Mastercard Foundation

Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. Through its  Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV program, the Foundation works with partners to ensure that millions of young people, especially young women, access quality education, financial services, and dignified work. Mastercard Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. The Foundation is independent with its own Board of Directors and CEO. For more information and to sign up for the Foundation’s newsletter, please visit http://www.mastercardfdn.org/.

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KPMG

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 147 countries and have more than 219,000 people working in member firms around the world. Member firms' clients include business corporations, governments and public sector agencies and not-for-profit organizations. KPMG’s International Development Advisory Services (IDAS) provides a pan-African approach to delivery in its engagements, employing full-time experienced development experts at our center of excellence in Nairobi, with growing representation in our Southern and West African hubs. Over the last 10 years, we have successfully managed approximately US $1.5b in development finance across various global programmes on behalf of our clients. Our approach is centered on an innovative, flexible and responsive platform that has sound governance, impeccable fund management credentials, and singular ambition to deliver for you – the client – whether government, development agency or the private sector.

IPE Triple Line

IPE Triple Line is a UK based international development consulting company which supports the strengthening of environmentally sustainable, social and economic development for the public, private and voluntary sectors. IPE Triple Line is the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning partner of the Fund.

Nathan Associates

Nathan delivers creative, viable, and defensible analytic and economic solutions for government and commercial clients around the world. Our multidisciplinary, high-performing teams use a proactive, structured approach to navigate complexity, mitigate risk, and optimize success on every engagement. For more than 70 years, clients have relied on Nathan to handle complex, high‐stakes assignments, and provide exceptional value.

The Mastercard Foundation Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab

The Mastercard Foundation Rural and Agricultural Finance Learning Lab (the Lab) is a seven-year initiative that aims to foster learning and collaboration among foundation partners as well as the broader community. To do this, the Lab leads independent research and supports foundation partners to drive innovation and scale-up of financial services for smallholder and rural customers. The Lab also researches key questions on client demand, financial solution provision, ecosystem development, and impact. The Lab is implemented by the Global Development Incubator (GDI).