Africa

This global initiative strengthens the capacity of local enterprise support organizations to expand their reach, accelerating growth and job creation for the entrepreneurial people they serve.

The Mpuma NOVA project supports businesses in South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province as coal-dependent communities transition toward a low-carbon economy. Through TechnoServe’s NOVA EdTech platform, the project delivers flexible, mobile-based entrepreneurship training that helps entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, create jobs, and build more resilient local economies beyond fossil fuels.

Context Nigeria ranks among the top ten global plastic waste polluters, facing a growing environmental crisis. Each year, the country generates an estimated 32 million metric tons of waste, including an estimated 2.5 million metric tons of plactic, much of which ends up in waterways, streets, and…

The Benin Poultry Value Chain Transformation (BeniPoule) program is a market-driven initiative designed to strengthen Benin’s poultry sector by supporting production and commercial growth, reducing reliance on imports, and improving food security. Working with market actors across the value chain, the program promotes more competitive, resilient, and inclusive poultry production to create better jobs and expand opportunities for women and youth.

The Benin Classified Forests Initiative is a program designed to protect Benin’s classified forests while creating sustainable economic opportunities for communities living around them. By strengthening alternative economic activities around Non-Timber forest Products beyond natural wood extraction and forest-based agriculture, specifically shea and honey, the project enables women and youth to increase their incomes while reducing pressure on forest ecosystems.

ReGenerate Rwanda works to boost incomes, address the unmet demand for essential products and services, and deliver environmental benefits.

CREW is helping to boost rural livelihoods, preparing farmers to navigate climate risks, and supporting women's leadership in coffee in Ethiopia

Horticurity: Food Security for Resilient Communities is a two year project funded by the Citi Foundation. The project works with smallholder horticulture producers, home gardeners, and fruit and vegetable vendors in 31 communities in Nigeria’s Delta and Kano states to improve food security, increase incomes, and strengthen community resilience to climate and economic shocks.

The Horticulture Market Acceleration Project (HortiMAP) was a four-year project to improve farmer livelihoods, boost household nutrition, and create jobs in Uganda’s horticulture sector. It was funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and implemented by TechnoServe in collaboration with a consortium including BiD Capital…

Project StreFaS is a three-year initiative funded by AGRA and Nestlé, aimed at supporting grain farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria to access formal markets, enabling their integration into higher-value supply chains. By promoting regenerative agriculture, StreFaS strengthens the resilience of farmers and SMEs, improves farm productivity, and supports more sustainable grain production in Kaduna and Nasarawa State Nigeria.