The Foundation works with more than 100 partners in countries across Africa and in Canada. Together, we have improved the lives of more than 25 million people and their families.
Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $25.0 million
Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Pan - African, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania
Enable 500 qualified, yet economically disadvantaged African students to complete a master’s-level education in mathematical sciences.
Support the AIMS Secretariat to increase the profile and prioritization of STEM education and research across the continent.
Expand the Foundation’s network of partners committed to achieving its vision of education as a catalyst for social and economic transformation.
Improve the quality of secondary-level teaching in science and mathematics.
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Project: Beyond Education / Africa Careers Network
Amount: $13.0 million
Countries: Pan - African
Support 85 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged students in completing a university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
Create an internship and careers network that will support approximately 350 of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program – Phase II
Amount: $26.7 million
Countries: Pan - African
Support 300 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged students in completing a university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
Generate and build the capacity of recruitment partners in Africa to identify and place students in reputable universities.
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Project: Project: Transitions Support – Project Fundisha
Amount: $1.2 million
Countries: South Africa, Uganda
Extend the reach of the Africa Careers Network to African university partners and Scholars (500) and strengthen the capacity of secondary education partners.
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Project: African Careers Network 3.0
Amount: $5.9 million
Countries: Pan - African
Enable high-potential African youth, specifically Mastercard Foundation Scholars and ALA graduates, to access transformative early-career opportunities that can accelerate their leadership development and impact in Africa.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $9.0 million
Countries: Lebanon
Support 60 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged students in completing a university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program – Phase II
Amount: $26.2 million
Countries: Global, Pan - African
Support 180 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged African students in completing a university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $27.8 million
Countries: Pan - African
Support 120 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged African students in completing a university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
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Project: Baobab
Amount: $9.7 million
Countries: Pan - African
Enable community-building, lifelong learning, and leadership development among Mastercard Foundation Scholars through innovative online and mobile technology.
Empower Scholars across diverse geographies and cultures to share knowledge and resources, to collaborate on give-back projects that address pressing societal challenges, and to become mentors or mentees.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program – Phase II
Amount: $22.0 million
Countries: Ghana
Support 150 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged students in completing their university education at the master’s level, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
Build institutional linkages with two Ghanaian universities and strengthen the capacity of 42 of their faculty to provide mentorship and support to Scholars.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $13.0 million
Countries: Ghana
Support 200 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged African students in completing their university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program – Phase II
Amount: $25.6 million
Countries: Ghana
Support 240 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged students in completing a university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
Strengthen a national network of Scholars and institutions committed to the Scholars Program’s vision.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program – Transitions Support
Amount: $1.1 million
Countries: Uganda
Provide transitions support for 4,200 Mastercard Foundation Scholars in Uganda.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program – Phase II
Amount: $46.7 million
Countries: Uganda
Support 5,000 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged African students in completing their secondary education.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $41.7 million
Countries: Ghana
Support academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged students from Africa in completing their secondary education (4,000 students) and university (2,000 students), while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $38.2 million
Countries: Ghana, Malawi
Support 5,000 rural girls (1,500 in Ghana and 3,500 in Malawi) in fulfilling their potential through education and development of leadership skills in northern Ghana and in Malawi, preparing them to transition beyond secondary school.
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $10.8 million
Countries: Rwanda
Support 125 graduate-level Scholars in completing their education at the master’s level in order to expand their career options. Catalyze economic development in the region through strategic use of information and communications technology (ICT).
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Project: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Amount: $13.5 million
Countries: Pan - African
Support 35 academically talented, yet financially disadvantaged African students in completing a university education, while fostering their leadership skills and their capacity to give back to their communities.
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