Entrepreneurship

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.

A TechnoServe program in India is equipping women-led startups with the knowledge and tools they need to make a sustainable impact.

Nigeria's massive plastic waste crisis is also an economic opportunity. See how one program is transforming the informal recycling sector, turning waste into wealth.

Our monthly photo series highlights the beauty and emotion in the lives of our clients around the world. This month, we're celebrating the hardworking women who build better lives for themselves, their families and communities.