Beekeeping Brings Family Together

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Munavvar Shamirov was a teacher in Tajikistan when he realized he needed to return to his parents’ village to help them as they were getting older. That decision led him to a crossroads and ultimately to a new vocation in beekeeping. Now a graduate of the University of Central Asia (UCA)’s School of Professional and […]

With ‘Chipper,’ Aga Khan Academy Alum Gains Notice

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ham Serunjogi, a graduate of the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, previously shared his journey from Uganda to Iowa to Facebook. In this post, he talks about his new startup Chipper, a peer-to-peer payments platform that helps people in Africa make payments with each other across borders. Read his story below.

Carving a Future in Cairo’s Darb al-Ahmar

By Caroline Lai, Program Assistant with Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. I returned to Cairo in mid-February to visit the USAID-funded Head Start! for Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment program where I met with a diverse range of people involved in the program. When I previously visited in November, I spent most of my time working with the program staff to develop […]

Helping Malians Cope with Unrest

In Mali, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has supported the provision of remedial education for children internally displaced as a result of the takeover of northern Mali by fundamentalist Islamic groups. This support came as part of the AKF USA grant to Mali on education, in association with the Mopti Teaching Academy, the main institution […]

Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Growth

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) has joined with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Growth (SMEG) for Central Asia. The one-year, $1 million grant builds on previous investments by donors and the private sector in Central Asia. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are crucial for Central Asia’s economic growth but they […]

MozaCaju Supports Farmers and Cashew Processors in Mozambique

The Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) entered into an agreement with TechnoServe for a three-year project in Mozambique that will help an estimated 29,500 smallholder cashew farmers and processors increase their productivity and competitiveness, and reduce poverty in the country. The $3.2 million program, with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will: 1) train farmers in methods that […]

Head Start! Youth Entrepreneurship in Egypt

Even before the recent turbulence in Egypt, young people faced the daunting obstacle of soaring unemployment. In 2010, 9 out of 10 unemployed Egyptians were under 30 years old, and young women faced especially bleak job prospects. After the Arab Spring in 2011, the situation became worse. The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance and the Aga Khan Foundation […]