Theme: Finance & Investment
From Hides to the Heights of Business: Empowering Leather Entrepreneurs in Trade
Tanzanian leatherworkers showcased their work at Africa’s premier convention on innovation and scientific development. As part of Solidaridad’s two-year programme…
14 November 2023
Muda Cana: providing improved services to the sugarcane sector over six years
Solidaridad celebrates six years of its award-winning Muda Cana, or Changing Cane, programme in Brazil. The joint initiative, launched in…
09 November 2023
Promoting Entrepreneurs in Agriculture One Farmer at a Time
Patrick Newman Kortey has become a household name in the local Boase Sibi community in Ghana. As an entrepreneur and…
30 October 2023
INNOVATIVE CLIMATE–SMART OIL PALM PROCESSING MILL INTRODUCED IN GHANA
Solidaridad works with Joe Farms in Ghana to introduce an innovative, environmentally friendly oil palm mill that enhances production efficiency.…
18 October 2023
Carbon Credits and Carbon Markets: Unlocking Benefits for Smallholder Farmers
From massive wildfires and unpredictable rainfall to worldwide heat waves, the effects of a changing climate are impossible to ignore.…
15 September 2023
NURTURING RESILIENCE ONE BEE AT A TIME
Aurora Zeas in an entrepreneur in Nicaragua and owner of Zeas Apícolas, a honey producer that provides a wide range…
16 August 2023
Savings & Loans Enhance Financial Inclusion for Rural Women in Nigeria
Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) are a useful approach for improving financial inclusion of women. In Nigeria, 1,321 rural…
14 August 2023
Innovating for Financial Inclusion: Specialized Loan Product gives Artisanal Miners a Boost
The lack of formalization of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector remains a barrier to improved working conditions and access…
10 August 2023
A take on climate finance: Making the case for more equitable & effective climate action
The number of financial mechanisms dedicated to mitigating and adapting to climate change shows that the world has turned a…
09 August 2023
Effective climate finance needed now for locally-led action that builds farmer resilience
Smallholder farmers are among those most affected by the impacts of climate change; at the same time, they play an…
07 November 2022
