TechnoServe
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| Nonprofit organization | |
| Founder | Edward P. Bullard |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
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Area served
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30 countries |
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Key people
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William Warshauer, President and CEO Paul E. Tierney, Jr., Chairman |
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Number of employees
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1,300 |
| 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.
TechnoServe's mission is to work with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. 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:
In 2013, TechnoServe’s work benefited 2.2 million people in 30 countries.
TechnoServe was founded in 1968 by businessman and philanthropist Ed Bullard after his experience volunteering at a hospital in rural Ghana. 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.
TechnoServe has previously worked in the following regions and countries:
TechnoServe is currently working in the following regions and countries:
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. The program facilitates improved dairy production, business practices and market access by developing chilling plant hubs.
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