Mastercard Foundation Launches Bridge-In Agriculture

Mastercard Foundation, partners allocate US$87m to agric SMEs

By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE The Mastercard Foundation and CrossBoundary Advisory have unveiled a transformative intiative aimed at providing affordable funding capital and technical support for SMEs in the agriculture space. Known as the ‘BRIDGE in Agriculture Programme’, the project with a funding amount of US$87million targets support for women and young people in agriculture and related sectors through support from partner banks. Loans under the p…

Banks, others partner to unveil agric initiative for young women

Banks, government leaders, private sector partners, and young entrepreneurs gathered in Accra to officially launch the BRIDGE-in Agriculture programme — a groundbreaking five-year initiative aimed at transforming Ghana’s agricultural sector by unlocking access to finance for agriSMEs (small and medium enterprises), and providing skills development to create 400,000 work opportunities for young people, 70percent of whom will be women. The program…

Mastercard Foundation Launches Bridge-In Agriculture

Government officials and partners at the programme   Mastercard Foundation in partnership with CrossBoundary Advisory and support from consortium partners including Access Bank, Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, First National Bank, Stanbic Bank and Zenith Bank, as well as business development firms Africa Skills Hub and Mind Builders Africa, and technology provider Peswa, has launched the Bridge-in Agriculture initiative to empower young entrepreneurs in…