May 03, 2023
Ethiopia: Stakeholders Come Together to Participate in Second Knowledge Series on Data-Driven Digital Lending for Ethiopia's MSMEs
Today, the National Bank of Ethiopia, together with the International Financial Corporation (IFC), Financial Sector Deepening-Ethiopia (FSD-Ethiopia), Kifiya Financial Technology,… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Ethiopia: The Mastercard Foundation and Gebeya Announce a New Partnership to Equip Ethiopia's Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Gebeya Inc., the SaaS-enabled, Pan-African marketplace and the Mastercard Foundation have announced Mesirat, a five-year program that will equip 100 entrepreneurs in Ethiopia with… Read more »
October 20, 2022
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 »
June 07, 2022
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 »
December 01, 2021
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 »
November 04, 2021
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 »
October 28, 2021
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 »
August 25, 2021
Africa: The Resolution Project Announces Winners of the 2021 Social Venture Challenge
Fellowship will enable young socially conscious changemakers to make an enduring impact in their communities Read more »
August 10, 2021
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Health Sector Receives a Boost through New Partnership between Orbit Innovation Hub and Mastercard Foundation
Earlier today, at the Saro-Maria hotel in Addis Ababa, five startups, graduated from a four-month business development program ran by Orbit Innovation Hub under the Mastercard… Read more »
July 17, 2021
Ethiopia: Startup Studio 1888EC Launches Ethiopia's First Innovative Travel and Leisure Platform in Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation
Today, startup studio 1888EC unveiled Triopia, the country’s first travel and leisure platform aimed at creating digital solutions and job opportunities within… Read more »
May 27, 2021
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 »
May 25, 2021
Africa: School Leaders Can Shape Africa's Future
More children and young people in Africa have access to schooling, but unfortunately, being in school does not automatically result in learning at school. The continent faces a… Read more »
April 30, 2021
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 »
April 29, 2021
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 »
March 12, 2021
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 »
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 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 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 »
September 30, 2020
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 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 »
September 03, 2020
Africa: Change the Perspective on Education to Improve Learning
If necessity is the mother of invention, you might say that adversity is its father. We have been witnessing a good demonstration of this as we continue to adapt to the… Read more »
August 31, 2020
Africa: 25 Next-Generation African Leaders Announced as Winners of the Resolution Social Venture Challenge
Mastercard Foundation Scholars to receive seed funding and mentorship to establish impactful social enterprises in their communities Read more »
August 11, 2020
Africa: The Impact of COVID-19 on Secondary Education in Africa - Amplifying Challenges and Opening New Opportunities
Economic contraction in Africa due to COVID-19 threatens the ability of countries to invest in secondary education at a time when demand is increasing. This will have… Read more »
May 05, 2020
Africa: Education Technologies are Keeping Learning Going in Africa
COVID-19 continues to disrupt long-standing and little-questioned beliefs and practices related to every sphere of our lives – including how we educate our children. Read more »