The Mastercard Foundation is launching a massive asset management arm — and it has hired John Barker, the former chief investment officer for Mass General Brigham's investment office, to run it.

At a media roundtable in Lagos on Friday, the Canadian-based non-profit, which shares a name with Mastercard Inc. but runs independently, announced that 10 million Nigerians will benefit from its ...

As Africa grapples with shrinking international development funding and rising pressure to create jobs for its rapidly growing youth population, the Mastercard Foundation is making one of the ...

Addis Ababa University (AAU) has been named one of five African universities to receive the inaugural Africa Higher Education for Transformation (AHEFT) Prize, securing USD 3 million in funding from ...

CAIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EdVentures, the investment arm of Nahdet Misr Group and a leading EdTech venture capital firm in the MENA region, has announced a five-year partnership with the Mastercard ...

Mastercard Foundation has unveiled its second cohort of the EdTech fellowship program in which tech companies will benefit from the Sh13 million equity funding. The group, selected from hundred and ...

UNHCR’s partnership with the Mastercard Foundation in support of refugee learners in Kenya is a significant move towards aligning our work for greater impact. The Mastercard Foundation is an ...

The Mastercard Foundation will spend $300 million to help about 500,000 refugees in Africa complete their education, giving them a pathway to jobs. The foundation will work with the UNHCR, the UN ...

Innovation hub iHUB has selected 12 early-stage Kenyan startups for the fourth cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship.