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

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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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