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- 10 May 2021
Econet, Mastercard Partner on Fintech Solutions for Covid-19 Response in Africa
The Econet Group through its subsidiary Cassava Fintech International and Mastercard have entered into a strategic partnership to advance digital inclusion across Africa and collaborate on a range of…
- 16 May 2021
Econet Group Partners Mastercard on Fintech Solutions
Econet Group, through its subsidiary, Cassava Fintech International and Mastercard have entered into a strategic partnership to advance digital inclusion across Africa and collaborate on a range of…
- 9 Sept 2021
Mastercard, Paycode Partner to Increase Access to Financial Services & Govt Assistance for Remote Communities
An estimated 57 percent of the population in Sub Saharan Africa remains financially excluded while close to 30 percent remain without a form of identification and 60 percent of the continent has no…
- 30 May 2024
Mastercard, AfDB Partner to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Africa
Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group have launched the Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa to extend digital access to critical services to 100 million…
- 25 Mar 2025
Mastercard Announces Bold Investments to Propel Africa's Digital Payments Economy Towards $1.5 Trillion Goal by 2030
Africa’s digital payments economy is set to grow from strength to strength according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics stating that the digital payments economy is expected to…
- 17 Dec 2025
Mastercard Expands Africa Acceptance Network by 45% in 2025, Driving Digital Economy Growth
Mastercard says it has expanded its acceptance network across Africa by 45 per cent in 2025, a milestone that brings millions of consumers and small businesses into the continent’s fast-growing…
- 18 May 2020
COVID-19 Response: Mastercard to Connect 1Bn People, 50m Small Businesses, 25 Million Women Entrepreneurs to the Digital Economy by 2025
The health and economic consequences of COVID-19 have highlighted the critical need to support vulnerable populations, many of whom are disproportionately impacted. In this time of global crisis,…
- 12 Sept 2021
Mastercard says 57% of Sub-saharan Africans are Financially Excluded
Mastercard has said an estimated 57 per cent of the population in sub-Saharan Africa are financially excluded. The company disclosed this in a statement as it announced its partnership with Paycode’s…
- 6 Apr 2021
Mastercard, Uber Extend Partnership to Boost Payment Digitization and Advance Financial Inclusion Across Africa
Uber’s long-term partnership with Mastercard has continued to grow with a new strategic initiative focusi ng on digital payments and advancing financial inclusions which will be facilitated by…
- 21 Jun 2020
Court Rules against Mastercard, Visa on Interchange Fees
UK’s Supreme Court has decided to unanimously uphold an earlier Court of Appeal ruling, which stated that the Multilateral Interchange Fees (MIFs) set by US card issuing giants Mastercard and Visa…
- 16 May 2017
10,000 Nigerians to Benefit from MSU, MasterCard Foundation ‘Agri Youth Lab’
Nigeria is likely to have the lion’s share in a five-year, $13 million collaboration between Michigan State University and the MasterCard Foundation launched on Monday to help 15,000 young people…
- 5 Apr 2022
Mastercard Announces Winners of its Inaugural Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards 2022
Mastercard has announced the winners of the first Mastercard Women SME Leaders Awards 2022 at a virtual ceremony, recognizing the success of women-led businesses in 22 categories and multiple…
- 27 Aug 2021
Facebook Becomes Member of Digital Identity Alliance
Social media giant Facebook has joined the ID2020 Alliance, in an effort to learn and build on standards for digital identity (ID) that are secure and privacy-centric. The ID2020 Alliance is a global…