In November and December of 2021, Village Enterprise completed a longitudinal study of more than 400 entrepreneurs who had previously…
As a leading force in poverty alleviation, Village Enterprise continuously monitors global poverty predictions, and one trend we see increasingly…
Patricia Sirma, a business mentor in Bungoma, Kenya, holds a large plastic bottle with many holes on the bottom, in…
Three business owners in Paicho, a sub-region of Gulu, Uganda, lead Village Enterprise team members through thick grasses, along long,…
It’s a bright morning in Gulu, Uganda when Aneno Juliet, the Village Enterprise Innovations Coordinator, and I begin the thirty-minute…
In the 30 years since Village Enterprise was founded, a lot has changed. Our program has grown tremendously in both…
We call them business mentors. To our business owners, they are simply mwalimu, Swahili for teacher. But the 55 people…
Innovation conjures images of people in white coats examining test tubes with awe. Or the CEO of a trendy…
It is a fundamental practice for any business to create a business plan and Village Enterprise funded businesses are no…
The coin flip. From determining the kickoff in American football to deciding who gets the last mandazi (doughnut) in Kenya,…