When Tracy Ahumuza gave birth to her daughter, Alyssa, in April 2021, nothing unfolded as she had imagined. Alyssa needed surgery and could take only breastmilk, yet Ahumuza’s milk had not come in. Three days later, Alyssa died. In the fog of grief, Tracy’s milk began to flow. Wanting another baby to live, she searched for a safe, screened way to donate, but she found none. That gap became her mission. From personal loss, the ATTA Breastmilk Community took root. Founded in mid-2021 and named after Alyssa Taha and Tracy Ahumuza, ATTA began as a simple milk-sharing network connecting donors…
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dfcu Bank has joined hands with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Makerere University to support the renovation of Bwera Primary School in Kabale District. The Bank contributed UGX 20…
Adrian Bukenya has over twenty years of global professional experience in the energy, infrastructure and financial services sectors. Sixteen of these were spent in operations across Africa in senior leadership roles. Adrian has a wide range of experience including business development, government relations, regulatory affairs, organizational transformation, stakeholder engagement and people growth and development. Adrian is a motivated self-starter and is keen on developing business strategies through effective leadership to deliver sustainable value for all stakeholders. Most recently, he was appointed as the Country Director for the Mastercard Foundation in Uganda. Before this, he served as Uganda Country Manager for…
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In this exclusive interview, Moses Akampurira, Digital Products Lead at Letshego Uganda, gives us a front-row seat into how this breakthrough is unfolding on the ground. Powered by real-time behavioural…
Looking back, 10 years ago, the whole concept of credit health was just beginning to take shape—banks were only starting to engage, and technology hadn’t really entered the scene yet….
aBi Development Ltd, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, hosted a stakeholder engagement at the Kampala Serena Hotel to align efforts towards empowering young women…
Uganda Baati has been named the Community Development Champion of the Year at the 2nd Annual Private Sector Gala, an award recognizing the company’s profound impact on communities through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives under the Safal Uganda Baati Foundation. Guided by its four CSR pillars- Health, Education, Shelter, and Environment, the leading steel manufacturer has consistently demonstrated its pledge to uplifting lives and nurturing sustainable development across Uganda. Over the past year, the foundation has tackled diverse challenges with impactful results. Among its impactful projects, the re-roofing initiative at Nyamifura Primary School has provided better learning conditions for…
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Corporate reputation is an aggregate of public perceptions about an organisation’s social, political, ethical and business behaviour and how people engage with that organisation based on these perceptions. Ultimately, this…
Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF), and gnuGrid CRB, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, have extended their partnership for the Empowering Youth Through Data and Community Development (EYDCD) program. The EYDCD program will provide market-relevant skills, business development resources, and digital financial inclusion to empower young people. Building on the success of the Youth and Capacity Development (YCD) program (2020-2023), this expanded effort aims to reach 400,000 young people in Uganda (70% female) and create 250,000 dignified and fulfilling employment opportunities by 2028. The YCD program, implemented by CRVPF and in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, reached 187,000…
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Mastercard Foundation has appointed Kenyan business executive, Carole Wamuyu Wainana to its Board of Directors. Carole joins Mastercard Foundation on the back of a tremendous 35-year career as a business leader in Africa, Europe and the USA. She joins a board that includes Zein Abdalla, the retired president of PepsiCo, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia and 2011 Noble Peace Prize winner, Louise Arbour, CC, the former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Jay Ireland, the retired president and CEO of General Electric Africa among others. “I am delighted to welcome Carole Wainaina to our Board of…
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