Archives Tag: MasterCard

Opportunities

April 19, 2022

  Wema Bank is organizing the Transforming Nigerian Youth Program, and this is in collaboration with MasterCard Foundation and the Enterprise Development Center, Pan Atlantic University. This initiative, according to its creators, is designed to raise a mass of entrepreneurs and business managers whose work will drive positive growth and development across Nigeria’s economy. It … Continue reading The Wema Bank Transforming Nigerian Youth Program

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Opportunities

April 19, 2022

  ALX/MasterCard Foundation are collaborating to offer a software engineering learning program for free to young people in Africa. If you want to build a career as a software engineer and you’d like to get training that would enable you to do so, here’s an opportunity worth taking advantage of. Read more about Opportunities This … Continue reading The ALX/MasterCard 2023 Software Engineering Scholarship

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Opportunities

April 19, 2022

  MasterCard is seeking applications from recent graduates who want to participate in its Graduate Launch Program. If you meet these criteria and you’d like to build a career at the intersection of technology and finance, here’s an opportunity you may want to explore. Read more about Opportunities As part of the MasterCard Graduate Launch … Continue reading The MasterCard Graduate Launch Program 2023 for Nigerian Graduates

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Opportunities

April 19, 2022

  CcHub and MasterCard Foundation are collaborating on a fellowship program for Education Technology (EdTech) startups in Nigeria. If you have founded and currently run an EdTech, and you’re seeking funding and technical support that will enable you to raise your startup’s performance, you should consider applying for this opportunity. Read more about Opportunities This … Continue reading The CcHub-MasterCard Foundation EdTech Fellowship

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Opportunities

April 19, 2022

  MasterCard is currently recruiting associate consultants who will take on roles within it as part of its Graduate Launch Program. If you are a recent graduate of a tertiary institution and you’d like to gain valuable experience with data-driven consulting projects, here’s an opportunity you should consider taking advantage of. Read more about Opportunities … Continue reading The MasterCard Graduate Launch Program 2023 for Young Nigerians

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Press Release

April 19, 2022

Jobberman, the single largest online job placement and training website in sub-Saharan Africa, has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to tackle unemployment in Nigeria. The partnership aims to train 5 million job seekers and place 3 million in dignified employment over the next five years. Jobberman and Mastercard Foundation also plans to train 200,000 job seekers … Continue reading Jobberman and Mastercard Foundation Team Up To Place 3 Million Nigerians In Dignified Employment by 2025

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Press Release

April 19, 2022

Leading e-commerce platform, Jumia, has rewarded the first winner in the Jumia-MasterCard Experience Competition. The winner, Mr. Wilson Anine, will have a lifetime opportunity to watch the UEFA Champions League matches in choice cities with other incentives attached. Speaking on the promo, the Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Nigeria, Massimiliano Spalazzi said the promo is … Continue reading Nigerian Customer wins an all-expense-paid trip to watch UEFA Champions League in Europe, courtesy of Jumia & MasterCard

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BUSINESS

April 19, 2022

Nigeria’s big businesses are sealing deals, and frontline startups are snapping up millions in big-time funding rounds. It’s the story of half a year in an economy’s life. Despite concerns that the country’s commerce and industry stands on wobbly foundations, investments continue to happen. Analysts say we should be cautious about the numbers; after all, … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigeria’s Biggest Business Deals So Far in 2019

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TECH

April 19, 2022

Interswitch is an indigenous fin-tech company that provides integrated digital payments solutions for African businesses. Founded in 2002 by Mitchell Elegbe and headquartered in Lagos, Interswitch connects banks in Nigeria and has over 11,000 ATMs on its network. Popular products by the e-commerce company include Verve, Nigeria’s most used payment card; Quickteller, an online payments platform; … Continue reading Interswitch Launches Quickteller Global Mall to Ease International Online Shopping

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Applications

April 19, 2022

The Mastercard Foundation is an organisation that is focused on improving the bad economic situation in developing countries through youth empowerment and provision of financial aid to people living in rural areas. The foundation was established in 2016 and has since developed numerous charitable programs through which they reach out to the economically disadvantaged mass … Continue reading Apply for The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity Challenge

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Events

April 19, 2022

Top performing Lagos restaurants will be recognised during this year’s event

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E-Commerce TECH

April 19, 2022

I have always been a fan of competitive markets where no individual corporation has a monopoly over the market. Competition is a control driver of performance and innovations. It enables us to choose from an array of excellent products at affordable prices. The IT industry has highly revolutionized the way we buy and sell as … Continue reading 3 Online Payment Portals Other Than Paypal

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BUSINESS News TECH

April 19, 2022

Guaranty Trust Bank plc, one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, launches Nigeria’s first Virtual Prepaid MasterCard. The virtual payment solution is easily issued via Internet Banking and it makes payment transactions online fast, easy and secure. Segun Agbaje, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of GTBank, commenting on the launch stated that “the product (Virtual Prepaid MasterCard) … Continue reading GTBank Launches Nigeria’s First Virtual Prepaid MasterCard

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BUSINESS E-Commerce News

April 19, 2022

The Electronic Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) has declared that MasterCard plans to launch a facial recognition payment service in an effort to halt increasing cybercrimes. Mrs Onajite Regha, the Chief Executive Officer of E-PPAN, announced this new development on Wednesday, during an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to Regha, this … Continue reading MasterCard Set to Launch Facial Recognition Payment Service

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News

April 19, 2022

  In 2015, MasterCard and Visa will remove the 3D Secure on payment cards and replace them with the ‘next-generation’ systems based on biometrics and token-based prompts. Ajay Bhalla, President of Enterprise Security Solutions at MasterCard explained, “All of us want a payment experience that is safe as well as simple, not one or the … Continue reading MasterCard, Visa to Remove the Unpopular 3D Secure

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