In 2012, Lubaba Mekonnen, a single mother of two, joined a TechnoServe program that was working with coffee farmers in her community. At the time, she had no regular source of income and was struggling to support her family. Today, her income has increased by 200%, her coffee farm is flourishing, and her son is getting ready to attend university next year.
Dive deep into a TechnoServe project working to connect smallholder Mozambican cashew farmers to rewards that go far beyond just nut production. Carlos Lássimo not only learned how to be a more productive cashew farmer, but also a seedling producer, and is now sharing his knowledge and spreading the wealth in his community.
Surviving time in a refugee camp, but then losing her husband to malaria, Athanasie and her family returned to Rwanda to farm coffee. As a single mother, she was worried about how she would survive. With the training she received from TechnoServe, Athanasie worked hard to create a healthy and prosperous future for her family – one coffee tree at a time.
TechnoServe’s Catalisa program teaches smallholder farmers like Issufo Momade how to profitably produce vegetables through hands-on training and demonstration plots, which enable even the most risk-averse farmers to see the tangible results of the improved techniques and inputs before making big investments.
The BeninCajù program is working to make Benin’s cashew sector more productive, competitive, sustainable, and inclusive. Today, we’re sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the daily activities of a TechnoServe gender and access to finance specialist who works on this program.
Mariam Abdulafeez is a young businesswoman who is using the skills she learned through a TechnoServe business accelerator program to empower others to transform their businesses and their lives.
Bernadette Sambo is a wife, mother, and successful businesswoman. Using the insights and knowledge she gained from TechnoServe, she has been able to transform her business and strengthen her relationship with her husband.
How African food processors and U.S. companies are working together to transform the African dairy industry.
The National Coffee Association recently named TechnoServe the “Origin Charity of the Year” for our work supporting smallholder coffee farmers around the world.
While financial inclusion has grown in Mozambique over the last decade, the gap between men’s and women’s formal inclusion has grown along with it. Closing the gender gap could be a catalyst for greater financial growth in the future.
