We believe in the power of the entrepreneurial spirit to transform lives. Village Enterprise equips people living in extreme poverty in rural Africa to start sustainable businesses and savings groups. Graduates from our program generate income and savings from their small businesses that improves their standard of living and breaks the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families.
35,724 Businesses Started by our Graduates
Village Enterprise is a pioneer in the quest to help rural Africans lift themselves from poverty forever. Our community-based, participatory program reflects a bottom-up approach to microenterprise development. Using mobile technology and expanding through partnerships, Village Enterprise has developed a high impact graduation model that is scalable and locally adaptable.
Business groups of three entrepreneurs each bring diverse skill sets, spread risk, build social capital as well as produce cost efficiencies.
Allowing people in extreme poverty to improve their standard of living by starting businesses.
Working in poorer and far more remote villages than are typically served by other NGOs and microfinance organizations.
Highlighted in the 10th-anniversary issue of The Stanford Social Innovation Review, 95% of staff are African.
Our team monitors and evaluates every aspect of our program. An independent, large-scale randomized control trial (RCT) is underway in conjunction with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).
A Rockefeller Foundation 100 Next Century Innovator, we were early adopters of mobile technology.
Meet our Entrepreneurs“I have a happy life and a better lifestyle… and I have hope for the future.” – Lucy
Village Enterprise is a 501(c)3 nonprofit
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