Press Release - Second Grant 2020
- Center for African Studies Press Release for 2020-2030 grant
Press Release - First Grant 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
1 January 2022
- Lumbidzani Dima, Chronicle (Zimbabwe), From Gwabalanda to world's top tech firms, Twitter (features Eric Khumalo, '20, CogSci). Front page of print version.
16 November 2021
- Berkeley Graduate Division GradNews November 2021, Graduate Student and Alumni Highlights, 2021 Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Recipient: Cecil Chikezie, MEng '22 (BioE)
21 September 2021
- Sam Goldman, Blum Center for Developing Economies, Meet the Inaugural M.DevEng Cohort. (Features two Scholars in the DevEng program)
16 March 2021
- Mastercard Foundation, AllAfrica, Building a Resilient Business Amidst a Pandemic: How a Young Female Entrepreneur from Africa is Keeping a Business Afloat During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2 February 2021
- Gretchen Kell, UC Berkeley News, COVID Stories: The chance to teach young Ugandan women to code
18 November 2020
- Shirley Li, GLOBE News, View the world differently from the lenses of GLOBE Ambassador, Abdoul Aziz’21
20 August 2020
- Sam Goldman, Graduate School of Journalism News, Meet Berkeley Journalism’s 7 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni
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
- The Daily Californian, Scholarships bring students from African countries to UC Berkeley.
2 October 2012
- Lyanne Melendez, KGO TV, Program helps empower disadvantaged kids.