Jumia
Ecommerce Partnership

Jumia & Mastercard Incentivize Consumers to Use Cashless Payments

Jumia and Mastercard have announced a partnership to incentivize the use of cashless payment platforms as people look for safer

Start Path
Accelerator Fintech

uKheshe, a South African Fintech Startup Joins Mastercard Start Path

uKheshe, a fintech startup for SMEs, joined the Mastercard Start Path, an engagement programme for later-stage scaling startups. Launched in

Mastercard Foundation
Africa Edtech Education

Meet 12 African Edtech Fellows Selected For First Cohort of Mastercard Foundation Edtech Program

The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) has announced the first cohort of

Business Cryptocurrency Social Media

Facebook to Launch Libra, a Cryptocurrency Backed by Visa & Mastercard

Facebook is to launch a cryptocurrency, know as Libra and backed by the likes of Mastercard, Visa and PayPal, that

Publiseer
Africa Entrepreneurship Events Startup

Publiseer Invited to Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works Summit

Publiseer, a Nigerian digital content distribution platform, has been invited by Mastercard Foundation to participate in its Young Africa Works

Mastercard
Africa Business Ecommerce Funding Investment Payment Press Release

Why Mastercard is Investing in ‘Africa’s Alibaba’, Jumia

Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform has announced that Mastercard has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to become an investor

Mastercard
Business Payment Technology

MasterCard Fined $648 Million for High European Union Card Fees

MasterCard Inc. has been fined $648 million by the European Union for imposing rules that regulators said may have artificially

Africa Fintech Funding Startup

Mastercard Foundation Reveals Fund For Young African Changemakers

The Mastercard Foundation today announced a new fund that will enable young changemakers to seed and kick-start promising social ventures

Entrepreneurship Payment Social Entrepreneurship

Nine new projects focused on financial inclusion to receive more than US$9 million from the Mastercard Foundation 

The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) today announced that nine companies from seven countries will receive more than

Janngo Capital
Venture Capital

Janngo Capital Announces Final Close of its 2nd Fund at $78m

Janngo Capital, a Pan-African venture capital firm, announces the final closing of its second fund at $78 million, 20% beyond