TechnoServe South Africa

TechnoServe South Africa - Business Solutions to Poverty TechnoServe South Africa leverages the power of business & markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty. Hardworking people gain the skills, connections, & confidence to create viable businesses, improve their incomes, & build brighter futures. TechnoServe South Africa brings a unique combination of personal and institutional in-depth experience and relationships in the private sector together with solid technical skills and in-the-field experience. We are deeply rooted in local communities and our predominantly local staff understands how to foster innovation and change in entrepreneurial skills and mindsets and how to develop the local institutions needed to support a vibrant private sector. Local teams are supported by global staff with extensive private sector backgrounds in international business and from top-tier management consulting firms; with access to global best practices; a strong fundraising and operational infrastructure; and with rigorous measurement of success and failure. TechnoServe promotes the growth of South Africa’s SMME business sector through enterprise development programs that provide expert advice, technical and business capacity building, and that open up markets for entrepreneurs’ goods and services and link them to finance – ultimately building competitive farms, businesses and industries. Working directly with entrepreneurs and other industry stakeholders in the field, we ensure that enterprises thrive on their own and generate continued income for rural communities across South Africa. We have a strong track record of helping people establish businesses where none exist and supporting their access to markets.