Deadline: June 10, 2024.

Mastercard Foundation envisions a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and thrive, where the contributions and leadership of young people matter, where they achieve their full potential, and help drive transformative change. They work alongside visionary program partners and youth with the aim to enable 30 million young people, especially young women, to secure dignified and fulfilling work aligned with their aspirations.

The IPO will be flexible, able to adapt to changing issues and circumstances, and demonstrate
values that resonate with those of the Foundation; they want to work with technically qualified
organizations that are passionate, creative, and principled, and who will constructively challenge
the Foundation and the impact/evaluation field.
The IPO will focus on impact related work at the following levels:

1. Ecosystem level. Assessing the contribution of the Foundation’s initiatives in transforming
   relevant systems and sectors for young women and young men to thrive in and shape
   economies and societies that are equitable, resilient, and sustainable.
2. Strategy or operating model level. Assessing the effectiveness of chosen strategies and
   operating models in achieving objectives and outcomes, relative to need – including the
   need for the realization of scalable and sustainable impact through large-scale systems
   oriented and transformative change.
3. Portfolio level. Assessing the effectiveness of portfolios of investments in relevant
   thematic area, including the strategic choices made and the collective contributions of
   the portfolio to scalable and sustainable impact.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The Foundation is seeking Regional IPOs to support Country Program Platforms across West Africa (Anglophone), including Country Programs in Ghana and Nigeria.

The Foundation is keen to hear from African- led firms, organizations, and consortia with a strong
interest and deeply demonstrated experience and capabilities to take on the responsibilities listed
above. The consortium can be African, or a combination of African and non-African organizations,
however, the consortium lead should be an African- led organization, this requires meeting all four
of the following criteria:

1. Principal place of business is in Africa.
2. Incorporated and registered under the laws of an African country.
3. A primarily African board and/or is led by a citizen of an African country.
4. Not controlled or governed by, or with decision-making power held by a foreign entity or
   an individual(s) who are not citizens or permanent residents on the continent.

APPLICATION

1. They will conduct an information session on June 3, 2024, to answer questions regarding this REOI and the relevant program platforms. An online invitation link will be sent to all interested organizations. In the meantime, you may send any questions RegionalImpactPartnerOrganization@mastercardfdn.org with the subject line: ‘Question on Regional IPO REOI.’
2. Please send your Expression of Interest (EOI) with the subject line “EOI Regional IPO” by June 10, 2024 COB Eastern Africa Time (EAT) to RegionalImpactPartnerOrganization@mastercardfdn.org

Find more information on the OFFICIAL LINK