Lilian Kabelle and Narissa Allibhai are two of seven students from Sub-Saharan Africa attending UC Berkeley at no cost as part of a $500 million MasterCard Foundation education initiative.

Barbara Kotei, a MasterCard Foundation Scholar from Ghana, shares her aspiration to heal and empower people in her community following her graduation from Michigan State University.

Joseph Munyabanza, a MasterCard Foundation Scholar from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, explains how living in a refugee camp inspired him to pursue education and help others to do the same.