New Banking Branch Brings Finance Access to Pastoralists in Northern Kenya
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC), in collaboration with the county government …
Case Study: Feed the Future Kenya USAID Kuza & The Impact for Northern Kenya Fund
Read the Feed the Future Kenya USAID Kuza & The Impact for Northern Kenya Fund case study here. This case …
Feed the Future USAID Kuza Strengthens Management of Counties’ Revolving Funds in Northern Kenya
Kenya’s revolving county funds have the potential to play an increasing role in offering finance to Kenya’s micro, small, and …
Q&A with Volunteer Providing Business Development Support to SMEs in Zambia
Lusekelo Mwafulilwa is a financial accountant who is partially qualified by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. A resident of …
USDA-Ghana Poultry Project Ends, Critical Activities Continue
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), which began in 2015, closed in December 2021, but …
Q&A with Bangladesh-Based Volunteer Supporting Entrepreneurs in Zambia
Ahmed Towsif is an entrepreneur based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a first-time volunteer with ACDI/VOCA. We talked to Ahmed about …
Are We Too Focused on Access to Credit? Agent Banks Boost Resiliency during COVID-19 Pandemic
In early 2020, the Feed the Future Bangladesh Rice and Diversified Crops Activity began an assessment to understand how the …
Q&A With U.S.-Based, Remote Volunteer Supporting Zambian Business Owners
Zhuoting Xie is a recent graduate of the Brandeis University International Business School, where she earned a master’s degree in …
Q&A with U.S.-Based Volunteer Supporting Impact Investing in West Africa
Camille Accad is a financial expert who works with several subsidiaries and assists with capital markets transactions. Read about Camille’s …
USAID Zambia EDGE Activity Brings Asset-Based Financing to Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Building linkages and business relationships between asset leasing companies and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is one area of focus …
Kyrgyzstan’s Kupuev Academy Raises $700,000 from ACDI/VOCA Impact Investing Subsidiaries AV Ventures & AV Frontiers
Kupuev Academy, a private, progressive school located in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, announced that it has raised $700,000 in financing. The investment …
Enabling Cyber Access for Youth in Northern Kenya
In 2015, 26-year old Mohammed Ore Ahmed identified a business opportunity in his hometown of Griftu in Wajir County in …
