Featured Stories

Life partners Tina Ephraim and Moulaye Biaye have a mission: to create food processing jobs in rural Senegal. “We felt a moral imperative to return (to Africa) and contribute to the boosting of the economy.”

German supporters reflect on the value of partnerships after seeing MEDA’s AVENIR Senegal project first-hand. “Those entrepreneurs that we saw here, they knew exactly what they want. The biggest problem for them is access to capital.”

Woman’s desire to share the love of her culture sparks thriving business: A profile on Bushra Fahier’s Flavors of Morocco restaurant in Lancaster, PA.

Help from ASSETS program gives entrepreneur the confidence to open a second location: A profile on Jessie Tuno’s Butter and Bean Café in Lancaster, PA.

A profile on ASSET’s president, Jaime Arroyo’s, vision for the organization’s future focus. “Our economy will get better and will get stronger if more people have the opportunity to grow and thrive.”

Manitoba cheese board firm, Lynn and Liana, rides a wave of media and celebrity endorsements. “It saved our business, it saved all our jobs. There were no layoffs.”

Sharon Idahosa’s passion to see small-scale farmers succeed is expressed through business and educational ventures. Her entrepreneurial journey began when she sought ways to help combat starvation issues in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MEDA’s GROW2 project is negotiating with Dunyiya to provide business development services and a matching grant award of $100,000 Canadian. Dunyiya would use that money to expand its business by setting up a shelling center close to GROW2 project clients to create jobs for women entrepreneurs.

MEDA Risk Capital Fund aims to support the organization’s programs and strategic goals Some MEDA supporters are surprised to learn

Ashley Bontrager Lehman has a passion for her family business. When she and several other industry veterans were creating and naming a new recreational vehicle for a new recreational vehicle (RV) manufacturer, they were going to call it Element RV, with her being the fire. They ended up establishing Ember RV. And yes, she’s providing the spark to make this company successful.

Sometimes, the sale of a family-controlled business is better than trying to pass it on to a third generation of family management. Especially when the interests of 40 shareholders from multiple generations of several families have to be considered, Bob Mullet says.

Lance Woodbury, a Kansas native and son of a Presbyterian minister, has done mediation and succession consulting with family businesses across the US for almost three decades. He has authored two books on family businesses and writes a weekly e-mail newsletter entitled Faith & Family Business.