About TechnoServe

TechnoServe was founded in 1968 by Connecticut businessman Ed Bullard. While volunteering at a hospital in rural Ghana, he was struck by how difficult it was for hardworking people in the area to lift themselves out of poverty. So he created an organization to transform lives by providing poor people access to productivity-enhancing tools- hence the name TechnoServe: Technology in the Service of Mankind.

Bullard's work was guided by two core principles, revolutionary at the time: the power of private enterprise to transform people's lives, and the lasting value of providing a hand up rather than a handout. These principles have remained at the heart of TechnoServe's efforts, even as our work has evolved to focus on improving living standards on a larger scale, to transform entire communities and countries.