TechnoServe Develops Plans to Serve Farmers and Small Business Owners Post Pandemic
On the Business of Giving podcast, TechnoServe CEO Will Warshauer describes how the organization is reacting to COVID-19.
On the Business of Giving podcast, TechnoServe CEO Will Warshauer describes how the organization is reacting to COVID-19.
In Kenya, the coronavirus pandemic is presenting new challenges for shopkeepers who must continue supplying their customers with essential goods, even amidst a global crisis. We talked to Alice Waweru, TechnoServe’s entrepreneurship regional program manager, about the challenges these micro-retailers are facing and what TechnoServe is doing to help.
TechnoServe is collaborating with Anglo American on providing enterprise development training to youth in response to South Africa's national priority of reducing unemployment and poverty.
This initiative offers a unique approach to supporting young entrepreneurs by creating several Box Shop stores in South African townships. This effort will support 240 young entrepreneurs to bring their products to store shelves and encourage more support for buying and building local brands.
As the novel coronavirus COVID-19 spreads around the world, it is having a devastating economic impact. TechnoServe’s work developing capacity and building ecosystems to support entrepreneurs in countries across Latin America, Africa, and South Asia yields important lessons for today’s businesses struggling to withstand the crisis.
In this NextBillion article, Juan Carlos Thomas and Andrea Bettosini describe how TechnoServe's entrepreneurship programs are responding to COVID-19.
TechnoServe’s resources highlight digital training and other methods to help enterprises in developing countries
In Chile, the coronavirus pandemic is threatening the survival of many micro and small businesses. We talked to Corina Rivas, TechnoServe’s Chile country director, about the “very hard” situation on the ground, and how TechnoServe is helping entrepreneurs “reset” their businesses to survive.
Drawing from TechnoServe’s past experience working with entrepreneurs in times of crisis, as well as early learnings from the response to the coronavirus pandemic, we present guidance on what development organizations can do to help micro and small businesses survive.
Drawing from a study that engaged a global cohort of entrepreneurs, TechnoServe provides four core principles for remote program design.