10 Semi-finalists Emerge for $50k MEST Africa Challenge
The 2022 MEST Africa Challenge has chosen ten semifinalists, and the winner will receive US$50,000 in equity capital.
MEST is a pan-African software and entrepreneurship training program, seed fund, and incubator that supports the establishment of technology firms all over the continent. It was established in Ghana in 2008 by serial entrepreneur Jorn Lyseggen.
To far, it has invested in more than 80 firms and trained tens of thousands of entrepreneurs from all over the continent. Pre-seed to seed-stage technology businesses are eligible for the MEST Africa Challenge in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa, where regional contests are taking place this month.
36 qualifying technology businesses from those five nations recently competed in a pitch competition for a spot in the next round. Ten of those startups have been selected to go to the founder interview round, where five finalists will be selected.
Kweli and KyCyber are the representatives for Senegal, Dove Air and Desert Green Africa Agri-Investments are for South Africa, and Hisa and mSwali are for Kenya.
AWI Agricultural Venture and Sproutly are the two firms from Nigeria, whereas Wala Health and Swoove are from Ghana.
