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International Rescue Committee and Mastercard Foundation Announce Partnership to Increase Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Côte d’Ivoire

New York, NY, USA, July 10, 2017 – The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Mastercard Foundation today announced Pro-Jeunes, a five-year, $8.4 million partnership that will improve the economic well-being of young people in Côte d'Ivoire by providing them with skills training and opportunities for entrepreneurship and employment. Read More

IFC, Mastercard Foundation Release Third Mobile Money Handbook to Support Expansion of Financial Inclusion in Developing Markets

Johannesburg, South Africa, June 27, 2017 — International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, together with the Mastercard Foundation today launched the Data Analytics and Digital Financial Services Handbook to highlight the opportunity that data science offers mobile money operators to expand reach and quality of digital financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Read More

Mastercard Foundation Appoints Three New Members to its Board of Directors

Toronto, Ontario, June 21, 2017 – The Mastercard Foundation today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors. They include Zein Abdalla, former President of PepsiCo, Inc.; Rt. Honorable Baroness Valerie Amos, Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and former Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations; and Jay Ireland, President and CEO, GE Africa. Read More

Mastercard Foundation nomme trois nouveaux membres à son Conseil d’administration

Toronto, Ontario, 21 juin 2017 – The Mastercard Foundation a annoncé aujourd'hui la nomination de trois nouveaux membres à son Conseil d'administration. Ces nominations incluent Zein Abdalla, ancien Président de PepsiCo, Inc. ; l'Honorable Baronesse Valerie Amos, Directrice de l'École des Études Orientales et Africaines de l'Université de Londres, ancienne Secrétaire générale adjointe pour les Affaires humanitaires et Coordinatrice des secours d'urgence des Nations-Unies ; et Jay Ireland, Président & CEO, GE Afrique. Read More

Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity Launches New Funding Opportunity for Financial Services Providers to Improve the Lives of Poor People in Rural Africa

Nairobi, Kenya, June 20, 2017 — The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) today launched a new competition to find and support providers of innovative and scalable financial products and services that improve the lives of poor people in rural areas of Africa. Read More

10-year partnership between the Government of Malawi, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and Camfed to transform prospects for girls and young women

16 June 2017, Blantyre, Malawi; Toronto, Canada; and Cambridge, U.K. – This Day of the African Child, Camfed, and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program announced a pioneering new partnership with the Government of Malawi to support 3,500 girls from economically disadvantaged rural communities to succeed in secondary school and transition to independence and leadership.  Read More

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