MEST offers a fully sponsored 12-month graduate-level entrepreneurial training in business, communications and software development, including extensive hands-on project work, culminating in a final pitch and the chance to receive seed funding.
The year-long training programme provides Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EITs) with MBA-level entrepreneurship training in business, software development and communications.
The year culminates in a final exam in the form of an investor pitch, after which some companies will receive seed funding and enter the MEST Incubator.
Application Requirements:
- A deep passion for starting a software company
- Entrepreneurial or corporate work experience
- A degree from a top University or Technical College (or equivalent experience)
Honesty is the best policy
All participants must provide personal information that is true and accurate.
100% Commitment
Accepted candidates must be able to commit to spending a year in Accra, Ghana at the MEST training program starting August.
Fully funded program
The MEST program is fully funded, including free tuition, room and board, 3 meals per day and a small monthly stipend.
Application Timeline:
1 Application PeriodApplications open in the 3rd Quarter of each year and close in March the following year
2 InvitationQualified applicants will receive an invitation for a telephone interview with a member of the MEST team.
3 screening applicants who pass the telephone screening will be invited to take an online aptitude test.
4. Interview Process
In-person group and individual interviews take place in South Africa in February; and in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire in May each year.
5 offers are sent out by the end of May each year.
6 The beginning of trainingTraining starts in August each year.
How to Apply
Follow the link below to apply
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Application Deadline: February 8th, 2019
