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 ...

A lady who bagged a first-class degree from the University of Ibadan won a scholarship to pursue her master’s abroad. She ...

TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2025 /CNW/ - Today the Mastercard Foundation announced $235 million in funding to 30 post-secondary institutions and national Indigenous organizations in recognition of their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Applications are now open for the 2027 intake of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cape Town (UCT). UCT, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, provides ...

New York, NY, July 6, 2017 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and The MasterCard Foundation today announced Pro-Jeunes, a five-year $8.4 million partnership that will improve the economic well ...

Mastercard Foundation Scholars at the University of Rwanda have been challenged to combine knowledge with a spirit of service to become transformative leaders. The call was made during the launch of a ...