Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) was established in Accra, Ghana in 2008, by Meltwater Group and its non-profit Meltwater Foundation.^[1] The school trains young Africans to become software entrepreneurs through a two-year curriculum. Students work with business executives, university graduates and current MBA students to develop software applications and prepare them for launch in the global marketplace.

Timeline

• 2007
  • January
    • Meltwater Group announces plans to establish an entrepreneurial training program in Africa.
• 2008
  • February
    • MEST opens in Accra, the capital of Ghana, with the first class of Entrepreneurs In Training (EITs).
• 2010
  • February
    • The first class of EITs graduates from the MEST training program.
    • The MEST Incubator launches and provides seed funding for first group of incubated companies which are former MEST EITs.
• 2011
  • March
    • Nandimobile Ltd, a technology startup founded by MEST graduates, receives an award at the LAUNCH Conference in San Francisco.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.aftenposten.no/jobb/article3504675.ece
2. ^ http://ghtech.info/2011/03/08/meltwater-foundation-startup-nandimobile-named-“best-business”-at-launch-conference/

External links

• Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)
• Meltwater Group