TechnoServe
Non-profit OrganizationsVirginia, United States1001-5000 Employees
TechnoServe is a nonprofit organization that partners with enterprising people in the developing world to strengthen farms, businesses, and industries. It develops business-based solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital, and markets, grounded in the idea that private enterprise can generate income and jobs. With more than five decades of work, the organization relies on a field-based team, many of whom are host-country nationals, to apply business expertise in local contexts. TechnoServe operates across Africa, Latin America, Puerto Rico, and Asia, where its efforts target improvements in farms, businesses, and industries. The organization is based in Arlington, Virginia, and positions itself within the nonprofit sector by applying private-sector approaches to development challenges. In 2024, its initiatives helped transform the lives of about 3.1 million people.