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A Whole MEST Of Startups Emerges In Ghana
The Meltwater Entreprenerial School of Technology (MEST) in Ghana was founded in February 2008.
MEST, started out with modest aims: to take the brightest and most willing minds they could find, and put them through a rigorous two year training programme to become tech entrepreneurs.
The results have been very promising.
Here is a list of Tech startups as a result of the MEST program:
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