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 »

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 »

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: 3,000 Children in Nigeria Educated on COVID-19 through Beyond the Classroom Foundation Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation

Today, Beyond the Classroom Foundation announced a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to build ongoing efforts to educate children about the COVID-19 virus. With support… 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 »

Ghana: Nine Million Children in Ghana to Benefit from Learning Programmes Supported by UNICEF and Mastercard Foundation Partnership

The Mastercard Foundation and UNICEF have joined forces to advance the efforts of the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service to provide quality and equitable learning… 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 »

Nigeria: 3 Million People in Africa to Benefit from Post-COVID Food Security Program Supported by the Mastercard Foundation

In an effort to achieve sustainable recovery and build resilience from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mastercard Foundation today announced a program that will support more than 3… Read more »

Ghana: Catalyst Fund, in Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and MEST, Launches $4.3M Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana to Improve the Financial Resilience of Informal MSEs

The first expansion of Catalyst Fund beyond its flagship inclusive fintech program, the new accelerator will officially launch at a virtual event on November 4th, 2020 Read more »

Senegal: Mastercard Foundation and ICCO Cooperation Partner to Strengthen the Resilience of 80,000 Farmers in Senegal

ICCO Cooperation and the Mastercard Foundation have joined forces to support smallholder farmers in Senegal who were left reeling from the impact of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Recovery… Read more »

Senegal: 500 Communities in Rural Senegal to Benefit from New Partnership in the Wake of COVID-19

Tostan and the Mastercard Foundation partner to foster economic resilience in rural Senegal. Read more »

Nigeria: 40,000 Young Women and Men in Nigeria will be Equipped Annually with Entrepreneurial Skills through EDC Partnership with the Mastercard Foundation

Today, the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) announced a partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to launch the Transforming Nigerian Youths program. Recognizing that… 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 »

Nigeria: Wemy Joins the Fight Against COVID-19 with Production of Face Masks and Personal Protective Equipment

Wemy Industries, the leading Nigerian manufacturer of Dr.Browns and Nightingale range of products, announced today that they will start the production of face masks and hand… Read more »

Ghana: NBSSI and Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program to Support MSMEs in Ghana

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industries, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, today launched the Nkosuo program, a partnership between the National Board for Small Scale Industries… 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 »

Ghana: Mastercard Foundation and Ghana Red Cross Society Team Up to Tackle COVID-19

The Mastercard Foundation and the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) have announced the roll-out of a new partnership to support Ghana’s COVID-19 response. The partnership will… Read more »

Nigeria: Jobberman and Mastercard Foundation Team Up to Place 3 Million Nigerians in Dignified Employment by 2025

Jobberman, the single largest online job placement and training website in sub-Saharan Africa, has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to tackle unemployment in Nigeria.… Read more »

Africa: Invest in Africa (IIA) and the Mastercard Foundation Join Forces for the Survival of COVID-hit Companies in Ghana, Kenya and Senegal

Invest In Africa (IIA), an enterprise that accelerates the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa, is partnering with the Mastercard Foundation, to launch a… Read more »