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Mastercard, non-profit firm to empower Africa's farmers

Senior Vice President for Africa Programs at Heifer International Adesuwa Ifedi (left) and Executive Vice President and Global Head of Community Pass at Mastercard Tara Nathan after launching the partnership. [James Wanzala, Standard]

Heifer International, a global non-profit organisation and Mastercard have partnered to empower smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The partnership will deploy Mastercard's Community Pass, an innovative digital solution that helps connect smallholder farmers to financial and agricultural value-chain ecosystems.

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