Mrs. Martha: Love, Life, and Coffee in Nicaragua
TechnoServe’s Angelica Cubas Pérez visits a farmer in Nicaragua. This is the story that unfolded over lunch.
Innovative Business Owner Plays Her Part in Conserving Lake Malawi’s Shoreline Biodiversity
In Malawi, a business owner is using her social enterprise to help diversify incomes in her community – and it's helping rejuvenate a depleted Lake Malawi.
How Grassroots Savings-and-Credit Unions Can Improve Access to Finance for Rural Women
Celebrate International Day of Rural Women on October 15 with this read from Agrilinks which highlights the Coffee Alliance for Excellence (CAFE) initiative, implemented by TechnoServe and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with support from Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) and designed to improve the livelihoods of coffee-farming families in Peru.
Quiz: Women Face Gender-Specific Challenges in Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment
Quiz: Have you or someone you know faced any of these gender-specific career challenges? TechnoServe is helping women overcome these challenges through a variety of programs around the world.
Two South African Women Turn to Entrepreneurship to Fulfill Their Dreams: “Women Are Moving Up the Ladder and Can be Anything They Want to be Now.”
Two South African women rise early each morning, hoping that entrepreneurship will help them fulfill their dreams. A TechnoServe program is giving them the skills to do just that.
P3 Impact Award Nomination Signals Robust Approach to Economic Development in Latin America Through Beyond Extraction Program
Beyond Extraction, a partnership to promote sustained, broad-based economic development in communities surrounding Anglo American operations in Brazil, Chile, and Peru, was nominated as a finalist for the P3 Impact Award. Read about what the partnership means for participants.
Partnership to Promote Local Economic Development in Mining Communities in Brazil, Chile, and Peru Named Finalist for Prestigious Award
The Beyond Extraction partnership between Anglo American, the Inter-American Development Bank, and TechnoServe is one of five finalists for the P3 Impact Award
Tackling Youth Unemployment Through Entrepreneurship and Skills Training
In Tanzania, young people like Asia Abdallah often face an uphill battle when entering the job market. With few formal sector jobs available, many turn to entrepreneurship. But without the practical skills to get started, entrepreneurship can present challenges. TechnoServe is equipping youth with the skills they need to gain formal employment or run their own successful businesses.
Empowering Women Coffee Growers in Antioquia, Colombia
Women play a central, though often "invisible," role in Colombian coffee production. Here's how The Coca-Cola Foundation and TechnoServe are partnering to improve the access of 11,000 women to the services and training they need to run their coffee farms as a business.
