Africa: Third EdTech Mondays Episode to Highlight Use of Technology in Refining Education for Learners with Disabilities

The third episode of EdTech Mondays, a monthly radio show hosted by the MasterCard Foundation and Shega Media & Technology, is slated to air on Monday, December 5, 2022, on… Read more »

Africa: Mastercard Foundation Scholars from Benin, Ghana, and Uganda Win 2022 Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge

October 20, 2022 – Kigali, Rwanda –Twenty young African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2022 Resolution Social Venture Challenge. The Social… Read more »

Ethiopia: Mastercard Foundation Launches Platform to Facilitate EdTech Discussions in Ethiopia

The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with  Shega  Media & Technology, is introducing EdTech Mondays: a monthly radio show that will serve as a platform to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Hawassa Industrial Park Launches New Call Center to Support Workers

Today, Ethiopian Investment Commission, together with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the BRIDGES Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale… Read more »

Ethiopia: MSMEs in Ethiopia to Access ETB 1.5 billion through a New Agreement between Awash Bank and Nine Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs)

Today, Awash Bank signed a loan agreement with nine private commercial Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) – Vision Fund, Nisir, Kendil, Metemamen, Meklit, Dynamic, Wasasa,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Ministry of Labor and Skills and First Consult to Create More Work Opportunities for Young People in Ethiopia

Today, the Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS) of Ethiopia signed a partnership agreement with First Consult (FC) to create work opportunities for young people through Micro, Small… Read more »

Ethiopia: Dereja, in Partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Skills and the Mastercard Foundation, Hosts Career Expos for over 4,000 New Graduates

Dereja, in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Skills (MOLS) and the Mastercard Foundation, is hosting a series of career expos in five public universities to connect recent… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Officially Launches a New Digital Platform that Provides Reliable and Timely Public Health Emergency-related Information in Various Languages

Today, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), together with the Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Mastercard Foundation… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's FDRE Ministry of Labor and Skills hosts 2022 Agro-Businesses Ideas Competition (ABIC) in Collaboration with German Cooperation and the Mastercard Foundation

Ethiopia's FDRE Ministry of Labor and Skills co- hosted the first National Agro-Business Ideas Competition (ABIC 2022) in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für… Read more »

Uganda: Young Business Women Empowered at Women's Market Exhibition in Luweero to Commemorate International Women's Day

Today, over 100  young women showcased their small businesses at a special women's market exhibition aimed at empowering young women in business. The exhibition, dubbed… Read more »

Ethiopia: Orbit Innovation Hub and Mastercard Foundation's First Cohort of 15 Tech-Driven Start-Ups Creates 89 Jobs

Earlier today, Orbit Innovation Hub and Mastercard Foundation marked the successful completion of a pilot incubation and acceleration program for start-ups. The year-long program… Read more »

Uganda: Mastercard Foundation and Financial Sector Deepening Launch New Fund to Revive 50,000 Micro and Small Enterprises in Uganda

Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Uganda, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, today launched a five-year Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) Recovery Fund under the Young… Read more »

Ethiopia: First of its Kind Knowledge Seminar to Tackle Collateral Challenge Facing MSMEs in Ethiopia

Earlier today, Kifiya Financial Technology in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and its knowledge partner International Finance Corporation kicked off a first of its kind… Read more »

Africa: Mastercard Foundation and Light for the World Launch Online Platform to Facilitate Access to Higher Education for Persons with Disabilities

Light for the World Uganda, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, today launched an online platform, Cap-Able, which will enable higher education… Read more »

Uganda: Thousands of Boda Boda Operators in Uganda Empowered in the Fight against COVID-19 through Africa Lion Advisory, a Mastercard Foundation Partnership

Africa Lion Advisory (ALA), a financial advisory company based in Kenya, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has empowered 3,595 boda boda operators in Uganda with… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's first Developer Survey Report Released through The Innovation Village, Mastercard Foundation Partnership

Today, The Innovation Village, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has released the findings from a survey to understand and analyze the current state of the developer… Read more »

Africa: Knowledge is Power: How a Group of Mastercard Foundation Scholars are Helping Girls Stay in School

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Uganda: African Children Empowered to Speak Up about COVID-19 Through Kids Voice, Mastercard Foundation Partnership for Storytelling

Today, Uganda's first edutainment book designed to inspire and empower children to speak up about the COVID-19 crisis and its effects on their day-to-day lives was released. Rehmah… Read more »

East Africa: East Africa's Largest Makerspace, MoTIV, Wins Inaugural UNESCO Prize for Creative Economy

MoTIV, East Africa’s largest makerspace headquartered in Kampala, Uganda has won the UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the creative… Read more »

Uganda: 132,000 New Work Opportunities Expected in Next 5 Years through NSSF and Mastercard Foundation Partnership

Today, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the Mastercard Foundation kicked off the second phase of their entrepreneur support programme, Hi-Innovator. The programme will… Read more »

East Africa: Desert Locust Upsurge may be Declining but Remaining Swarms Require Vigilance in East Africa and Yemen

$11.2 million partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts Read more »

Rwanda: Integration of E-learning in TVET to Enhance the Quality of Training and Work Readiness of Students in Rwanda

Education Development Center (EDC) and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to create The BRITE program (Building Resilience in TVET Through E-Learning), with the aim of… Read more »

Uganda: More than 9,400 Young Ugandans to Access Global Markets through PSFU and Agricycle Global Partnership

More than 9,400  young women and men are set to benefit from a new partnership between Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), the country’s apex body for the private… Read more »

Uganda: 3,980 Work Opportunities to be Created for Young Ugandans through PSFU and Bird Uganda Safaris Partnership

Today, the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), the country’s apex body for the private sector, launched a partnership with Bird Uganda Safaris Limited, a Ugandan… Read more »

Rwanda: University of Rwanda, Mastercard Foundation Launch $55 Million Partnership to Develop the Next Generation of African Leaders

The Mastercard Foundation and University of Rwanda today announced a 10-year, $55 million partnership to enable higher education access for 1,200 young Africans — with a… Read more »