Kenya: iHUB Announces Call for Applications for Third Cohort of Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship in Kenya Following Success of Second Cohort

iHUB , in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is calling for applications for the third cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship in Kenya after the successful… Read more »

Senegal: WAEMU Edtech Conference 2024 Gathers 150 Edtech Stakeholders in Dakar to Discuss Scaling Start-Ups for Success and Transforming Education

November 26, 2024. Dakar: EtriLabs, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, hosted the WAEMU EdTech Conference in Dakar from November 25-26, a milestone event with over 150… Read more »

Ghana: Mastercard Foundation Edtech Fellowship in Ghana Opens New Call for Applications Following Successful First Cohort

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is calling for applications for the second cohort of the Mastercard… Read more »

Nigeria: Co-Creation Hub Announces Call for Applications for Cohort III of the Mastercard Foundation Edtech Fellowship

Co-creation HUB (CcHUB), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is calling for applications for the third iteration of the EdTech Fellowship after the successful completion… Read more »

South Africa: Applications for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation Edtech Fellowship Are Open

Following the outstanding achievements of the previous two cohorts, Injini has opened applications for the 2025 iteration of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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: 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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: 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »