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Last year, the Mastercard Foundation partnered with USIU-Africa to launch the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at USIU-Africa, which will see 1,000 students from across the continent educated over 10 years at a cost of $63.2 million (Kshs. 6.8 billion).
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USIU-Africa Welcomes 2nd Cohort Under Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

Mastercard Foundation’s Head of Scholars Program, Prof. Phil Cotton congratulated the Scholars on their achievement, noting that they were now on their way...

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Mastercard Foundation Commits Sh1.6bn For Recovery of Kenyan MSMEs

Mastercard Foundation has partnered with four organizations that will fund deserving MSMEs in the country

Equity Group Profit 2019 and Equity Bank CEO Dr James Mwangi www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Kenyan Billionaire Banker Donates Sh300 Million to COVID-19 Fund

Mwangi says the amount will be used to provide medical professionals with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Hydroponics farming. It is a method of growing plants in a nutrient solution without soil and the training is part of the 2jiajiri programme. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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KCB Minting the Next Generation of Millionaires Through Training

The 92 beneficiaries will then be taken through business development training where they will learn how to run a business.

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Equity Banks signs up to Sh30b youth employment initiative

Equity has signed up to the Young Africa Works – Kenya; a public private partnership between the Government, Mastercard Foundation and the private...

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KCB Foundation secures Sh10b funding to scale up 2jiajiri

KCB Foundation has secured Ksh 10 billion ($100 million) funding from the MasterCard Foundation for scaling up its flagship 2jiajiri programme that seeks to...

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Big Business City: International visitors spent Sh28 billion in Nairobi

Business visitors to Nairobi in 2017 high as tourists record low numbers

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KCB launches Agribusiness proposition, signs up 200,000 farmers

Dubbed MobiGrow, the product is a mobile-based innovation looking to reach more than two million farmers in the two East African countries in...