Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), a Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, tech incubator and hub has called on applicants to submit for its class of 2021 program. The one-year entrepreneurial training program will be held in Accra, and applicants from across Africa are called to submit.
The selected applicants will have access to in-depth training & mentorship, a chance to excel in the tech ecosystem and the opportunity to build a software company. Interested applicants have until February 7th, 2020 to apply for the MEST Class of 2021.
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The program is actively recruiting applicants from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Cote d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Cameroon, Gambia, Somalia, Sudan, Mali, other African countries.
All selected startups will go through an entrepreneurial training program which will focus on business, communication, and software development. The courses will be taught by global mentors, successful entrepreneurs, CEOs and Executives from Silicon Valley, Europe, and Africa.
The MEST Africa program will allow applicants to pitch for seed funding from investors and to expand beyond the incubators in Lagos, Accra, Cape Town, and Nairobi.
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