Leveraging Economic Support to Expand Businesses in Northern Kenya
Job scarcity and the increasing cost of living, among other factors, have forced the migration of people in Northern Kenya …
Learpanai Bounces Back Better Following a Four-Year-Drought
A Case of Emergency Cash Transfer It is early morning. Learpanai opens his shop, located at the heart of Kisima …
How Green is Your House? Family Farming in the South of Tajikistan
On a crisp morning in Kushoniyon, 5 km from Tajikistan’s southern central city of Bokhtar, accountant-turned-farmer Saidjalol gazes proudly at …
Hello Tractor Kenya Secures $750,000 in Debt from the Impact for Northern Kenya Fund
PRESS RELEASE-Nairobi, Kenya (March 12, 2024) — Hello Tractor Kenya Ltd., a pioneering agricultural technology company, is excited to announce …
USAID’s Cash Transfer Program Stimulates Business Growth in Northern Kenya
Lydia Majuma, a 33-year-old entrepreneur, established a wholesale greengrocery business in 2016 to supply fresh produce to retailers in Lodwar …
How Cash Transfers Are Putting Livestock Traders Back in Business in Kenya
Habiba Diba is a livestock trader at the Jirime livestock market in Northern Kenya’s Marsabit County. She is the sole …
Case Study: Feed The Future Kenya Access To Finance In Northern Kenya
Access the Feed The Future Kenya Access To Finance In Northern Kenya Case Study, authored by Paul Newall, here.
Private Sector Engagement Interactive Site
Explore ACDI/VOCA’s private sector engagement approach through this interactive site.
Upgrading Local Rice Threshing to Support Half a Million Dollars in Rice Production
USAID Laos Microenterprise Provides Grants for Modern Agricultural Equipment Rice is the main food crop in Laos’ Xiengkhouang Province. In …
Poultry Farmer Scales Up Business and Overcomes Challenges of Living in Remote Northern Kenya
Sora Abayo, a farmer from Moyale Town in Kenya’s Marsabit County, began keeping chickens in 2007 as a source of …
USAID Laos Microenterprise Stimulates Systemic Changes in Maize Sector Through Access to Loans
In the Xiengkhouang Province, maize is the main cash crop in three of the seven districts, due to high demand …
Shaping the Tajikistan Agricultural Landscape with American Tech and Money
Karim, a middle-aged farmer in central Tajikistan, gazes over the untapped hills that he dreams of cultivating. “There’s no reservoir, …
