Celebrating market-driven growth in Tajikistan
From 2023-2025, the USAID-funded Employment and Enterprise Development Activity (EEDA) set out with a bold vision: to unlock Tajikistan’s economic …
An Office Artifact Inspires a Long View on Foreign Assistance
By Bob Fries, Chief Technical Officer of ACDI/VOCA This summer, I am wrapping up a 36-year career working with international …
Support Tajikistan’s Emerging Agricultural Economy
In Tajikistan, the Market Driven Rural Development Activity aimed to make the country’s agriculture sector more competitive and resilient, with fragmented …
Resilience in Action: Financial Inclusion and Market Strengthening in Kenya and Myanmar
In this final post in this series, we take a look at how ACDI/VOCA fosters resilience by identifying and addressing …
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 …
ACDI/VOCA and AV Ventures to Present at 16th U.S.-Africa Business Summit on May 6-9
PRESS RELEASE Washington, D.C., May 6, 2024 — On May 6-9, in Dallas, Texas, the Corporate Council on Africa will …
USAID Kuza Earmarks $6 Million For Climate Financing in Northern Kenya
PRESS RELEASE Extreme weather in Northern Kenya shows no signs of slowing down. Flooding and heavy rains that experts say …
AV Ventures Strengthens Commitment to Advancing Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by Joining AVPA
AV Ventures, a leading impact investor in the agribusiness sector and subsidiary of ACDI/VOCA, proudly announces its membership in AVPA. …
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 …
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, …
