Partners: Mastercard Foundation; Kosmos Innovation Centre; Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology; Soronko Academy; Industry Immersion Africa; Ipsos Nigeria Period: April 2025 – December 2025 Country of operation: Ghana Category: Employment, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Education & Literacy, Evidence Generation (MERL), Youth Welfare Project Snapshot Under its Young Africa Works Strategy, the Mastercard Foundation aims to…
Partners: mc2h Foundation; Global Fund for Children Period: 2026 – Country of operation: Ghana Category: Education & Literacy, Community Development, Evidence Generation (MERL), Policy Analysis & Advocacy Project Snapshot The Ghana Community-Led Development (CLD) Collaborative is a multi-partner initiative aimed at strengthening community-driven approaches to education and literacy. Rooted in the belief that sustainable…
Partners: Ghana Netherlands Business and Culture Council (GNBCC); Period: 2025 – 2028 (Year 1 Pilot: September 2025 – June 2026) Country of Operation: Ghana Category: Agriculture, Capacity Building, Policy Analysis & Advocacy, Employment, Evidence Generation (MERL) Project Snapshot The Ghana–Netherlands Seed Partnership (GNSP) is a multi-stakeholder public–private partnership aimed at strengthening Ghana’s vegetable seed…
Partners: Global Plastic Action Partnership Period: 2026 – Country of operation: Ghana Category: Climate, Community Development, Employment, Evidence Generation (MERL), Policy Analysis & Advocacy Project Snapshot The Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) is a multi-stakeholder platform established in 2018 by the World Economic Forum to accelerate coordinated, evidence-driven solutions to plastic pollution. Through National…
Partners: Agri-Impact Limited; Mastercard Foundation; Period: 2023 – 2027 Country of Operation: Ghana Category: Youth Welfare, Employment, Agriculture, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Evidence Generation (MERL), Policy Analysis & Advocacy Project Snapshot The Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) Program is a four year (2023–2027) multi stakeholder initiative funded by the Mastercard Foundation and…
Partners: Absa Bank Ghana; Mastercard Foundation Period: 2020 –2025 Country of Operation: Ghana Category: Employment, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Agriculture, Evidence Generation (MERL), Youth Welfare Project Snapshot Under the Young Africa Works Strategy, the Mastercard Foundation partnered with Absa Bank Ghana to implement the Absa Young Africa Works Program, a five-year initiative designed to expand…
Partner: Government of Ghana; IFAD Period: 2025 Country of operation: Ghana Category: Community Development Project Snapshot: Participatory Development Associates (PDA) supported the Rural Enterprise Programme (REP) in its Pre-Completion Survey, in partnership with Radix Consult Limited, to assess the programme’s impact on improving the livelihoods and incomes of rural poor micro and small entrepreneurs (MSEs). The Rural Enterprise…
Partners: Beyond Beans Period: 2025 – Country of operation: Cocoa-growing regions, Ghana Category: Community development, Cocoa Sector Project Snapshot In Ghana, the Nestlé Income Accelerator Programme (IAP) focuses on improving the livelihoods of cocoa-farming families through the formation and restructuring of VSLA groups. The programme also advances regenerative agriculture practices and promotes income diversification,…
Partner: Beyond Beans Period: 2025 Country of operation: Ghana Category: Cocoa Sector Project Snapshot: Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is supporting Beyond Beans in conducting a Cocoa Farmer Census and Market Analysis in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The census is designed to identify the Income Generating Activities (IGAs) that farmers are currently engaged in or would like…
Partner: Tony’s Chocolonely Period: 2025 Country of operation: Ghana Category: Community Development Project Snapshot: Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is partnering with Tony’s Chocolonely to implement a Tree Tagging Survey in the Eastern and Ahafo Regions of Ghana, aimed at tagging all the trees of farmers within Tony’s supply chain. This initiative will provide accurate data to support traceability,…