EntrepreneurshipSenegal’s Kwely emerges winner of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge
The female-founded startup emerged as the winner out of four other startup finalists from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa.
EntrepreneurshipMEST Africa Challenge announces the top 5 finalists going into the final stage of the competition
MEST Africa has announced Sproutly (Nigeria), Kwely (Senegal), Swoove (Ghana), Hisa (Kenya) and Desert Green Africa (South Africa) as the startups who…
Case studiesMEST Africa and Microsoft announce regional winners for the MEST Africa Challenge 2019
Out of nearly 1000 applicants from across the continent, 10 finalists were chosen to pitch at the regional finals in Accra, Lagos, Nairobi, Cape
EntrepreneurshipRegional finalists for the MEST Africa Challenge 2019 announced
50 scale-ups have been selected. The second annual MEST Africa Challenge regional finals will take place February 27 and 28 in Accra, Lagos, Nairobi,
EntrepreneurshipMeet the winners of the MEST Africa Challenge
The MEST Africa Challenge is the first Pan-African pitch competition hosted by MEST, which gives applicants the opportunity to vie for a trip to
EntrepreneurshipCalling Africa’s scale-ups: Apply for the MEST Africa Challenge
Announcing the MEST Africa scale-up pitch competition: Accra, Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town. For 10 years, MEST has trained aspiring entrepreneurs and …
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MEST & Hub Accra: two interesting tech hub models from Ghana
Dan Evans of the Network Science Center at West Point (US) discusses insights from his trips to collect data on entrepreneurial ecosystems in various
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mPawa: Mobile job matching for blue-collar recruitment in Africa
On a regular basis we put ventures in the spotlight who have registered on our platform. Today we talk to Ghanaian entrepreneur Maxwell Donkor of
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Accra’s RetailTower closes deal with Amazon and goes global
Today we meet the team behind Retail Tower. Co-Founders: From L – R, Rinkart Osei-Asibey, Samuel Tuffour, Isaac Nii Noi Nortey and Blaise Bayuo.
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Mxit, meet Africa’s 800 pound social network
Paul Stemmet of World Of Avatar, an African focused tech investor, gave a presentation at Mobile Web East Africa (Hashtag: #MWEA2012). In addition to