Entrepreneurship

Learn how entrepreneurs like Jennifer Waruinu continue to apply the lessons they’ve learned from TechnoServe programs.

Kenya’s massive livestock population should make it a global leather leader, yet millions of hides and skins are exported as low-value materials. Through the LEAP program, we shift the focus to the systemic issues that are holding back a massive economic opportunity.

How much do you know about food fortification? Take our quiz to test your knowledge of this strategic approach that addresses nutritional gaps and improves public health.

In Peru, recycling is a way to address an urgent environmental issue and an opportunity to build an inclusive circular economy that creates new economic opportunities for women and youth.

Every year on June 7, World Food Safety Day reminds us of the critical need for safe, nutritious food for all.

In 2025, foreign aid cuts disrupted TechnoServe’s work in many of the communities we serve. Yet despite these challenges, our projects continued to change lives and achieve lasting, cost-effective impact. Explore these results in our 2025 Annual Report, “Rooted and Rising.”

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

TechnoServe Fellow Rediet Yeshidenber shares her experience building sustainable business solutions to poverty in Kenya by transitioning the Smart Duka program into a self-sustaining independent organization. Discover how strategic financial modeling and community-driven entrepreneurship are driving global equity and empowering micro-retailers across Nairobi.

Learn how young people in Kenya are gaining the skills and confidence they need to build livelihoods through the blue economy.

Meet two Indigenous women in Mexico who are transforming their traditional farming practices into a thriving agribusiness.