Prospero enhances the competitiveness and value of locally produced food items in both domestic and international markets. We collaborate with private sector-led consortiums to develop geographically focused value chains and strengthen business relationships in order to achieve more efficient market systems, resulting in growth opportunities for our intervention partners as well as income-generating opportunities for Prospero’s target beneficiaries, primarily smallholder farmers.
We promote competitiveness in our three initiative areas, which are small livestock, legumes, and fruit and vegetables, by ensuring:
We support private companies to provide off grid power supply to strengthen economic linkages between rural MSMEs and private sector businesses, opening access to profitable rural markets leading to an improvement in last mile distribution and increased employment opportunities for rural communities. REHs services to the rural MSEMs include – renewable energy, workspace, cold storage, health, microfinance, e-mobility, telecom etc. The REH model will lower the risk that service providers incur in experimenting with new services or delivery mechanisms in rural markets. The 2021 Rural hub strategy integrates the electrification of rural health clinics to increase access to health services.
We look to work closely with BMOs to improve their capacity to advocate in line with the interests and concerns of their MSME members, to be strong organisations with a proper governance and management structure, and to respond to their members’ needs by delivering the required services and information.
The 2021 BMO strategy will improve the capacity and effectiveness of local BMOs to identify and create business growth opportunities for the private sector. We will focus our efforts on BMOs that work with MSMEs to improve the business environment.
Empower businesses with the tools, skills, and connections they need to grow, create jobs, and drive inclusive economic transformation.
