Businessmen faithfully pursuing a world without poverty - An EWA and SEAGC Presentation for MR15

1. BUSINESSPEOPLE FAITHFULLY PURSUING
A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY
Martin Mutuku
East and West Africa Region

2. Insert African nations chart –
page 18

4. AFRICA ON THE MOVE
31 MILLION additional
African households moved into
the consuming classes in the
last decade.
100s OF MILLIONS
still remain trapped in poverty.

5. 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.

6. 12 countries
60% in agric, 30% retail,
5% manufacturing

7. OUR MODEL IS
A PARTNERSHIP
LOCAL COMMUNITY
INSTITUTION
BUSINESS AFFILIATE
PARTNERS WORLDWIDE

8. 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

9. 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

10. • Profad Windows, Ghana
(Dennis Peters)
• Seeking a skilled production
manager to run factory
Engagement Opportunities

11. Engagement Opportunities
Multi-Plan Packaging,
Kenya (Michael Kingara)
sourcing paper and
carton manufacturing
machines

12. GET INVOLVED
We need partners!
In Africa and other communities of high
unemployment
MartinM@partnersworldwide.org

13. GET INVOLVED
To facilitate
supplier
identification
and equipment
sourcing

14. GET INVOLVED
Technology and
knowledge transfer
in small scale
agriculture
and use of
organic inputs

15. BUSINESSPEOPLE FAITHFULLY PURSUING A
WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY
Jacqueline Klamer
Southeast Asia and Greater China

16. WHERE WE’RE
GROWING:
PHILIPPINES
HONG KONG
CHINA
TAIWAN

17. BUILDING A
NETWORK IN
HONG KONG

18. BUILDING A
NETWORK IN THE
PHILIPPINES

19. BUILDING A
NETWORK IN
CHINA

20. OUR MODEL IS
A PARTNERSHIP
LOCAL COMMUNITY
INSTITUTION
BUSINESS AFFILIATE
PARTNERS WORLDWIDE

21. MANNA ORGANIC
CULTURE LIFE
ASSOCIATION
• First LCI in the region
• Serves members with
farms and businesses
• Starting business
training in Spring
2015
HIGHLIGHT

22. MANNA ORGANIC
advises small
business owners
and social
enterprises

23. MANNA ORGANIC
equips indigenous
farmers with
agricultural
strategies and
access to the
market

25. GET INVOLVED
We need partners! Throughout
Asia and across cultures—to
catalyze entrepreneurs and job
creators in communities around
the world.