‘Farms Are Going to Need Different Kinds of Robots’
Dave Hale, Director of TechnoServe Labs, talks about our tech approach to improving cashew production in Benin, and its potential for replication and improving farmers' incomes.
Dave Hale, Director of TechnoServe Labs, talks about our tech approach to improving cashew production in Benin, and its potential for replication and improving farmers' incomes.
The USDA and TechnoServe will strengthen support to cashew growers and processors in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria
Human-centered design is revolutionizing software development in the tech sector. Can the process of design thinking help create better solutions for international development, too? Learn how design principles for technology can reduce poverty in the latest edition of Tech vs. Poverty, a new column by Director of TechnoServe Labs Dave Hale.
Cotonou (Benin) and Toulouse (France): International nonprofit TechnoServe and technology platform Alteia announced this week that they have signed a partnership agreement that aims to improve cashew farming practices through the use of aerial drone imagery and artificial intelligence. This collaboration is part of TechnoServe’s…
Technology has the potential to address many of the world’s most pressing development challenges. But some of the biggest failures incorporating technology in development contexts result from solutions that don’t fit the target users’ needs and capabilities. In his first regular column on applying technology to solve development problems, Director of TechnoServe Labs Dave Hale discusses the first step for developing technology solutions: understanding the end user.
The Micro-Retail Stakeholder Forum brought together civil society and the private sector to discuss ways to support African shopkeepers.
TechnoServe is partnering with ANDE to host an event about how digital solutions can help micro-retailers navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery.
After establishing her own business success, Ndinagwe Mboya taught other businesswomen in Tanzania vital skills in savings and entrepreneurship, helping them grow their businesses and transform their lives.
In Benin, the cashew industry has the potential to help hundreds of thousands of small-scale farmers lift themselves out of poverty. However, poor agricultural practices often limit their productivity and incomes. TechnoServe is using remote sensing and machine learning to map cashew production and target agricultural training to farmers who need it most.
When the COVID-19 crisis hit Mozambique, many women entrepreneurs like Catarina Bié struggled to keep their businesses afloat. Recognizing the importance of continuing to support entrepreneurs during this difficult time, but wanting to do so safely, TechnoServe adapted its usual in-person training program to a digital format using WhatsApp.