My name is Adegboyega Jaiyeola, MEST EIT - 2022 Cohort, and I am here to recount a life-changing experience. I first heard of MEST Africa in 2018, and it seemed like a program for very smart people, not someone like me. …

The deadline for applying for our 12-month Training Program in technology and entrepreneurship has now been extended by various dates to give applicants from different parts of the continent an opportunity to participate in the 2023 program. The deadline extension differs from country to country; Applications from Ghana, Nigeria, and…

Pre-MEST addresses the tech talent pipeline shortage with digital skills training and job linkages. Last month, we welcomed our newest cohort of trainees into the Pre-MEST training program. More than 100 participants — half of them women — from across the country gathered at our…

When we first launched the MEST Express Accelerator in late 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had been a new reality for several months. Businesses of all sizes had experienced fast-moving and unexpected impacts for which many existing crisis plans and teams were unprepared. Micro and small enterprises were one of…

Twelve fast-growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana have been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of MEST Africa and the Mastercard Foundation’s venture acceleration program, MEST Scale. MEST Scale is a venture acceleration program designed to help SMEs…

MEST Africa and the Mastercard Foundation have announced the first cohort of the 2022 MEST Express Accelerator program, an initiative that supports promising early and growth stage startups with training, access to sector specific mentorship, technical and product development advisory services, and legal guidance to help founders and their businesses…

The African healthtech sector over the past couple of years has seen an influx of investment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. As traditional health care providers sought to adopt new technologies as a response to the challenges posed by the pandemic, Healthtech providers like Helium Health were well…

“I believe that the many problems that our Continent is facing must be solved by Africans”. ~ Esther Asante, Managing Director of Organic Trade & Investments Esther Asante is the founder and Managing Director of Organic Trade and Investments (OTI), a Ghanaian agribusiness and e-commerce company focused on making raw…

Whatever anyone knows, they learned and thus, you can learn it too. Mazior Nyanyo, Founder, CEO, JidiTrust Mazior Nyanyo is big on self-learning and education. As a founder of a tech startup in Ghana, she has acquired a wealth of knowledge and skill set through self-learning and is employing the…