BUSINESSPEOPLE FAITHFULLY PURSUING

A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY

Martin Mutuku

East and West Africa Region

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AFRICA ON THE MOVE

31 MILLION additional African households moved into the consuming classes in the last decade.

100s OF MILLIONSstill remain trapped in poverty.

AFRICA ON THE MOVE

Creation of 72 MILLION stable wage-paying jobs by

2020 if strategies are

developed to remove

barriers, and add

infrastructure, financing,

business environment and

workforce skills.

12 countries

60% in agric, 30% retail, 5% manufacturing

OUR MODEL IS

A PARTNERSHIP

LOCAL COMMUNITY

INSTITUTION

BUSINESS AFFILIATE

PARTNERS WORLDWIDE

HIGHLIGHT

Christian Entrepreneurs Sacco Society (CHESS)• Set up in 1997 by a group of 20 entrepreneurs

• First LCI of Partners Worldwide

• Today serving 1,100 SMEs through training, mentoring,

advocacy, and access to capital

IMPACTS

• 22 LCIs

• 40,372 clients

• 1,730 trained using

PW curriculum

• 366 mentoring

relationships

• $2.1m loaned from

PW Global Fund

• 41,337 jobs created

and sustained

• Profad Windows, Ghana (Dennis Peters)

• Seeking a skilled production manager to run factory

Engagement Opportunities

Engagement Opportunities

Multi-Plan Packaging,

Kenya (Michael Kingara)

sourcing paper and

carton manufacturing

machines

GET INVOLVED

We need partners!

In Africa and other communities of high

unemployment

MartinM@partnersworldwide.org

GET INVOLVED

To facilitate

supplier

identification

and equipment

sourcing

GET INVOLVED

Technology and

knowledge transfer

in small scale

agriculture

and use of

organic inputs

BUSINESSPEOPLE FAITHFULLY PURSUING A

WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY

Jacqueline Klamer

Southeast Asia and Greater China

WHERE WE’RE

GROWING:

PHILIPPINES

HONG KONG

CHINA

TAIWAN

BUILDING A

NETWORK IN

HONG KONG

BUILDING A

NETWORK IN THE

PHILIPPINES

BUILDING A

NETWORK IN

CHINA

OUR MODEL IS

A PARTNERSHIP

LOCAL COMMUNITY

INSTITUTION

BUSINESS AFFILIATE

PARTNERS WORLDWIDE

MANNA ORGANIC

CULTURE LIFE

ASSOCIATION

• First LCI in the region

• Serves members with

farms and businesses

• Starting business

training in Spring

2015

HIGHLIGHT

MANNA ORGANIC

advises small

business owners

and social

enterprises

MANNA ORGANIC

equips indigenous

farmers with

agricultural

strategies and

access to the

market

GET INVOLVED

We need partners! Throughout

Asia and across cultures—to

catalyze entrepreneurs and job

creators in communities around

the world.