February 03, 2021
West Africa: African Education Institutions to be Strengthened through I&P Education to Employment (IP2E) and Mastercard Foundation Partnership
Today, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), via I&P Education to Employment (IP2E), announced a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation that will support businesses in… Read more »
February 02, 2021
Nigeria: Training Kicks Off for 40,000 Young People in Lagos, Kano, and Kaduna through the Young Africa Works-IITA Program Focused on Agribusiness
The Young Africa Works-IITA training commences today and will focus on building the capacity of 40,000 young Nigerian women and men between the ages of 18-35 years to… Read more »
January 11, 2021
Nigeria: 10,000 Women to Benefit from Value Seeds COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Intervention in Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation
10,000 women in Nigeria will be selected as direct beneficiaries of a two-year agricultural intervention, as Value Seeds launches their COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience… Read more »
November 23, 2020
Nigeria: 40,000 Young People in Nigeria to Benefit from Young Africa Works-IITA Project Training Program
In May this year, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to start the Young Africa Works-IITA Project. This project was… Read more »
November 19, 2020
Nigeria: Project SafeUp to Provide Free PPE to Nigerians
In an effort to promote health safety for Nigerians amidst the ongoing pandemic, My World of Bags (MWOB), a bag design and manufacturing company, is… Read more »
November 16, 2020
Senegal: In Collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, the Pan-African Fintech InTouch is Launching Its 10,000 Jambaars Program to Support and Mentor 10,000 Young Entrepreneurs in Senegal
As part of its Young Africa Works program in Senegal, the Mastercard Foundation has partnered with InTouch to support their 10,000 Jambaars project, which will deploy a network of… Read more »
Rwanda: COVID-19 Relief and Recovery for Rwandan Entrepreneurs from African Management Institute In Partnership with Mastercard Foundation
Partnership will provide free business learning for 2,500 SMEs and entrepreneurs through virtual business growth and resilience programs in response to COVID-19 crisis Read more »
November 03, 2020
Africa: Highly Trained Teaching Professionals are Critical to Advancing Africa's Knowledge-Based Economies
Teachers are at the frontlines of education and are the single most important ingredient in young people’s learning. Investing in one teacher’s training and… Read more »
October 27, 2020
Africa: Celebrating its Tenth Year, the Anzisha Prize Awards its Top Honour to 21-Year-Old Egyptian Entrepreneur
Alaa Moatamed, Co-Founder of Presto , a leading delivery management service, takes home the $25,000 Grand Prize Read more »
October 20, 2020
Nigeria: 3 Million People in Africa to Benefit from Post-COVID Food Security Program Supported by the Mastercard Foundation
In an effort to achieve sustainable recovery and build resilience from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mastercard Foundation today announced a program that will support more than 3… Read more »
Ghana: Catalyst Fund, in Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and MEST, Launches $4.3M Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana to Improve the Financial Resilience of Informal MSEs
The first expansion of Catalyst Fund beyond its flagship inclusive fintech program, the new accelerator will officially launch at a virtual event on November 4th, 2020 Read more »
October 19, 2020
Senegal: Mastercard Foundation and ICCO Cooperation Partner to Strengthen the Resilience of 80,000 Farmers in Senegal
ICCO Cooperation and the Mastercard Foundation have joined forces to support smallholder farmers in Senegal who were left reeling from the impact of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Recovery… Read more »
October 14, 2020
Senegal: 500 Communities in Rural Senegal to Benefit from New Partnership in the Wake of COVID-19
Tostan and the Mastercard Foundation partner to foster economic resilience in rural Senegal. Read more »
October 13, 2020
Ethiopia: Ethiopia to Leverage Digital Innovation in the Fight Against COVID-19 through Ministry of Innovation and Technology and Mastercard Foundation Partnership
Today, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, and the Mastercard Foundation announced the launch of a project that will support the development of ‘Citizens COVID-19… Read more »
October 12, 2020
Rwanda: Introducing #1MillionMaths to Rwanda
Siyavula, an educational technology company headquartered in South Africa, has announced today its partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the Rwanda Education Board to… Read more »
October 07, 2020
Rwanda: Eneza Education Launches Shupavu SMS Learning in Rwanda in Partnership with Mastercard Foundation
Eneza Education has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to launch an SMS-based learning platform in Rwanda. The platform will enable students to remain engaged in their… Read more »
October 01, 2020
Nigeria: 40,000 Young Women and Men in Nigeria will be Equipped Annually with Entrepreneurial Skills through EDC Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation
Today, the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) announced a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to launch the Transforming Nigerian Youths program. Recognizing that… Read more »
September 30, 2020
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's First Cohort of Business Mentor Graduates Set to Impact Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders in the Country
Today, the Center for African Leadership Studies (CALS) and xHub Addis announced that Ethiopia’s first cohort of business mentors for entrepreneurs and business leaders will… Read more »
Nigeria: 1 Million Disadvantaged School Children to Benefit from 'Learn at Home' Project by Data Science Nigeria/Malezi in Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation
Prolonged school closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have leftmillions of children in Nigeria without any formal school learning over the last six months. Cut off from any… Read more »
September 21, 2020
East Africa: Factories across Seven Industrial Parks in Ethiopia to be Revolutionized through the Digitization of Labour Supply and Demand Matching
Today, First Consult announced a partnership with the Ethiopian Investment Commission to implement the digitization of the labour supply and matching database for factories within… Read more »
September 17, 2020
Ghana: NBSSI and Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program to Support MSMEs in Ghana
The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industries, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, today launched the Nkosuo program, a partnership between the National Board for Small Scale Industries… Read more »
September 16, 2020
Ghana: Colleges of Education in Ghana Get Connectivity Boost through Partnership between the National Council for Tertiary Education, the Mastercard Foundation, and UK Aid
Twenty-seven public Colleges of Education (CoE) in Ghana will benefit from e-learning made possible through the Mastercard Foundation and UK aid supporting the roll-out of… Read more »
September 14, 2020
Rwanda: O'Genius Priority Ltd Partners with the Mastercard Foundation to Offer High School Students Free Access to Online Learning
O’Genius Priority Ltd recently signed a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to support home-bound secondary school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new… Read more »
August 31, 2020
Africa: Reforming Secondary Education Systems to Prepare Youth for the Future of Work has Become More Urgent
In the wake of a global pandemic that has disrupted schooling for millions while accelerating regional trends toward digitalization and automation, reforming secondary education… Read more »
August 17, 2020
Kenya: Humber College Selected to Implement Kenya's First Program to Formally Credit Prior Learning for TVET Students
Kenya's first program to drive recognition of prior learning initiative supports the Mastercard Foundation’s strategy of enabling 5 million young people in Kenya to access… Read more »