MEDA’s Strengthening Small Business Value Chains (SSBVC) is working with over 25,000 men and women small entrepreneurs (SEs) and 30 lead firms in the manufacturing, agriculture, and construction sectors to grow their businesses and increase their contribution to rural economies in the Arusha, Morogoro, and Mtwara corridors of Tanzania.

SSBVC Learning Series

The SSBVC Project aligns with MEDA’s organizational theory of change. The goal of the project is aligned with MEDA’s mission to facilitate inclusive market systems where MEDA, with its partners, helps to provide farmers and small businesses with access to finance, business skills, and productive resources. In particular, the SSBVC project supports lead firms to provide decent work for small entrepreneurs in their supply chains, and adopt environmentally sustainable technologies and improved business practices while promoting human rights in the value chain.

The SSBVC Learning Series is an initiative to share lessons learned with project stakeholders and the wider global development sector. Topics include private sector engagement in Tanzania, client experiences with business performance and drivers of success, effective strategies for sustainable enterprise development and advancing and measuring women’s economic empowerment.