ApproTEC - Small Business Creation & Economic Empowerment
Address
ApproTEC
2435 Polk Street, 20
San Francisco,
CA
94109
United States
415.346.4820
http://www.approtec.org
Mission
ApproTEC is a social enterprise that was founded in Kenya in 1991 to combat poverty in the developing world. We develop and mass-market low-cost capital equipment to very poor entrepreneurs in Africa who buy the equipment and use it to start new businesses. The MoneyMaker irrigation pump is our most successful product line to date. Used by poor farmers to grow fruits and vegetables in the dry season, the pumps enable farmers to increase their income from $120 per year to over $1200 per year.
Programs
ApproTEC works throughout Kenya and Tanzania.
ApproTEC's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Small Business Creation & Economic Empowerment |
Personnel Overview
Nick Moon - Co-Founder & Managing Director
Nick Moon is the Co-founder and Managing Director of ApproTEC. Previously Nick served as the Head of the Appropriate Technology Unit for DFID Kenya, a British International NGO. Nick's development work has allowed him to receive many awards and accolades including TIME Magazine "2003 European Hero" Award and Newsweek Magazine Citation for "Inventions that Will Change the World", June 2003.
Personnel Statistics
Martin Fisher, Executive Director
Founded in 1991
Employees: 79
Volunteers: 4
