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The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity works hand in hand with various projects across Sub-Saharan Africa that focus on transforming lives and making financial inclusion a reality. Stay updated with the progress of the Fund-supported participants as they innovate, evolve, get publicity for their work, get recognized for their achievements, or find new partners and investors.

Published 22 Nov 2019

APA Insurance Awarded for Innovative Index based Agriculture Cover

Since 2006, Luxembourg Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, the European Microfinance Platform and the Inclusive Finance Network Luxembourg have been awarding a €100,000 prize to the winner and, starting two years ago, €10,000 to the two finalists.

APA Insurance Ltd Receives the 10th European Microfinance Award in Recognition of its Response to “Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change”

APA Insurance has received awards for innovative index-based agriculture insurance to cover yields and livestock.

Empowering Farmers for Blooming Business

Gabrielle Rosenau (Ibero Uganda) participated as a speaker at the IDH Farmfit Forum.

Dodore’s Faith Mulwa participates at IDH Farmfit Forum in Kenya

Faith Mulwa (AgriWallet) participated as a speaker and panelist at the IDH farmfit Forum.

First Access Featured by Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University

First Access is a proud contributor to the 2019 Emerging Markets Institute (EMI) Conference at Cornell Tech, where CEO Nicole Van Der Tuin shared lessons from the field on fintech's real contributions to financial inclusion and which challenges remain intractable, at least for now.