Tag: Mastercard Foundation
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The Mastercard Foundation and IDH partner to strengthen Ghana’s grain market with ‘Grains for Growth’ program
The Mastercard Foundation and IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative, has announced the launch of an innovative partnership, dubbed Grains for Growth, to transform Ghana’s grains market. The Program aims to develop inclusive and economically viable grain-supply chains that will offer employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, contribute to better incomes and improve livelihoods of farmers, especially…
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KIC, Mastercard Foundation train entrepreneurs in agriculture sector
The Mastercard Foundation and the Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), have launched a multi-year partnership to train the next generation of young leaders, and entrepreneurs in Ghana’s agriculture sector. Dubbed Initiative for Youth in Agricultural Transformation (I.Y.A.T), the program will scale KIC’s proven transformational model and initiatives such as the AgriTech Challenge, Business Booster, and Business…
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MasterCard Foundation, Africa CDC to acquire vaccines for Africa with $1.3 billion
The Mastercard Foundation has announced that it will deploy $1.3 billion over the next three years in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the continent. The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative…
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MasterCard Foundation, NBSSI to support SMEs with GHS90m to mitigate impact of COVID-19
As part of measures to assist micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the MasterCard Foundation is set to announce a 90 million cedis fund with the National Board for Small Scale Industries, NBSSI. The emergency fund will be given to MSMEs to save them from collapse. Already, the government…
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Agric sector initiatives to help address youth unemployment – MasterCard Foundation CEO
The government of Ghana should be commended for efforts to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers through the determination of a floor price for the commodity. That is the claim of the President and CEO of the MasterCard Foundation, Reeta Roy. She is confident the move will boost agric as it will attract more youth…
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Visa, Mastercard, PayPal join Facebook to form crypto effort
If Facebook Inc.’s new digital currency goes according to plan, it could one day compete with payment giants Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. But for now, all three are set to work with the social-media company on the venture. The currency, called Libra, will launch as soon as next year. It’s what’s known…
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#SoFI: Jumo wins $ 150,000 Mastercard Foundation prize
Mobile financial services platform, Jumo has been awarded by the Mastercard Foundation as the most client-centric financial services company. As a result, the company gets US$150,000 to support its operations. The prize was presented on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. It also marks the third of Mastercard Foundation’s annual Clients at the Centre Prize. According to…