headquarters washington d.c. united states area served 30 countries 1 key people william warshauer president and ceo paul e. tierney jr. chairman number of employees 1 300 2 website technoserve.org technoserve is an international nonprofit that promotes business solutions to poverty in the developing world by linking people to information capital and markets . it is a registered 501 c 3 based in washington d.c. with over 1 300 employees across 30 countries worldwide . 3 contents 1 overview 2 history 2.1 early years 2.2 past work 2.2.1 latin america and the caribbean 2.2.2 africa 2.2.3 asia 2.2.4 europe 3 current international presence 3.1 latin america and the caribbean 3.2 africa 3.3 asia 4 notable projects 4.1 east africa dairy development 4.2 the haiti hope project 4.3 impulsa tu empresa 4.4 project nurture 4.5 strengthening rural youth development through enterprise 4.6 technical assistance facility 5 funding and sponsors 6 references 7 external links overview edit technoserve s mission is to work with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms businesses and industries . 4 this helps grow strong markets that create income jobs and wealth for poor individuals and communities . technoserve works with individuals and businesses to address local or regional constraints that prevent market systems from operating efficiently . the organization focuses on market systems that have a clear opportunity the potential for inclusive growth and the potential for scale . technoserve addresses market system failures in three ways 5 developing capacity technoserve helps individuals and communities acquire necessary skills share relevant knowledge and apply productive technologies needed to build successful farms and businesses . strengthening market connections technoserve helps coordinate industry players and connect emerging businesses and farms to capital networks and suppliers . improving the business environment technoserve helps encourage self sustaining economic activity by addressing the policies information and incentives that help markets function better in 2013 technoserve s work benefited 2.2 million people in 30 countries . 6 history edit early years edit technoserve was founded in 1968 by businessman and philanthropist ed bullard after his experience volunteering at a hospital in rural ghana . 7 he was inspired to start an organization that would help hardworking people harness the power of private enterprise to lift themselves out of poverty . so in 1968 ed launched technoserve short for technology in the service of mankind to help poor people by connecting them to information and market opportunities . in 1969 technoserve undertook its first project assisting the construction of a 2 000 square foot feed mill for the production of poultry and eggs in honduras . technoserve helped locate sources of capital and an experienced feed mill operator to direct the first nine months of operation in order to secure the project s growth and success . by 1971 technoserve had begun work in several other countries across latin america the caribbean and africa . these early efforts marked the beginning of what would proliferate into more comprehensive projects across the globe over the next several decades . past work edit technoserve has previously worked in the following regions and countries latin america and the caribbean edit belize bolivia costa rica dominica ecuador panama venezuela africa edit madagascar mali sudan asia edit china europe edit poland current international presence edit technoserve is currently working in the following regions and countries 8 latin america and the caribbean edit brazil chile colombia el salvador guatemala haiti honduras mexico nicaragua peru africa edit benin botswana burkina faso c te d ivoire democratic republic of the congo ethiopia ghana kenya malawi morocco mozambique nigeria rwanda south africa south sudan swaziland tanzania uganda zambia zimbabwe asia edit india notable projects edit east africa dairy development edit funded by the bill & melinda gates foundation and implemented in partnership with heifer international the east africa dairy development project aims to double the dairy incomes of 179 000 smallholder farm families or approximately one million men women and children in kenya uganda and rwanda within 10 years . 9 the program facilitates improved dairy production business practices and market access by developing chilling plant hubs . 10 the haiti hope project edit the haiti hope project is a five year partnership designed to create sustainable economic opportunities for haitian mango farmers and their families . the project aims to double the incomes of 25 000 smallholder mango farmers five years after they join the project . it is a public private partnership of the coca cola company ; the multilateral investment fund mif a member of the inter american development bank idb ; the u.s. agency for international development usaid ; and technoserve . 11 impulsa tu empresa edit with support from the argidius foundation impulsa tu empresa aims to help more than 800 small and medium sized enterprises develop their business . through mentoring business training and business plan competitions the program aims to increase sales by 13 million and generate 750 new jobs in guatemala honduras nicaragua and burkina faso . 12 project nurture edit a partnership with the coca cola company and the bill & melinda gates foundation project nurture is a five year project that aims to help more than 50 000 small scale mango and passion fruit farmers in kenya and uganda double their fruit incomes . in addition to identifying new market opportunities technoserve advisors are working with farmers to improve productivity and develop strong farmer business groups . 13 strengthening rural youth development through enterprise edit technoserve and the mastercard foundation have partnered on an 11.5 million four year program beginning in 2011 to help rural young women and men in east africa transition to economic independence . the strengthening rural youth development through enterprise stryde program delivers a comprehensive package of services including skills training business development and mentoring to young people ages 18 to 30 in kenya rwanda and uganda aiming to assist 15 000 people by the end of the program . 14 technical assistance facility edit technoserve serves as the manager of the technical assistance facility taf which supports the african agriculture fund a private equity fund to address food security challenges across africa . taf provides technical assistance to small and medium sized enterprises invested in by the african agriculture fund and improves linkages between enterprises and smallholder outgrowers . 15 funding and sponsors edit public and private partners are a key component of technoserve s work in the developing world . technoserve works with the following organizations 16 anglo american argidius foundation aspen network of development entrepreneurs bill & melinda gates foundation cargill the coca cola company dsm ford foundation general mills inter american development bank the mastercard foundation nestl partners in food solutions the rockefeller foundation standard bank u.s. agency for international development u.s. department of agriculture vodafone references edit where we work technoserve our team technoserve our team technoserve can african smallholder farmers grow for export markets how we made it in africa our approach technoserve our impact technoserve edward p. bullard 4th development organization leader 61 the new york times where we work technoserve bill and melinda gates foundation grants 8 million to help african dairy farmers forbes eadd heifer international the haiti hope project technoserve a new boost for entrepreneurs in central america and africa technoserve project nurture partnering for business opportunity and development impact harvard kennedy school new initiative to empower rural youth in east africa african review technical assistance facility technoserve partner with us technoserve external links edit technoserve retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title technoserve & oldid 731101459 categories international non profit organizationsinternational charitiesinternational developmentpoverty related organizationsnon profit organizations based in washington d.c.organizations established in 1968hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 july 2016 at 00 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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