Apply for Fully Sponsored Tech Entrepreneurship Training

"Our mission at MEST is to empower the next generation of African tech innovators," said Emily Fiagbedzi, Director of the MEST Training Program. "The Class of 2025 presents an exciting opportunity to nurture and elevate the brightest minds, equipping them with the skills and resources needed to drive impactful change across the continent through their tech startups."

Apply for Fully Sponsored Tech Entrepreneurship Training

By Abdi Ali
Published January 29, 2024

If you hold a degree from a recognised University or Technical College or demonstrate equivalent experience and have entrepreneurial or corporate work experience coupled with a fervent passion for launching a software company in Africa, you have till March 18, 2024 to apply for fully sponsored year-long training opportunity.

The 12-month training programme offered by Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa) in Accra, Ghana is designed to make interested candidates ready to pitch their startup ideas for funding and launch businesses that solve local and global problems through software technology.

MEST Africa says the opportunity offers a unique training programme to help budding entrepreneurs transform their ideas into viable startup businesses through various modules including software development, go-to-market strategies, sales strategies, UI/UX Design, communications and more.

The programme, MEST Africa says, is designed to make interested candidates ready to pitch their startup ideas for funding and launch businesses that solve local and global problems through software technology.

"Our mission at MEST is to empower the next generation of African tech innovators," said Emily Fiagbedzi, Director of the MEST Training Program. "The Class of 2025 presents an exciting opportunity to nurture and elevate the brightest minds, equipping them with the skills and resources needed to drive impactful change across the continent through their tech startups." “Our mission at MEST is to empower the next generation of African tech innovators,” said Emily Fiagbedzi, Director of the MEST Training Program. “The Class of 2025 presents an exciting opportunity to nurture and elevate the brightest minds, equipping them with the skills and resources needed to drive impactful change across the continent through their tech startups.”

MEST Africa says participants in its Class of 2025 will benefit from an extensive curriculum and mentorship by industry leaders and international experts, culminating in the chance to secure seed funding and business incubation for their tech/software startup. MEST’s impact is evident in its training of more than a 1000 entrepreneurs and over 90 funded startups across the continent, a testament to its commitment to nurturing pan-African tech talent”.

Interviews, in Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar, Johannesburg and Accra, are scheduled for April and May 2024 ahead of the commencement of the training in August 2024 in Accra, Ghana.