Morningstar: Mastercard’s Charitable Arm Backs CorpsAfrica Job-Skill Program Across 11 African Countries, touching 800,000 people

By Rachel Koning Beals

“The expanded partnership will enable over 1,600 young African volunteers to impact over 800,000 community members, especially women, CorpsAfrica estimates

The charitable arm of financial services giant Mastercard Inc. is backing a $60 million project aimed at helping young African leaders, especially women, with new jobs in healthcare, small businesses, education, irrigation and more.

The five-year project between the company’s(MA) MasterCard Foundation and CorpsAfrica is expanding to 11 countries from the current six, the groups announced Tuesday….”

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