Today, with the generous support of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, data.org launched the Asia Pacific (APAC) Data Capacity Accelerator, the fifth in a growing network of global partners that are building a workforce of purpose-driven data practitioners.
Asia Pacific Data Capacity Accelerator
Advancing financial inclusion through purpose-driven data capacity.
With support from the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, data.org launched the Asia Pacific (APAC) Data Capacity Accelerator to catalyze the application of data to address systemic financial inclusion challenges – including the critical need to build the data for social impact workforce. Asia Pacific brings significant strengths in data and AI capabilities, and in developing fintech solutions that unlock growth. This program will ensure that the growth is inclusive, bringing a broad swath of people into the financial system with a lens of equity.
In partnership with the Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF) and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), this accelerator will produce a cohort of data practitioners and a training model to scale across the region. The academic partners will develop a set of curricula on financial inclusion, tailored for civil servants, fintech entrepreneurs, and social impact organizations in the area and focused on data literacy and financial empowerment.
At Mastercard, we are committed to driving financial inclusion for small businesses, workers, and communities all around the world. We are proud to work with partners such as data.org, the Asian Institute of Digital Finance at the National University of Singapore, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities to reach the next generation of data practitioners, so they can harness the power of data and AI to support inclusive economic growth in the APAC region.
Shamina Singh Founder & President Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
