Jacana trains small African Entrepreneurs

in business, financial and marketing skills.

Jacana guides talented SMEs

with growing businesses and creates more jobs.

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.

Jacana trains Pump production

using local materials.

Supporting small-scale entrepreneurs

to make their expansion dreams reality

Business resources

Solar resources

Farming resources

Water resources

Beekeeping resources

News

We are hiring, Head of Sales & Supply Chain

Feb 5, 2026

Job Title Head of Sales & Supply Chain portable solar pumps Location Zambia (with frequent regional travel) Sector Solar Energy / Agriculture / International Development The Mission Small-scale farmers in rural Africa are the backbone of the economy, but...

Fruit tree training and pruning

Nov 24, 2025

Many small-scale farmers have fruit trees. If fruit trees are not trained and pruned properly, the yield will not be optimal and therefore income will be lower. Jacana has designed a course that combines theory and practice for farmers. The first training courses were...

Jacana celebrates 10-year anniversary

Jun 10, 2025

10 years is quite a milestone and many people thought so with us. During the New Year campaign, a nice amount of money came in through all sorts of channels to throw a nice party with Jacana's staff and board.Saturday 17 May was the day. Early in the morning, 22 of us...