TechnoServe

Overview

Successful businesses provide jobs, income, and opportunity. At TechnoServe, we help enterprising people in the developing world build business by giving them the same advice good management consultants give to the world’s leading corporations.

Mission

TechnoServe helps entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their countries.

Program

TechnoServe helps entrepreneurs identify customer needs by tapping into market information that is immediately useful for their purposes; develops entrepreneurs’ capacity to assemble capable managers, create sound business plans, raise financing, and penetrate markets; provides businesses with world-class advice through our alliances with experts in the field; helps businesses to think and act strategically so that they can continue to grow

TechnoServe provides a range of business development services, including: business planning; capital raising; employee training; operational support; market and industry research; strategic planning; industry association support; policy analysis; and advocacy support.

TechnoServe works in the following sectors: agriculture; alternative energy; tourism; wood products; and entrepreneurship development.

Impact

Since its inception in 1968, TechnoServe has helped to create or improve more than 1,500 businesses, benefiting millions of people in 30 countries. In 2005, TechnoServe assisted 166 clients who generated nearly $50 million in sales and purchased about $35 million worth of products from more than 143,000 rural producers. We have also trained thousands of people in business and entrepreneurial skills.

Chief Executive

Bruce McNamer

Countries of Operation

Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Brazil