MasterCard Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund to Help Smallholder Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
01/21/2015
$15 million will support the development of new ideas, and $35 million wil help scale promising ideas or pilots.
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From India to Africa: A Quest to Learn about Reducing Food Loss
Release Date:
01/15/2015
Africa Region Associate Director, C.D. Glin examines how the Rockefeller Foundation is addressing food loss worldwide.
Mastercard Foundation Announces New University Partnerships in Africa
Release Date:
12/08/2014
The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program is a 10-year, $500 million initiative.
RPA, Ford, MasterCard Foundation Among Funders Partnering with Foundation Center on Global Development
Release Date:
11/20/2014
The partnership will focus on global development post-2015.
Partnership with MasterCard Foundation Working to Strengthen Board Governance in Africa
Release Date:
11/13/2014
A $6.1 million partnership between MasterCard Foundation and the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion will launch the Accion Africa Board Fellowship Program.
MasterCard Commits $25 Million to Expand UN Capital Development Fund’s Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) Program
Release Date:
11/10/2014
MasterCard Foundation is investing in small businesses in developing countries.
MasterCard Foundation Funding $15.5 Million Program to Assist Small Farmers in Africa
Release Date:
11/07/2014
The program will help improve productivity for 730,000 farmers in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania.
RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund
Release Date:
10/29/2014
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is partnering with a coalition of NGOs as part of a new grantmaking collaborative, the Ebola Survival Fund.
Ford Foundation Selects Nicolette Naylor to Lead its Southern Africa Office
Release Date:
10/28/2014
Senior Program Officer, Nicolette Naylor, will become head of Ford Foundation's South Africa office.
Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa
Release Date:
10/22/2014
The grant will provide access to safe water and sanitation to 42,000 people in Ghana and Kenya.
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