Young Impact Associate Program

The Young Impact Associate (YIA) training program is a program of Vanguard Economics work as an Impact Partner Organization (IPO) for The Mastercard Foundation in Rwanda. Through this program, the Mastercard Foundation envisions cohorts of YIAs that will shape the MEL debate and promote a practice that centres the communities it intends to serve through its work.

The Mastercard Foundation aims to create 30 million dignified and fulfilling jobs for young people in Africa by 2030.