AGS NEWS – Mastercard, in partnership with the Lagos Food Bank Initiative and Food for Education Foundation, has launched a program to provide over 300,000 meals to schoolchildren in underserved areas of Nigeria and Kenya.

This initiative is part of Mastercard’s cause marketing campaign, which began in February 2024 in collaboration with Glovo, a multi-category app.

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Through this campaign, a meal is donated to a child in need for each Mastercard transaction made on the Glovo app in Nigeria and Kenya.

Mastercard’s Country Manager for West Africa, Folasade Femi-Lawal, emphasized the initiative’s focus on addressing child hunger and supporting education. “This program allows students to focus on learning without hunger as a barrier,” she said.

Glovo’s General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, Diego Nouet, and Lagos Food Bank Initiative’s founder, Michael Sunbola, expressed pride in the collaboration, highlighting the impact of reliable meals on children’s education and future opportunities.