Jacana trains small African Entrepreneurs

in business, financial and marketing skills.

 

Jacana creates Role models

Entrepreneurs are visible and escape poverty on their own.

 

Jacana provides free training materials

Entrepreneurs are visible and escape poverty on their own.

 

Our work is based on Strength

Entrepreneurs are visible and escape poverty on their own.

 

SMART

Simple, Market based, Affordable and Repairable Technologies

 

Jacana trains Pump production

using local materials.

Water users

Training the local private sector in

Simple, Market based, Affordable, and Repairable Technologies

We train and guide small scale Zambian entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs for Water

who make Simple, Market based, Affordable, and Repairable Technoligies (SMART) that provide water.

Water for Entrepreneurs

who use water in their business.

Follow the work of Entrepreneurs for Water

See how they provide services to partly sponsored programmes and fully paying customers (Self-supply).

News

We are hiring

We are hiring

Dec 23, 2020

Position: Field officer  Apply before: 15 Jan 2021 Location: Chipata, Zambia   Background Jacana supports small-scale Zambian entrepreneurs in realizing their plans to grow. Jacana has two departments one is focussing on general entrepreneurs and the other on...

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Very affordable solar pumps

Very affordable solar pumps

Dec 8, 2020

Last year we were able to test some very affordable solar pumps. One of them was very good (€ 35). This year we are again testing a range of other solar pumps of similar design. The demand for affordable solar pumps is high and once again thanks to Marie-Stella-Maris...

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New SMART Centre in the make

New SMART Centre in the make

Nov 2, 2020

Why Jacana Business Centre? Just a quick refresher: why is Jacana building a Business Centre? In this centre we want to give small scale entrepreneurs a chance to expand their business with the help of Jacana. This can be in the provision of office and/or work space,...

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