The HP Microenterprise Acceleration Program (MAP) – in partnership with training and business development service providers in local communities – provides microenterprises in underserved communities access to technology and training to accelerate and sustain business growth and economic opportunity.
By collaborating with local training and business development service providers who are already working with microenterprises, HP helps microenterprises learn how to apply the power of information and communications technology to grow and sustain their businesses through HP MAP.
Explore the links in the right column to learn more about MAP.
Read the program news release.
- 50% of the world’s labor force is unemployed or underemployed(1)
- Microenterprises – businesses with up to ten employees, with minimal start-up costs – are the biggest source of new jobs globally
- Microenterprise growth is constrained by lack of competitiveness, low productivity and low skill level of owners and workers
- Information and communications technology can significantly help microenterprises grow, be more productive and create more jobs in their communities.
(1) “World Employment Report 2004-2005: Employment, Productivity and Poverty Reduction” – International Labor Organization |
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