What Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Can Do for International Development
Last week, Facebook announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency, Libra. Libra will be managed by a consortium of firms known as the Libra Association and will fully …
USAID Enterprise Competitiveness Project Supports Charter Flights to Promote Kyrgyz Republic Tourism
On June 27, 140 tourists from Tashkent to Tamchy, Uzbekistan, arrived at Issyk-Kul International Airport in the Kyrgyz Republic on …
Entrepreneur Unlocks Potential of Private Healthcare in the Kyrgyz Republic
It’s a busy Monday morning at the Prime Clinic, a thriving private clinic founded by Arman Alibai in the heart …
Trail Mix Is Having a Moment Thanks to Kyrgyz Youth-owned Business
The market research was clear. So far, no one in Kyrgyzstan was packaging dried fruit and nuts as trail mix, …
USAID Kyrgyz Project Leverages Private Investment to Export Dried Fruit
The next time you buy dried fruit in the United States, you may be buying apricots or plums grown by …
Agro Horizon Partners with Banks to Support Kyrgyz Farmers
Farmers in rural regions of Kyrgyzstan often lack access to the banking system because of the remote areas in which …
Agro Horizon Helps Kyrgyz Farmers Unite with Private Sector to Revive Milk Production in Harsh Winters
Rislikhan Saidkosimova, a dairy farmer in Gairat village, with her family’s cows Following tradition in Kyrgyzstan, Rislikhan Saidkosimova, a 23-year-old …
US Ambassador Recognizes Critical Role of Agro Horizon’s Private-Sector Partners
On June 14 and 15, 2017, Shelia Gwaltney, the United States ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, visited two private-sector partners of ACDI/VOCA’s …