to run business plan competitions in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, specifically targeting products and services for the economic base of the pyramid (BOP). Through…
WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 5, 2007 —A Financial Times special report rates TechnoServe as one of the world's top non-governmental organizations (NGOs), placing it fourth on a list ranked on the basis of business partnerships. The list is the centerpiece of a special report on corporate citizenship and philanthropy, published…
KIGALI, RWANDA, JUNE 14, 2007 —Minister of State Vincent Karega met with small-scale coffee growers and TechnoServe staff members in Muhanga District today to learn how a coffee initiative is helping coffee farmers produce specialty coffee for the first time. Faustin Nsanzabaganwa, President of KOBAKAMU Cooperative, a TechnoServe-assisted…
NAIROBI, KENYA, APRIL 12, 2007 —The Ministry of State for Youth Affairs (MOYA) and TechnoServe/Kenya officially launch the first annual Believe Begin Become (BBB) Business Plan Competition in Kenya on 12 April 2007. The celebration, hosted at the MOYA offices in the Board Room on the 3rd Floor of…
MBABANE, SWAZILAND, APRIL3, 2007 —TechnoServe, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and supporting companies from Swaziland's private sector officially launched Believe Begin Become 2007, Swaziland's National Business Plan Competition, today at the Mountain Inn amongst a crowd of corporate executives, entrepreneurs, private sector sponsors and stakeholders.
NAIROBI, KENYA, MARCH 30, 2007 —The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Kenya Pipeline Company will award 50,000,000 Ksh. to TechnoServe to conduct the first annual Believe Begin Become Business Plan Competition in Kenya. On 30 March 2007, the check presentation ceremony will be hosted at his office by the…
MBABANE, SWAZILAND, MARCH 29, 2007 — TechnoServe and LULOTE officially celebrate their partnership and launch of the School Age Youth Entrepreneurship (SAYE) program at the Tums George Hotel in Manzini. In an effort to catalyze a cultural shift among Swaziland's youth from job seekers to job creators, SAYE is…
NEW YORK, NY, MARCH 22, 2007 — TechnoServe held its second fundraising gala on Wednesday, March 21st in the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. The theme of the evening was “Celebrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit,” honoring the drive and hard work that compels men and women to build businesses that…
TechnoServe is proud to announce that its 2007 Gala will be held at the Rainbow Room in New York on March 21, 2007. The Gala will celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit that drives our clients in Africa and Latin America to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth…
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS, 15 MARZO, 2007 — Este mes, los líderes de dos de las empresas productoras de chocolate gourmet más importantes del mundo visitaron Honduras para promover y apoyar la iniciativa hondureña de renovar la industria cacaotera desde producción corriente a cacao fino. El jueves 15 de marzo, los…
