July 01, 2025
Africa: The Investment Case for Africa's Displaced Women Entrepreneurs
Across Africa, some of the most resilient and effective entrepreneurs are displaced women. With forced displacement at an all-time high and economies under pressure to grow… Read more »
March 09, 2025
South Sudan: The Right To Belong: Apat Bul Kiir Aguer's Story
When Apat was a child and just beginning to study at a school outside the refugee camp where she was born and raised, a woman raised her voice one day to tell her to leave, to go… Read more »
May 15, 2024
Kenya: Connected from Dadaab: Khalif's Heartwarming Digital Story
The Dadaab refugee complex, home to 218,873 refugees and asylum seekers, is not the obvious location for a story of digital entrepreneurship. Yet Khalif's journey, from being… Read more »
June 19, 2020
Rwanda: 1,000 Entrepreneurs Within Refugee Communities in Rwanda to Benefit from Economic Recovery Grants on World Refugee Day
The grants are part of a larger program launched by Inkomoko, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, to enable businesses in Rwanda to overcome the economic impacts of… Read more »
Africa: Refugee-Led Organizations Can Deliver Education to Refugee Children During COVID-19 and Beyond
Joseph Munyambanza is the youth engagement & inclusion consultant, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and founding member, COBURWAS International Youth Organization to… Read more »
Mastercard Foundation (Africa)
The Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. All people, no matter their starting point in life, should have an equal chance to succeed. We believe that with access to education, financial services, and skills training, people can have that chance. Our focus is helping economically disadvantaged young people in Africa find opportunities to move themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty to a better life.
Website: http://www.mastercardfdn.org/
