The Mastercard Foundation and University of Rwanda have announced a 10-year, USD 55 million partnership to enable higher education access for 1,200 young Africans. The program targets women pursuing STEM , young people with disabilities, and refugee and displaced youth , as part of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Launched ...
Mastercard Foundation has donated $1.3 billion in a bid to acquire vaccines for more than 50 million people ,boost the continent’s vaccine manufacturing as well as strengthen public health institutions. The funding will be distributed in a span of three years in partnership with the Africa Centers for Disease Control ...
The Mastercard Foundation has partnered with USIU-Africa to provide scholarships to 1,000 high-performing students over the next 10 years. This will be facilitated by the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme. Aside from being high performers, students eligible for this scholarship will have to be somewhat disadvantages in the sense of financial, ...
The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) Rwanda have today announced the first cohort of 12 EdTech Fellows. The EdTech Fellows include companies that will benefit from the Centre's support to expand their operations and improve secondary teaching and learning across the ...
22 year-old Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate from Cote D’Ivoire has been declared winner of the top prize at the seventh annual Anzisha Prize awards gala organized by the African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation. Ben Aziz founded Poultry D’Or, a poultry business which sees over 500 sales a day and ...
Peasant farmers in Africa will no longer operate using the silo model or remain in financial exclusion as the MasterCard Foundation has launched a US$50 million challenge fund that will enable them start businesses or expand financial services in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. The MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity will ...
