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: Ashesi University Foundation Canada Receives Endowment from Mastercard Foundation to Strengthen Higher Education in Africa

The new partnership will help drive inclusive access to high-quality learning across Africa, drive innovation in higher education, and support youth entrepreneurship. Read more »

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 »

Southern Africa: Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative Expands Implementation in Southern Africa

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Mastercard Foundation today rolled out a large-scale, multi-country COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Southern… 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 »

Africa: Africa Calls for New Public Health Order

Leaders urge greater investment in Africa's health institutions, health workforce, and medical manufacturing capacity, while calling for respectful, action-oriented partnerships… Read more »

Africa: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Celebrates A Decade of Developing Young Leaders

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program has supported nearly 40,000 young people and by 2030 will double its reach to 100,000 young people, primarily in Africa. 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 »

Africa: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative Hits One-year Milestone

A year ago, the Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC launched the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative – a now $1.5 billion partnership with four key objectives: 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 »

Ghana: The Mastercard Foundation Seeks Partners to Provide Access to Inclusive Financial Services for the Agriculture and Adjacent Sectors in Ghana

Accra, 14 th March, 2022 – The Mastercard Foundation today announced the opening of an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to collaborate with prospective partners in… Read more »

Nigeria: Mastercard Foundation and My World of Bags' Kafawa Training Program Graduates its First Cohort of Young Talent

Following its launch in October 2021, the Kafawa Training Program, a partnership between my World of Bags and the Mastercard Foundation, has formally graduated its first set of… 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 »

Africa: Global Afropop Star Yemi Alade Urges Vaccination in Africa

Today, global Afropop star Yemi Alade was appointed Global Ambassador for It's Up to Us— a pan African campaign driven by the Africa CDC and Mastercard Foundation. The… 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: New PEP-Mastercard Foundation Partnership to Provide Evidence for Policy Reform that Drives Increased Youth Employment in Africa

Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) announced a new three-year research and policy partnership with the Mastercard Foundation that will identify what works to accelerate youth… Read more »

Africa: CorpsAfrica and Mastercard Foundation Partner to Create 30,000 Work Opportunities for Young Africans

CorpsAfrica and the Mastercard Foundation today announced a three-year partnership aimed at providing opportunities for young Africans to become changemakers in public health,… 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 »