Nigeria: Over 2.5 Million Personal Protective Equipment Distributed in Nigeria and Jobs Created through My World of Bags and Mastercard Foundation Partnership

My World of Bags in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has distributed over 2.5 million free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to 334 schools, 1,076 hospitals, and 158… Read more »

Ethiopia: MSMEs in Ethiopia to Access Finance through a New Agreement between Bank of Abyssinia and Four Private Micro Finance Institutions

Today, the Bank of Abyssinia signed a loan agreement with four private commercial microfinance institutions (MFIs) – Dynamic, Harbu, Metemamen, and Nisir that will create… Read more »

Ethiopia: New Agreement in Ethiopia between Ministry of Trade and BRIDGES Programme to Spur Job Creation and Support MSMEs

Today, the BRIDGES Programme signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Trade and Industry that will lead to significant work opportunities for young people in… Read more »

Nigeria: 8,000 Women and Young Nigerians to Benefit from Recyclepoints' Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation

RecyclePoints and the Mastercard Foundation are announcing today a partnership to enable more than 8,000 women and young people to access work opportunities aimed at tackling the… Read more »

Africa: Mastercard Foundation Appoints Robin Washington to Board of Directors

Today, the Mastercard Foundation announced changes to its Board of Directors. Robin L. Washington was appointed to the Board and long-time Board member President Festus G. Mogae… Read more »

Kenya: African Entrepreneur Collective in Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation Launches a New Program for Entrepreneurs in Garissa County

AEC Kenya and the Mastercard Foundation Bring Affordable Financing and Business Development to More Than 3,000 Businesses Over the Next Two Years Read more »

Ethiopia: First 137 Business Mentors and 20 Startups to Graduate under the Young Africa Works in Ethiopia Program

Ethiopia’s first cohort of 137 business mentors for startups and SMEs and 20 startup enterprises will graduate at a special ceremony to be held later this month. The… Read more »

Rwanda: Online Learning in Rwanda Facilitated through a Partnership between the VVOB, the Mastercard Foundation's Leaders in Teaching Initiative, and the Enabel

With the support of the Mastercard Foundation, the Belgian Government (the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation-DGD), and VVOB – education for development, 3,000… Read more »

Nigeria: 560,000 Young People in Nigeria to Secure Work Through Babban Gona Mastercard Foundation Partnership

560,000 individuals, predominantly youth and women, will have access to dignified and fulfilling work by 2022, through the Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works in Nigeria… Read more »

Nigeria: Unlimited Access to Learning for More than 100 Million Young Nigerians from New E-learning Platform Launched by Data Science Nigeria and the Mastercard Foundation

Officially launched today, the new Learn at Home audio e-learning platform will provide free, online, and unlimited learning access to more than   100 million Nigerian… Read more »

Ghana: Three Ghanaian Startups Named Top Performers and Secure Support from the Mastercard Foundation and MEST Express Accelerator Program

MEST, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, today  announced the top three performing Ghanaian tech startups that recently graduated from its Beta 2020 cohort of the… Read more »

Rwanda: EF Education First in Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the Rwanda Development Board Expands Upskilling Program to Boost Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Rwanda

EF Education First (EF) announced today the second phase of an ambitious English language and service skills training program, which aims to upskill workers in the tourism and… Read more »

Africa: Ananse.com Partners with the Mastercard Foundation and DHL to Connect 1,000 African Fashion Designers and Artists to Global Markets

Beautiful things, made by Africa, delivered globally. This is how best to summarize Ananse Africa, a startup ecommerce platform, launched today, in Johannesburg and Lagos,… Read more »

Rwanda: ESPartners Supports 144 SMEs in Rwanda as Part of their Komeza and Tourism Inc Programs

In the past year, ESPartners (ESP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation's Hanga Ahazaza and Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience programs in Rwanda, provided technical and… Read more »

Ghana: Boost Ghana and KudiGo Selected as the First Cohort of the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator

Both companies enable informal micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Ghana to grow their businesses and better leverage digital commerce Read more »

Rwanda: Call for Start-ups to Apply as Tourism Inc Incubator Launches its 4th Round of Support for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses in Rwanda

ESPartners (ESP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation's Hanga Ahazaza initiative has launched their fourth call for applications for innovative start-ups to join its… Read more »

Kenya: Building a Resilient Business Amidst a Pandemic: How a Young Female Entrepreneur from Africa is Keeping a Business Afloat During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Urban economies in growing cities, such as Nairobi, rely partly on the contribution of tradespeople like plumbers, electricians, and painters. Many live in informal, low-income… Read more »

Nigeria: Nourishing Africa Partners with the Mastercard Foundation and U.S. African Development Foundation to Train 2,000 Young Agripreneurs and Provide Small Grants to 125 MSMEs in Nigeria

The Entrepreneur Support Program (ESP) is designed to support grassroots MSMEs across the Nigerian agriculture and food landscapes to rebuild and strengthen their businesses. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »