ZekiTek Pty Ltd, a Queensland-based renewable energy technology and electrical charging systems manufacturer, has partnered with the Australian Government’s Market Development Facility (MDF) on a pilot project looking to establish a new commercial electric vehicle (EV) leasing model for Fiji. Renewable energy generation and electrification are rapidly advancing as a…

Published in PNG SME Magazine in 2021, this article explores how the coffee trade is changing women’s roles in Papua New Guinea. It connects growing interest in quality and ethically sourced coffee with women’s work across farming, processing and trading, and with opportunities for greater recognition and control over earnings.…

In Timor-Leste, coffee is a smallholder’s crop.

Farmers manage their plots with limited tools and information, facing an uncertain future with an ageing crop of trees and increasingly unpredictable weather.

Before MDF began working in Timor-Leste’s coffee sector in 2015, women were often an invisible workforce – they supported…

Through the lens of Market Development Facility

Across Pakistan, women are responsible for providing for their families, often with the most meagre of resources and in subordinated social positions. When MDF, in partnership with local businesses, brought opportunities to poor households to improve their standards of living, women were at…