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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div class="ecxgmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);">Hello Team,</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);">MEST made to major announcements today. I trust there competent hands here to join the team to steer and help develop African tech further. </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);">- General Manager Positions for its <a href="https://emp.jobylon.com/jobs/3644-meltwater-entrepreneurial-school-of-technology-general-manager-mest-incubator-nairobi/" target="_blank">Nairobi</a> and <a href="https://emp.jobylon.com/jobs/3645-meltwater-entrepreneurial-school-of-technology-general-manager-mest-incubator-lagos/" target="_blank">Lagos</a> Incubators</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);">- <a href="http://meltwater.org/school/admissions/" target="_blank">Trainee application slots for South Africans</a> in its one-year training program in Accra. (Also open to applicants from Ghana, Nigeria & Kenya) </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);">Please find more info below; If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send them my way. </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);">Regards.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">MEST Training Program Now Recruiting in South Africa; </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hiring Incubator GMs in Lagos and Nairobi for Summer Launch</font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">ACCRA, GHANA—<span><span>March 21, 2016</span></span>—</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Adding to its current cohorts from Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) continues its expansion across the African continent, announcing recruitment of Entrepreneurs-In-Training (EITs) in South Africa, for the first time in the school’s history. </span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://meltwater.org/school/admissions/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">now </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">accepting applications</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> from South Africans, Ghanaians, Kenyans and Nigerians who wish to </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">spend a year at MEST in Accra</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to take part in our intensive training program and launch their own software company, with potential for seed investment opportunities. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Applications close May 20<span><span>, 2016</span></span>.</span></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://meltwater.org/school/about-the-school/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Training Program</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Admitted applicants receive a full scholarship to a one-year entrepreneurial training program that blends an MBA-type education with hands-on training in software development. During the program, students form into teams, develop a product, write business plans, and craft their investor pitches. The strongest and most promising concepts receive between $50,000 to $250,000 USD in equity investment, to support the launch of these new businesses.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://meltwater.org/incubator/about-the-incubator/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Incubator</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Teams that receive investment then start their journey at the MEST Incubator</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> where they receive continued hands-on support as they launch and grow their businesses. To date, the MEST Incubator has invested in </span><a href="http://meltwater.org/incubator/portfolio/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">over 25 companies</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and backed more than 75 co-founders. These companies have developed solutions addressing global markets, created jobs and wealth locally, received outside follow-on funding from global investors, and have gained admittance to top accelerator programs such as 500 Startups and TechStars.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">With </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">expansion into South Africa</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, this will mark the fourth country in Africa where MEST has a foothold in the African tech ecosystem.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“</span><a href="http://meltwater.org/mest-expansion-kenya/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">2014 was the first year that MEST recruited outside of Ghana</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, due to our sponsorship from Interswitch in Nigeria,” says Katie Sarro, Managing Director, MEST. “We’ve found the diversification of students in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria exponentially increase the business ideas that come from the training program. With the addition of South Africa, we look forward to fostering even more talent.”</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Selected Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EITs) will receive:</font></span></p><ul style=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A year-long, fully sponsored training program in Accra starting September 2016</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hands on training in software development and entrepreneurship</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Potential for seed funding at the end of the program</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Housing, monthly stipend, tuition and meals covered by MEST during the one-year training program</font></span></p></li></ul><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Apply online as an entrepreneur </span><a href="http://meltwater.org/school/admissions/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Incubator Network</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>MEST will also be expanding the reach of its incubator program, with new incubators launching in Lagos and Nairobi set to launch this summer--and next year, in Cape Town and Johannesburg.</b></font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“The scope and resources of our Pan-African incubator network is a unique value prop and one of a kind on the continent,” says Jorn Lyseggen, founder of MEST. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Our entrepreneurs will now have the ability to launch startups in their home countries, after completing the one year training program in Ghana, while also allowing our </span><a href="http://meltwater.org/incubator/portfolio/" style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">current portfolio companies</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to more easily access new markets.”</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">MEST plans to have strategic corporate partners in each market, who assist, support and promote our program entry into new cities. This expansion enables a clear network effect amongst MEST’s points of presence and helps empower MEST portfolio companies to reach broader audiences of potential consumers, clients and partners.</font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">With the opening of Lagos and Nairobi incubators this summer, MEST is now accepting applications for General Manager positions in each location.</font></b></span></p><div style="display:inline;"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="http://meltwater.org/incubator/jobs/" target="_blank">Apply online here</a>.</font></b></div><span class="ecxHOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="ecxHOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Edward Amartey-Tagoe</font></div><div>-</div><div><b style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small;">Skype</b><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small;"> : ttaaggooee</span><br></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2"><b>Twitter </b>: <a href="https://twitter.com/ttaaggooee" target="_blank">@ttaaggooee</a></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2"><b>Blog</b> : <a href="http://www.edwardtagoe.com/blog/" target="_blank">EdwardTagoe.com</a></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="2"><b>Mobile</b> : <a target="_blank">+233244709575</a></font></div><ul style="padding:0px 0px 8px;border:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;line-height:17px;display:table-cell;width:505px;color:rgb(51,51,51);"><li style="padding:8px 12px 2px 0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:11px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;line-height:1.2em;"><dl style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:11px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;word-wrap:break-word;"><dd style="padding:2px 9px 1px 0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:11px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;display:inline-block;zoom:1;"><a href="http://gh.linkedin.com/in/edwardtagoe/" title="View public profile" name="-2548367972338645186_-4256768558982080907_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_webProfileURL" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 19px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:11px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:middle;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;display:inline-block;zoom:1;" target="_blank">gh.linkedin.com/in/edwardtagoe/</a></dd></dl></li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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