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The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) today announced the first cohort of 12 EdTech Fellows, companies that will benefit from the Centre’s support to expand their operations and improve secondary teaching and learning across the continent.

A unique and innovative partnership between the Blackfoot Confederacy, the University of Lethbridge and the Mastercard Foundation will support and enable Indigenous youth to achieve their goals and become leaders in their communities.

The Foundation is deeply concerned about the violence taking place at Makerere University surrounding the student protests related to the fee structure at the university.

The Mastercard Foundation  announced  Young Africa Works in Ethiopia, an initiative that seeks to create employment opportunities for the youth in partnership with Ethiopia’s Jobs Creation Commission (JCC).

The Mastercard Foundation  announced  Young Africa Works in Senegal, an initiative that aims to enable three million young people to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030.

Mastercard Foundation announces Young Africa Works in Ghana, an initiative that aims to enable three million young people to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030.

Recent notification circulated on WhatsApp falsely offers scholarships to the University of Manchester.

Reforming secondary education in Africa by enhancing the teaching profession, quality learning and 21^st century skills provision, and embracing innovation and information and communication technology (ICT)

A new national survey reveals how Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth in Canada view the future and reconciliation between their peoples.

Young Africa Works in Kenya, a public-private partnership between the Mastercard Foundation, the private sector, and the Government of Kenya, was launched today in Nairobi.

The Mastercard Foundation announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors, the Honourable Louise Arbour and Dominic Barton.

New World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) report shows diverse product and service offering but slow take up, especially for poorer populations.

The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) today announced that three companies from Burundi, Malawi, and Uganda will receive a total of US$2,808,295 to support projects that expand financial inclusion in rural Africa.

Over the next two years, the Foundation will dedicate US$2M for a pilot project that will expand Mastercard Foundation Scholars’ capacity to exercise transformative leadership by putting their social and entrepreneurial ideas into action.

The Mastercard Foundation and African Leadership Academy are thrilled to announce that 22-year-old healthcare entrepreneur Melissa Bime has won the US$25,000 Grand Prize at the 8^thannual Anzisha Prize awards gala.

A new report from Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter shows that low-income people in Kenya who obtain innovative microfinance loans to improve their housing also experience a significant increase in their quality of life.

The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) today announced that nine companies from seven countries will receive more than US$9 million to support projects that expand financial inclusion in rural Africa.

We discuss four mechanisms by which the arrival of superplatforms in Africa is likely to have a significant positive effect on financial inclusion, small business and employment for African young adults in the future.

New Digital Financial Services for Agriculture Handbook supports the expansion of financial inclusion to smallholder farmers and agricultural value chain actors in Sub-Saharan Africa.