Empowering a continent by creating better livelihoods through education.
The Wings to Fly scholarship program, an initiative of the Equity Group and Mastercard Foundation (MCF), was established to support secondary education for top performing children from financially challenged backgrounds. With support from other partners, the program offers access to leadership training to previously marginalized children in all counties.
The program offers comprehensive support for the scholars through provision of tuition fees, accommodation, books, uniform, shopping, pocket money and transport to and from school during their 4 years of secondary education. It has so far supported 60,009 bright but economically challenged scholars. MCF has so far committed to support 10,000 scholars through two phases of funding with the last intake joining the program in 2021.
In the modern age of streaming wars and cinematic universes, the names behind the screen have become as famous as the stars on them. From the nostalgic roar of a lion to the minimalist animation of a hopping lamp, popular entertainment studios and productions are the architects of our collective imagination. These titans don't just make movies and shows; they build cultural touchstones that define generations. The Titans of the Silver Screen
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The studio system exerts profound control over creative labor. Writers are increasingly placed in “mini-rooms” to develop content that can be easily altered by algorithms or executives. Directors of franchise films often describe themselves as “hired hands” with no final cut privilege. The 2023 Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA strikes directly targeted studio practices: demands included protections against AI-generated scripts, residuals from streaming, and minimum staffing for writers’ rooms. The strikes highlighted the fundamental antagonism between studio risk management (which treats labor as fungible) and creative labor (which demands stability and authorship) (WGA, 2023).
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Martha completes primary school and passes her main exams with flying colors.
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Her parents can’t afford her high school tuition. She then applies for the Wings To Fly program.
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The Wings to Fly stepped in with a scholarship
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Martha does exceptionally well in her main secondary school exams with a vision in mind for her career.
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ELP steps in and Martha gets to study in an Ivy League university where she gets the best education.
