Small businesses and AI: Accelerating innovation and inclusion

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Highly confident, women entrepreneurs still face systemic barriers

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How data and AI can drive change: 4 ways forward

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Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth

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Black-owned businesses are on the rise, but they still make up only a tiny fraction of all U.S. firms.

Mastercard Strive 

With philanthropic support from the Mastercard Impact Fund, we work with partners to meet small businesses where they are and support them with innovative digital and data-first solutions to unleash their full potential to catalyze inclusive growth.

(partner) Mastercard Strive 

North America

How this D.C. entrepreneur pays it forward

Small business

Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa

Europe

Latin American & Caribbean

Global

AI for social impact

Climate change

Data for good

Digital transformation

Economic development

Financial health

Financial inclusion

Gender equity

Global development

Public-private partnerships