Africa

Sales agent models have the potential to improve access to goods and services while creating economic opportunity for women and youth. Drawing on work from Rwanda and Mozambique, TechnoServe’s Sophie Duchanoy and Sarah Bove share three key factors in making these approaches work.

More than a decade after participating in a TechnoServe program, Gloriose Uwayezu is now the owner of a thriving brick-making business in Rwanda.

We asked TechnoServe clients—small-scale farmers around the world—to reflect on their connection to the land and their hopes for the Earth and future generations. These are some of their responses.

TechnoServe’s 2024 annual report, "Seeding Prosperity," takes a closer look at the exceptional impact our clients achieved and shares the inspiring stories behind these record-breaking numbers.

In Ghana, Veronica Abrokwah is juggling life as a nurse and a smallholder tomato farmer and processor with support from TechnoServe.

We asked TechnoServe clients—small-scale farmers around the world—to reflect on their connection to the land and their hopes for the Earth and future generations. These are some of their responses.

Through entrepreneurship and inclusive business strategies, individuals like Melvina and Sadia are showing that poverty reduction through business is not only possible—it’s already happening.