Driving Innovation through Collaborative Learning: Evidence from Moldova

The Moldova Future Technologies Activity collaborates with the private sector, academia, and government to build an innovative digital system of economic opportunities for Moldova’s small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs. This “golden triangle” of diverse stakeholders identifies opportunities, co-creates solutions, and advocates for a business-friendly policy environment and integration with global markets. Simultaneously, collaborators address…

Strengthening Humanitarian Responses: Technology, Data and Evidence-Based Approaches

Chemonics UK hosted a hybrid event on 5 December 2023 at our offices in London and online via Teams Live Events. This event convened international development and humanitarian partners, donors, practitioners, and researchers to explore current and emerging technology, data, and evidence-based approaches for informing emergency responses globally. The event explored examples of where technology,…

News: Chemonics Invests $5M in Venture Builder Talino Venture Studios

Washington, DC, October 30, 2023 – Today, Talino Venture Studios and Chemonics International announced their new partnership. Supported by Chemonics’ $5 million investment in Talino, the two industry leaders will work together to build groundbreaking, impact-driven, scalable technology solutions for individuals and communities in emerging markets and beyond. “We’re on the verge of something extraordinary,”…

USAID Invest DRC Cocoa and Coffee Sector Guides

These reports, produced by USAID’s Investment Facilitation Activity in the DRC (USAID Invest, or the Activity), provide an overview of the cocoa and coffee sectors in the DRC. The reports highlight production trends, challenges, and opportunities. They profile relevant sector stakeholders across the value chains, including existing cocoa and coffee farmer cooperatives, traders, processors, exporters,…

Global Impact Investing Network: 2023 Impact Forum

We joined more than 1,500 of the world’s leading impact investors in Copenhagen, Denmark for the GIIN 2023 Impact Forum. Over the course of the conference, our experts from across diverse technical areas engaged in thought-provoking conversations and interactive sessions, all centered around this year’s theme, “Big Transitions. Bold Solutions. Collective Power. Systemic Change.” Chemonics’…

Supporting Global Food Security and Farmer Survival with Data

The USAID Ukraine Agriculture Growing Rural Opportunities Activity (AGRO) was able to urgently reconfigure programming using beneficiary feedback and operational data to react to the most critical needs by introducing emergency response elements into its usual approach. Elements of this video have previously been featured by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…

Diverse Hiring Practices and Opportunities Create a Strong Global Workforce at Chemonics

This post originally appeared in The Washington Post. After graduating from Howard University in 2014, D.C. metro resident Taylor Jack worked broadly in international affairs and served in the Peace Corps. While preparing for grad school, she was also searching for her next professional opportunity. Jack had a network of colleagues who had worked with…

Vicente Catudio Jr.

Vicente “Vice” Catudio is a digital economy expert with 27 years of professional experience, including nine years in consulting in the financial services industry. He focuses on e-payments and e-commerce solutions and has helped transition the Philippine economy from cash to digital payments. He advocates for financial inclusion and led initiatives to scale adoption of…

Invest in Emerging Economies to Protect Our Future

This post originally appeared on Fast Company on April 17, 2023.  We have the money and ingenuity to solve the world’s greatest challenges. What we need most right now is to unlock the massive capital needed to harness both the entrepreneurial potential in frontier and emerging economies and relevant technology that will provide the breadth of…