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Mauritian Startup Black Swan Wins the MEST Africa Challenge 2025
Black Swan, a Mauritius-based FinTech startup, has emerged as the winner of the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) 2025. The announcement…
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Three Kenyan Startups Among 20 Semi-Finalists in MEST Africa Challenge 2025
Three Kenyan startups, Logistify AI, Farmsky Ventures, and Investa Farm, have been named among the 20 semi-finalists in the MEST Africa…
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How to Apply for the MEST Africa Challenge 2025
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa) recently opened applications for the 7th edition of the MEST Africa Challenge…
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Winner of the MEST Africa 2023 Challenge Announced
MEST Africa, the Pan-African tech entrepreneurship training program, seed fund, and incubator, has announced Koa Academy as the grand prize…
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MEST Africa Opens Applications for its Startup Pitch Competition
MEST Africa has opened applications for its 2023 Challenge Startup Pitch Competition for African startups. This year, the program is…
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New Appointments
Mest Africa picks Stanbic Bank Ghana’s Head of Engineering as its Portfolio Advisor
MEST Africa has announced the appointment of Eric Nsarkoh as a Portfolio Advisor, focused on technology product development. Eric joins…
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MEST Africa Opens Applications for its 2024 Training Program
After announcing five African tech startups that made it to the grand finale of the 2022 Africa Challenge pitch competition,…
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Here are the twenty-two African startups joining the UNICEF StartUp Lab second cohort
UNICEF has announced the twenty-two startups that will be taking part in this year’s cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab.…
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MEST Africa is investing a combined $700k in seven startups from its 2020 graduating cohort
Pan-African incubator, MEST Africa will invest a combined $700,000 in seven early-stage startups from its 2020 graduating cohort. The selected…
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MEST Africa is investing $100,000 in each of these 11 startups from its 2019 graduating cohort
MEST Africa is investing US$1,1m in eleven early-stage startups from its 2019 graduating cohort. This is the largest single investment…
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Kenya is hosting the fourth annual MEST Africa Summit in June
MEST Africa is bringing its fourth annual MEST Africa Summit to Nairobi. The Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund and…
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List of 50 tech startups selected for the second annual MEST Africa Challenge
MEST Africa has announced the 50 startups that have been selected to take part in the second annual MEST Africa…
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