{"id":206984,"date":"2016-04-15T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=206984"},"modified":"2016-04-15T11:37:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T11:37:57","slug":"2016-mastercard-foundation-competition-launched-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=206984","title":{"rendered":"2016 MasterCard Foundation competition launched (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 edition of the MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity competition has been launched in Accra to allow young Africans generate ideas that can be implemented to change the lives of people living in rural areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52446\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/master.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/master-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/master.jpg 600w\" alt=\"Senior Programme Manager, Financial Inclusion, at Master Card Rewa S. Misra \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Programme Manager, Financial Inclusion, at Master Card Rewa S. Misra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the foundation, applications are being expected from Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique , Senegal, \u00a0Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52451\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/more-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/more-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/more-1.jpg 600w\" alt=\"more 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At a ceremony in Accra, the foundation announced that it received impressive applications last year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52487\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m3.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m3-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m3.jpg 600w\" alt=\"m3\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52482\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m-6.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m-6-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m-6.jpg 600w\" alt=\"m 6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The MasterCard Foundation works with visionary organizations to provide greater access to education, skills training and financial services for poor people in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52483\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m1.jpg 600w\" alt=\"m1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As one of the largest, independent foundations, its work is guided by its mission to advance learning and promote financial inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52484\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m.jpg 600w\" alt=\"m\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based in Toronto, Canada, its independence was established by MasterCard when the Foundation was created in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52452\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/more-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/more-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/more-2.jpg 600w\" alt=\"more 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52485\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m5.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m5-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m5.jpg 600w\" alt=\"m5\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52486\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/m2.jpg 600w\" alt=\"m2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By: Lawrence Segbefia\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 edition of the MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity competition has been launched in Accra to allow young Africans generate ideas that can be implemented to change the lives of people living in rural areas. Senior Programme Manager, Financial Inclusion, at Master Card Rewa S. Misra According to the foundation, applications are being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=206984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=206984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}