Press Release - 26 September 2012
- The MasterCard Foundation Press Release and other media information.
- UC Berkeley Press Release, Gretchen Kell, The MasterCard Foundation program brings Sub-Saharan African students to UC Berkeley.
- UC Berkeley Campus Life Youtube Channel, Roxanne Makasdjian, African Students Get Berkeley Scholarships.
Selected News on the MasterCard Scholars Program at UC Berkeley
27 August 2015
- Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley News, Africa’s bright young scholars take on Berkeley
20 May 2014
- UC Berkeley News, MasterCard Foundation program graduates first six scholars
4 March 2014
- MCF Scholars Participate in Research on African Alumini: UC Berkeley Graduate Division, “PARIS” Study to Analyze the Impacts of Foreign Education on African Scholars
3 April 2013
- Gretchen Kell, UC Berkeley News Center, Searching for ‘the Berkeley spark’ in Sub-Saharan Africa.
March 2013
March 2013
- Miranda King, Innovations: Research & News from Berkeley Engineering, From Kenya to California. (Volume 7, Issue 2)
Fall (December) 2012
- The Promise of Berkeley, Bear Perspective: Dream comes true for African freshman.
Fall (November) 2012
- Ann Brody Guy, Breakthroughs, $30 Million Grant Brings African Students to College, MDP.
30 October 2012
- Dzinya Djuba and Esther Adjepong, CalTV, InFocus: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UC Berkeley.
15 October 2012
- Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, Program sends Africans to U.S. colleges.
9 October 2012
- Sharon Hudson-Dean, Dip-Note, US Department of State Official Blog, Looking for “Golden Bears” in Zimbabwe.
4 October 2012
- Alex Berryhill, The Daily Californian, Scholarships bring students from African countries to UC Berkeley.
2 October 2012
- Lyanne Melendez, KGO TV, Program helps empower disadvantaged kids.