October 28, 2021

From Coop to Market: The story of the Salayat Egg Collection Center

Banyan Global worked with the Feed the Future Ethiopia VCA to proactively engage women in the poultry sector through a number of organizations including cooperatives, businesses, and social groups.

October 4, 2021

USAID WEE CoP Learning Event: An Evidence Review: Proven, Promising and Potential Interventions to Advance WEE (September 2021)

On September 21, 2021, members of the USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Community of Practice (CoP) attended a virtual learning event that explored the proven, promising, and potential evidence on interventions  to increase women’s economic empowerment.

September 26, 2021

GESI Workshop Examines Family Planning Challenges Ahead of World Contraception Day

Banyan Global helped develop and lead a gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) training workshop on August 26 and 27 in Madagascar.

September 22, 2021

Banyan Global Wins Millennium Challenge Corporation Financial Inclusion Project

Banyan Global announced that it has been awarded the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Financial Inclusion project.

September 16, 2021

The Inspiring Life Journey of Selome: Multi-business owner and mentor

Selome Mekonnin, 42, lives in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in a rural area known as Babugaya. Selome is a mother of two girls and lives with her husband. While working at a private dairy processing company for six years she dreamed of starting her own dairy farm.

August 23, 2021

Banyan Global Participates in APEC Plenary Meeting on Gender Inclusivity and Women in Customs

On August 21, 2021, Banyan Global participated in a policy discussion at a Virtual Plenary Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures (SCCP).

August 20, 2021

Nigeria Health Workforce Management Activity Inaugurates Training Advisory Group in Federal Capital Territory

On August 18, 2021, the USAID/Nigeria Health Workforce Management (HWM) Activity, in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), inaugurated the Quality Human Resources for Health (HRH) Training Advisory Group for the FCT.

August 16, 2021

Promoting Mentorship and Job Opportunities for Youth in the Dairy Value Chain

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Feed the Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity (VCA), through its gender and youth team, facilitates a mentorship program for women and youth community members that links successful business owners with aspiring entrepreneurs in order to enhance their agri-business management skills.

August 11, 2021

Banyan Global and CARE International Host USAID COVID-Specific Gender Analysis Learning Series

Under the Gender Integration Technical Assistance II Task Order, Banyan Global hosted a five-part United States Agency for International Development (USAID) learning series

July 30, 2021

SHOPS Plus Helps Expand Curriculum at Madagascar Medical School

Since 2018, the Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus (SHOPS Plus) project has trained doctors, midwives, and nurses from over 900 private health facilities in Madagascar on quality assurance/continuing quality improvement (QA/CQI) and business and financial management.