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2019 ILIMI Management Project Objective
•	Strengthen African Development University (A.D.U) to drive excellence in its program design, delivery and management, impacting 200 low-income students in Niger (70% young women).
•	Document and integrate learning to refine A.D.U.’s model for scale and influence higher education in the Sahel Region.

Core Activities
•	Strengthen A.D.U.’s partnerships, curriculum, leadership, e-learning system and facility to create a conducive learning environment . 
•	Organize a corporate club (monthly meeting with businesses) and a career fair to accelerate transition to internships and employment for 100 students.  
•	Document and disseminate learning from A.D.U. to influence higher education in the Sahel Region
2016 Project - Learning Partner, Next Gen This project will support actionable learning within the Next Generation Financial Services (NGFS) initiative to measure progress and generate a body of evidence necessary to better adapt approaches to delivering digital financial services in Africa with the goal of improving the livelihoods of low income people.
2018 LIT Learning Partner (Partner 3 of 3 along with Laterite Ltd and Laterite BV) •	Create a learning model for the LIT initiative
•	Generate relevant evidence, to assess the effects of the initiative on teacher performance, and understand its influence on student's learning
•	Establish a process of continuous learning, involving both beneficiaries and stakeholders, with the aim of gradually improving the effectiveness of the initiative
•	Generate policy-relevant knowledge for the initiative and for policy makers more generally, working on secondary education in Rwanda and beyond
2012 Program - Mobile and Development Intelligence (MDI) Educate funders, development organizations, mobile industry, and entrepreneurs on best practices around the application of mobile technology and development.
2016 Management Project - Africa Fintech Village Capital seeks to partner with The MasterCard Foundation to support ventures advancing financial inclusion through innovative financial technology (fintech) serving the Sub-Saharan African market, with strong focus on West Africa.
2016 Management Project - Learning Outcomes "Synthesize learning from the Foundation's partnership with Education For Employment (EFE) in Morocco.  Deliver an analysis of the project's experience in building relationships with the Moroccan government, ANAPEC, TVET institutions, universities, and employers, and share lessons learned for developing programs to provide relevant skills to youth and potentially encourage changes in training institutions.
2010 Management Program To provide comprehensive scholarships and ICT training to disadvantaged girls in the KCDF students sponsorships program in Kenya.
2015 Mgmt Project - Midterm Review of the Scholars Program Learning Partnership 2015 Mgmt Project - Midterm Review of the Scholars Program Learning Partnership
2014 Management Program - IIEP To support the development of an online Portal, Planning for Improved Learning Outcomes (P4L). The Portal will provide a database of proven strategies on improving learning outcomes for youth in secondary education to be used globally by various stakeholders including educational planners.
2009 Program - Financial Education This program will leverage Equity Bank's group based outreach to scale up financial education to 619,500 youth and women micro entrepreneurs from poor households in Kenya. As Equity Bank's group mobilization efforts expand, this program will be able to further grow its financial education outreach. In addition, it will pilot a new approach to deliver entrepreneurship education to a subset of 7,500 clients.
2019 YAW-Uganda - Next Wave: Market Making for Entrepreneurs 2019 YAW-Uganda - Next Wave: Market Making for Entrepreneurs
2019 Senegal - Fund Management & Financial Reporting for MEPC 2019 Senegal - Fund Management & Financial Reporting for MEPC
2014 Management Project - SG2015 The SG2015 Conference to be held in Lusaka, Zambia in November 2015 will bring together a community of Savings Groups (SGs) stakeholders committed to accelerating innovations through knowledge sharing and collaboration. The goal of SG2015 is to enhance impact of Savings Groups with participation of stakeholders who bring diverse perspectives to scaling up Savings Groups, including those who are actively seeking to link them to the formal financial sector.

Core Activities:
- SG2015 Participant Scholarhips (50) and Speaker Funding (10)
- Support to the Savings Group webinar series
- 'Do No Harm' Guidelines in-country meetings (5)
2016 Project - 10th Anniversary Giving Campaign 2016 Project - 10th Anniversary Giving Campaign
2017 Management Project - Midterm Evaluation of KPMG FRP Midterm Evaluation of KPMG FRP
2020 CRRP Project - Rescuing Enterprises through Production Repurposing (REPR) •	Rescue 12 MSMEs by repurposing factories, basic textile machines, renting textile machines from other manufacturers who closed shop to manufacture textiles for health care workers as well as masks for the general public
•	On boarding an eCommerce marketplace with the already existing partnership between MasterCard and Kifiya- SMEs
2014 Management Program - Scale access and foster institutional growth Expand EFTA's work to reach more entrepreneurs and farmer groups with agri-leasing products and increase their ability to generate employment.  Gather evidence that proves the commercial and social viability of their business model.
2014 Management Program - Monitor Inclusive Market's 'Building Markets' report To effectively design and publish the 'Building Markets' report and carry out an intensive campaign to disseminate the report to a wide and multi-faceted audience to compound the impact of this report.
2017 Management Project - DCED/BEAM Support the BEAM Exchange in its transition to joining the Market Systems Development (MSD) Working Group, which is facilitated and overseen by the Donor Committee on Enterprise Development (DCED). The BEAM Exchange is a specialist platform for knowledge exchange and learning about using market systems approaches to reduce poverty. Integrating it with DCED will improve its ability to be a valuable resource for those developing programs in the area of financial inclusion.
2014 Project - Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment (YIEDIE) YIEDIE aims to:
•	Provide employment opportunities in the construction sector, including self-employment, for disadvantaged young people in five of Ghana’s largest cities.
•	Provide increased coordination and support for a better enabling environment by construction sector stakeholders.
2015 Mgmt Project - TIMS One-Day Microfinance Course for Canadian Youth 2015 Mgmt Project - TIMS One-Day Microfinance Course for Canadian Youth
2008 Program - Scholars The Fund shall be disbursed for the provision of scholarships for the MFMI network training institutions.
2014 Mgmt Program #2 - Design Phase for Rural & Ag Finance Learning Partnership - Additional Funds (See Request #584) 2014 Mgmt Program #2 - Design Phase for Rural & Ag Finance Learning Partnership - Additional Funds (See Request #584)
2014 Management Program - Skoll Young Leaders Forum (Oxford, England) Enable the participation of 14 young leaders to attend the Skoll World Forum
2014 Mgmt Program #1 - Planning Phase for Rural and Ag Finance Learning Partner - Additional Funds (See Request #557) 2014 Mgmt Program #1 - Planning Phase for Rural and Ag Finance Learning Partner - Additional Funds (See Request #557)
2015 Management Project - FI Landscape and Trend Analysis 2015 Management Project - FI Landscape and Trend Analysis
2015 - YALI - East Africa Regional Leadership Centre The YALI partnership seeks to provide high-quality training in business and entrepreneurship, public management, and civic engagement to 12,000 young Africans aged between 18-35 years at four Regional Leadership Centers (RLCs) across Africa.  The RLCs are located in Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa. The training will act as catalyst for transformational learning and leadership through interactive, experiential education, group projects and simulations, and mentored individual project development.
Amount approved by MCF Board in March 2015.
2018 MTR - KNUST, Makerere Complete an independent mid-term assessment of progress and learning from program implementation at three Scholars Program university partners, to identify good practice, areas for quality improvement, and assess Scholars' experiences in the Program.
2018 NEXTWave Management Project •	Provide business development services and access to finance for 200 young Ugandan entrepreneurs to grow their ventures, and create economic opportunities for at least 1,000 other young people.
•	Develop a plan to expand reach to 5,000 additional young entrepreneurs within disadvantaged communities.
•	Develop scalable solutions to address productivity barriers faced by young refugees in Uganda.
2009 Program This program (Youth-Inclusive Financial Services Linkage Program) is a three year capabilities building and training initiative which aims to expand the range and quality of financial services available to youth. The program will expand the body of knowledge and connect practitioners within the youth-inclusive financial services space. It includes the development of an in-depth curriculum as well as a training-of-trainers program.
2014 Management Program - Peer-Led Leadership Development The project will involve a targeted group of Scholars, including (1) members of the Scholars Council and (2) graduating Scholars, in a series of interventions designed to contribute to their growth as transformative leaders. The interventions will be rooted in ethical leadership and will be organized around four distinct aspects of transformative leadership: insight; knowledge; experience; and courage. 
The Scholars who undergo the leadership interventions will be tasked with working with the wider Scholars Community in order to contribute to the leadership growth of their peers. As such, the project will have a cascade effect. 
A customized communications platform will be developed to support and sustain the leadership interventions. The platform will enable immediate communication and collaboration, as well as more long term peer mentoring and sustained motivation of the Scholars as transformative leaders. 
Finally, the project will involve an exploratory component with secondary education partners and Scholars to design a framework and proposal for a secondary school peer-led leadership development program.
2019 Youth Employment and Skills for Africa's Transformation 2019 Youth Employment and Skills for Africa's Transformation
2010 Program - Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners.  Scholarships are provided, based on financial need.
2015 - New Venture Fund (NVF): PSIPSE Secretariat NVF hosts PSIPSE donor collaborative activities and manage the PSIPSE coordinator as a third party organization. It also manages PSIPSE website that hosts RFPs and news release.
2013 Africa Growth and Innovation Program Expand current project to scale savings and other financial services to rural populations including farmers.
2020 CRRP Project - E-learning-refugee students in Mahama Camp and in Kigali This project aims to support refugee university students to keep up with their studies during the school closures. Maison Shalom will establish a digital library program at the Elite Centre in Mahama camp and the  Oasis of Peace Community Centre in Kigali to ensure that refugee students are not left behind and that they are able to take advantage of the opportunities provided by eLearning.
2017 Program - MF Scholars Equip policymakers from central banks, ministries of finance, and other regulatory bodies with strong understanding of how they can influence the design of financial services regulations so that they can better address the financial needs of the poor.
2011 Program - school-to-work transition survey Conduct 56 school-to-work transition surveys in 28 countries worldwide. ILO will also facilitate training sessions, disseminate global reports on youth employment trends, and seek to inform policies and programs.
2017 Scholars Program Learning Partnership Extension 2017 Scholars Program Learning Partnership Extension
2011 Management Program To conduct research on the tertiary education transitions of rural and/or disadvantaged females.
2016 Planning Project - NGFS Learning Partner Develop a proposal for a multi-year partnership that will generate actionable learning within the  next-generation of financial services (NGFS) Initiative and wider Financial Inclusion program.
2020 CRRP Rwanda - Inkomoko Within the CRRP program, Inkomoko would support 9,810 MSMEs & SMEs from their network and including 560 refugees from their partnership with Maison Shalom a local organization supporting Burundian refugees
2017 Mgmt Project - TTI Conference Support the IDRC's Think Tank Initiative (TTI) convening of stakeholders from academic, private and public spheres over two days in March 2018 as a platform for sharing information related to the uptake and use of evidence in policy development processes in the areas of youth education and financial inclusion for the poor. This will improve the policy processes and operating environment, improving programs in the Foundation's areas of focus.
2019 YAW-Nigeria Project - Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise Model 2019 YAW-Nigeria Project - Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise Model
2016 Scholars Program Provide scholarships to enable qualified students from economically disadvantaged and hard-to-reach communities and countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to complete university education.
2016 Project - Making Small Scale Savings Work Working with Postbanks and other savings-focused banks to increase savings account uptake and usage using digital channels, financial behaviour patterns and business analytics.
2014 Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers through Agro-dealers Project Expand access to finanacial services for farmers in Kenya, Ghana and Tanzania.
2019 Innovation Fund Round 4 Project - Leading to Success 2019 Innovation Fund Round 4 Project - Leading to Success
2018 Program - MF Scholars To provide access to participants who would otherwise be unable to attend the Sustainable Microfinance and Development Program (SMDP), which is run by the Carsey Institute. Specifically, the Fund will be used to provide approximately 59 full and partial scholarships for training programs in Rwanda and Zambia to qualified individuals to attend the Sustainable Microenterprise and Development Program, as well as other related travel and accommodation expenses.
2016 Senegal Secondary Education - Youth Work Readiness Project (APTE) The Program will assist youth in lower secondary schools and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) schools to develop the skills needed to secure jobs or start businesses upon graduation.
2010 - Planning Program To refine the innovative project design of linking youth with micro-franchising opportunities as a viable means of self-employment.
2020 CRRP Ghana - Extending Teacher Education for All through Virtual Learning Outreach Ensure equitable access to the online teacher training courses for up to 4,000 economically disadvantaged student teachers, ensuring continuity of teacher training throughout the COVID 19 crisis. Strengthen the ongoing integration of blended learning into the teacher training programs at the Teacher Training Institutions
2018 Mgmt Project - University World News lmprove youth education development programmes by raising awareness of the role that education and transformative leadership programmes can play in developing youna leaders; contribute to the evidence base of how best to support and sustain young leaders; highlight best practices for youth leadership development; highlight how the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program  is supporting institutional change in universities, transforming them into champions who can support the education of underserved youth.
2016 Mgmt Project - Rwanda Initiative Demand & SME Assessment 2016 Mgmt Project - Rwanda Initiative Demand & SME Assessment
2016 & 2017 Director's Project - Craig Calhoun To support the dissemination and sharing of knowledge in topics related to youth education and financial inclusion for the poor. Discussions will be held at the 42nd World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS), hosted by the School of Social Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
2017 Mgmt Project - Responsible Agricultural Finance for smallholder farmers in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. The study will focus on two key dimensions namely (i) farmers’ understanding of the pricing structure, the compulsory nature of bundled products and their compliance with the Client Protection Principles (ii) the exposure and risks faced by smallholder farmers when engaging with providers of agricultural finance.
2014 Management Program - 2013 FI Learning Framework - Additional Funds (see Request #472) Develop a dynamic learning framework for the Foundation's Financial Inclusion team in a collaborative manner that responds to changes in the sector, learnings emerging from ongoing partnerships, facilitates data collection and analysis, and allows the Foundation to be an impactful donor in the space.
2015 Mgmt Project - Briefing Note on Agribusinesses Global Development Incubator (GDI), via the Initiative for Smallholder Finance (ISF), will produce a briefing note and a Foundation only report exploring the use of agribusinesses as a means of facilitating access to financial services for smallholder farmers (SHFs).
2015 Program - Don Morrison - Dalai Lama Center 2015 Program - Don Morrison - Dalai Lama Center
2020 CRRP - Strengthening COVID-19 Response and Resilience Among Women and Girls in Kenya The project objectives are to: strengthen institutional capacities of state and non-state actors to effectively address GBV during the COVID-19 pandemic and to improve knowledge management of GBV for evidence-based policy development and accountability
2015 Management Project - Kigutu Academy Expansion 2015 Management Project - Kigutu Academy Expansion
2009 Director's Program - Phillip Clay This program provides student fellowships to support student projects in developing countries on youth education and economic empowerment of the poor.
2014 Management Program - Final Evaluation $30,000 CAD over six months for Plan Canada to contract with Advisem Services Inc. to contribute towards the Final Evaluation of Plan’s Youth Microfinance (YMF) project in West Africa.
2015 Planning Project - VLab Market Scoping of Providers of Digital Finance in West Africa Provide research to help the Foundation support the growth of innovative providers of digital finance in SSA.
2014 Lifelong Learning Planning Project The research and design phase of developing a Lifelong Learning Platform to empower Scholars to engage in lifelong learning and achieve their potential as transformative leaders.
2018 Project - EleV Support the success of Yukon's Indigenous youth in post-secondary education and transition to employment with enhanced support services, leadership opportunities, educational options and pathways through strengthened partnerships and shared learning with Indigenous communities and the public, private and civil society sectors.
2019 Mgmt Project - Changing Nature of Work Activity Mapping - Additional Funds for Travel 2019 Mgmt Project - Changing Nature of Work Activity Mapping - Additional Funds for Travel
2013 Management Program - A Global Compact on Learning: Institutionalizing Learning Approaches 2013 Management Program - A Global Compact on Learning: Institutionalizing Learning Approaches
2019 Project - Strategy Development and Establishment of the Ethiopia Job Creation Commission 2019 Project - Strategy Development and Establishment of the Ethiopia Job Creation Commission
2018 Director's Project - SOAS - Valerie Amos 2018 Director's Project - SOAS - Valerie Amos
2014 Program - Akazi Kanoze 2 - Innovations in Secondary Education To provide Rwandan secondary students with work readiness skills and school-to-work transition support to increase their chances of getting a job. Secondly, to incorporate these programs within the secondary education system nation-wide.
2017 Scholars Program - Transitions Africa Careers Networ will develop and deliver a “train-the-trainer” capacity building program to 175 career guidance counsellors at BRAC and FAWE in three countries (Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia). This will equip BRAC and FAWE’s team to effectively support Scholars transitioning to higher education, employment or entrepreneurship.
2020 Management Project - Institutional Strengthening 2020 Management Project - Institutional Strengthening
2013 Program - Refine & scale components of existing project Expand DOT’s successful program to provide life-skills, entrepreneurship, and computer literacy skills to unemployed youth in Kenya and Rwanda.
2009 Program - Scholars This program provides training and development of microfinance practitioners from Asia, Africa, North-West Europe and the Middle East. Scholarships are provided, based on financial need.
2020 CRRP - MSME Support Facility The program will provide short-term concessional loans and grants to businesses, with a focus on youth (under 35 years) or women owned MSME’s, or those businesses that have a significant impact on youth, in order to preserve jobs under the prevailing mark
2011 Director's Program - Phillip Clay To support the MIT Upward Bound Program to provide year-round and summer educational enrichment to youth.
2015 Management Project To address the need for leadership and job-related skills training for youth in Sri Lanka, where producing an educated and skilled workforce has become a critical priority.
2018 Mgmt Project - E-commerce and youth employment in Africa This project will aim to build coherent scenarios of how e-commerce platforms may help to address the challenges of expanding youth employment in Africa over the next decade. This work will help to connect the emerging research and knowledge around the employment effects of e-commerce platforms in China (shown in recent research by Renmin University around the Alibaba Group) and the US (where Facebook and Amazon have recently published small business impact surveys or reports) with the realities of e-commerce in Africa today. The problem to be addressed is the inability to locate the success stories from elsewhere in a clear, compelling framework which enables African policy makers to make informed choices about how to maximize the positive employment effects of e-commerce in their
2016 Scholars Tertiary Convening - The Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge 2016 Scholars Tertiary Convening - The Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge
2019 Management Project - Digital Commerce Platform Provide access to finance and global markets for African handicraft artisans and producer groups, enabling them to improve sales and margins.
2018 Innovation Fund Project – SolarTaxis •	Explore the viability of using light, solar-powered vehicles as means of commercial transportation in peri­urban and rural Ghana and whether this transportation service could be franchised to provide employment opportunities to youth.
•	This project will be innovative in a number of ways: Promotion of solar-powered transportation which is highly unexplored; Explore the viability of solar-powered transportation hubs as a business model with the potential to offer employment through vehicle maintenance and repair, battery charging and other related services. Expand on mobile payment options in the transportation sector.
2012 - The MasterCard Foundation Global Scholarships Program The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program.
2012 Financial Inclusion Data "	Create two complementary platforms that allow easier flow of information from African microfinance institutions to funders.
"	Enable financial institutions, funders, and policymakers to identify gaps in financial access for low-income households.