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The Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund aims to catalyse new and strengthen existing collaborations between researchers in Africa and Cambridge and support high quality training activities. The focus of the scheme is research on clima
Published: 09 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship Study in: United Kingdom Value: £7.7million
Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. Sahara Consult, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has opened a call for applications for the second cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship following the successful completion of the first cohort of the program in Tanzania. Desig
Published: 07 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program provides full scholarships in partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program ?aims to prepare young people to be agents of change in their communities, countries, and regions. Scholars attend a s
Applications are now open for the Generation Ghana-Mastercard Foundation Data Analyst Program 2025 This programme is aimed for those: seeking practical digital skills to enter the global workforce, particularly in data analytics and data science. with a passion for technology, proble
Published: 25 Nov 2024 Type: Internship Study in: Ghana
The program provides a unique opportunity to collaborate with a network of experienced professionals with the same goal: to drive innovation in the edtech sector. We will provide hands-on mentorship and resources to help you get your startup to the next level. CcHub and Mastercard Foundation are
Published: 25 Nov 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Nigeria
Building Resilience and Investing in the Development and Growth of Entrepreneurs in Agriculture (” BRIDGE-in Agriculture” or “BIA”) is a 5-year Mastercard Foundation initiative that aims to make affordable capital and technical support available for SMEs in agriculture and re
Published: 04 Nov 2024 Type: Training Study in: Ghana Value: GHS27,500
The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity’s newly established Agribusiness Challenge Fund calls for proposals from African SMEs and entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. The fund seeks to support SMEs that can create dignified and fulfilling work for young people,
Published: 31 Oct 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Value: US$ 2,500,000
Mastercard Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Canada with a vision to create the opportunity for all to learn and prosper. In collaboration with a global network of educational institutions and non-governmental organizations, the Foundation promotes financial inclusion and prosperi
Published: 28 Oct 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Canada
Since 2017, Sciences Po has been the sole institution in continental Europe partnered with the Mastercard Foundation, playing a vital role in the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. This partnership provides students with a world-class education in the humanities and social sciences,
Published: 25 Oct 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: France
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at CMU-Africa supports highly talented, service-oriented young people who face the highest social and economic barriers to opportunity. The graduate students complete their Master of Science degrees in Information Technology, Electrical and Computer Enginee
Published: 19 Oct 2024 Type: Undergraduate
The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), will provide graduate scholarships to train 120 young African professionals at the master’s level for various programs over 5 years (2025 – 2030). This is a fully immersive and traditional on-campus 2-year mas
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United States
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Lead City University in partnership with Enterprise Development Centre, Pan Atlantic University and MasterCard Foundation Presents the Transforming Nigerian Youth Programme (TNY). The Transforming Nigerian Youth (TNY) initiative offers an incredibl
Published: 12 Oct 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria
The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship gives African students and recent graduates the opportunity to access training, resources, financial support and a network of mentors to develop their entrepreneurial skills and start building their own venture. The 8-month program&n
Published: 09 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship
The Mastercard Foundation is seeking a technical partner (or consortium of partners) to support the rollout of the next editions of the Young Africa Works Dialogue Series during 2025. The objective is to onboard a partnership that can provide technical, operational and implementation expertise in kn
Published: 08 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at McGill University is open to talented leaders and changemakers at the graduate (master’s) level, from across Sub-Sharan Africa who aspire to improve and transform nutrition, public health, public policy, and sustainable agriculture sectors across A
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program strives to provide access to quality and inclusive education to young people from Sub-Saharan Africa. By 2030, as part of an ambitious new strategy (Young Africa Works), the Foundation aims to enable 30 million young Africans to secure dignified and fu
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce that applications for the 2025/2026 academic year are now open.
Published: 25 Sep 2024 Type: Masters Study in: United Kingdom
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Toronto (U of T) is a fully funded scholarship program for graduate studies at Canada’s leading institution of learning, discovery, and knowledge creation. U of T is proud to be one of the world’s top research-intensive univ
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to be partnering with The Mastercard Foundation to foster the next generation of African leaders. After supporting over 171 Mastercard Foundation Scholars in its first phase, The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UBC will provide 351 academ
Published: 02 Sep 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: Canada
AgroHack Challenge is seeking innovative ideas across the agriculture industry’s value chain. These ideas will be accelerated to create new opportunities for many young Nigerians. Also, the key objective of the AgroHack Challenge is to harness innovative solutions that will enhance rapid growt
Published: 28 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria
The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with CCHub Nigeria, MDF Global, Concree, Scale up, Savannah Innovations Lab, the Center for Enterprising Organizations, Inkomoko, and the Africa Leadership Academy (ALA), is excited to announce the launch of the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Alumni Start-up
Published: 14 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: $15,000
AgroHack Challenge is seeking innovative ideas across the agriculture industry's value chain. These ideas will be accelerated to create new opportunities for many young Nigerians. The key objective of the AgroHack Challenge is to harness innovative solutions that will enhance rapid growth in
Published: 02 Aug 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria
Are you a Mastercard Foundation Scholar? Are you studying or completed studies in Law in Canada. We are building our future talent pipeline and would like to hear from you. If you have bold ideas, share our passion, are driven by values, and are ready to contribute to building something new while
In addition to providing support for tuition fees, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC provides a range of specialised resources to support Mastercard Foundation Scholars to facilitate their transition into dignified and fulfilling work. In particular, Mastercard Foundation Scholars wi
Published: 19 Jul 2024 Type: Masters Study in: South Africa
In addition to providing support for tuition fees, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC provides a range of specialised resources to support Mastercard Foundation Scholars to facilitate their transition into dignified and fulfilling work. In particular, Mastercard Foundation Scholars wi
Published: 19 Jul 2024 Type: Undergraduate Study in: South Africa
Mastercard Foundation renewed its partnership with Makerere University for the second phase of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program spanning until 2034. The second phase of the Program will offer 1000 Scholarships for 10 years, for selected Undergraduate and Master's Academic Programmes at
Published: 13 May 2024 Type: Undergraduate Study in: Uganda
The University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program aims to support economically disadvantaged yet academically gifted youth in Africa who are committed to effecting positive change on the continent. The Program's objective is to provide assistance to
Published: 06 May 2024 Type: Postgraduate Study in: South Africa
Women-owned and led businesses are a powerful force in the global economy and key drivers of economic transformation, stability and recovery. Mastercard, in partnership with Entrepreneur Middle East, launched the inaugural Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards in 2022 to recognize and celebrate wom
Published: 03 May 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: United Arab Emirates
Women-owned and led businesses are a powerful force in the global economy and key drivers of economic transformation, stability and recovery. Mastercard, in partnership with Entrepreneur Middle East, launched the inaugural Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards in 2022 to recognize and celebrate wom
Published: 03 May 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: United Arab Emirates
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Gondar will award a total of 160 graduate scholarships for eight years, which started in the 2018/19 Academic year. The scholarship will directly benefit academically talented but disadvantaged youth from five East African countrie
The Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. All people, no matter where their starting point in life, should have an equal chance to succeed. We believe that with access to education, financial services, and skills training, people can have that chance. Our focus is helping economically disadvantaged young people in Africa to find opportunities to move themselves, their families, and their communities out of poverty to a better life