{"id":617,"date":"2022-02-14T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=617"},"modified":"2022-02-14T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:56:29","slug":"mest-call-for-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png 200w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meltwater Entrepreneurial school of Technology (MEST) is inviting every young aspiring tech entrepreneur in Africa, to apply for a 12-month technology and entrepreneurship Training Program. With their Class of 2022\/2023 in full session.<\/strong><br><br>Successful applicants will gain access to world-class education in software development, business and communication skills from MEST\u2019s campus in Accra, Ghana. Training will be done along with mentorship and networking sessions with leading industry experts and business executives from all over the world. At the end of the year-long program, all the Entrepreneurs-in-training will form startups with co-founders within their cohort and pitch their business idea for up to $100,000 in seed funding, business incubation, and a lifetime of support from MEST Africa\u2019s global community of experts and founders.<br><br>MEST have trained over 800 tech entrepreneurs and experts and invested in over 80 startups. They\u2019ve produced some of the finest startups transforming sectors and scaling across the continent such as meQasa, Complete Farmer, Kudobuzz and CodeLn among others.<br><br>\u201cThey are thrilled to open applications for our 12-month Training Program to every aspiring tech entrepreneur on the continent again as more countries open up their borders again and as the world adapts to the new normal. MEST looks forward to identifying and welcoming a diverse group of young and ambitious people into their program to start their entrepreneurial journeys by August 2022,\u201d said Emily  Fiagbedzi, the Director of Training Program at MEST Africa.<br><br><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> 20th April 2022<br><strong>Final Interviews: <\/strong>May 2022 in Accra, Lagos, Dakkar, Nairobi, and Johannesburg<br>Training Program beings August 2022 in Accra<br><strong>The application process:<\/strong><br>&#8211; Complete Pre-learning courses<br>&#8211; Take an aptitude test<br>&#8211; Fill and submit the MEST Training Program application form<br>&#8211; Interviews with our recruitment team<br>&#8211; Offer<br>FOR MORE ENQURIES VISIT https:\/\/meltwater.org\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meltwater Entrepreneurial school of Technology (MEST) is inviting every young aspiring tech entrepreneur in Africa, to apply for a 12-month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - PressPayNg Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meltwater Entrepreneurial school of Technology (MEST) is inviting every young aspiring tech entrepreneur in Africa, to apply for a 12-month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-14T16:56:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-14T16:56:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\"},\"headline\":\"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-14T16:56:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-14T16:56:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/\",\"name\":\"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - PressPayNg Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-14T16:56:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-14T16:56:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/mest-call-for-applications\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"description\":\"News and Updates From PressPayNg\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"width\":468,\"height\":117,\"caption\":\"PressPayNg Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\",\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"press_admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/blog-api\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/author\\\/press_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - PressPayNg Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - PressPayNg Blog","og_description":"Meltwater Entrepreneurial school of Technology (MEST) is inviting every young aspiring tech entrepreneur in Africa, to apply for a 12-month","og_url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/","og_site_name":"PressPayNg Blog","article_published_time":"2022-02-14T16:56:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-14T16:56:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"press_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"press_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/"},"author":{"name":"press_admin","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e"},"headline":"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS","datePublished":"2022-02-14T16:56:27+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-14T16:56:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/","name":"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - PressPayNg Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png","datePublished":"2022-02-14T16:56:27+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-14T16:56:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MEST-Africa-Challenge-2019.png","width":200,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mest-call-for-applications\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MEST- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","name":"PressPayNg Blog","description":"News and Updates From PressPayNg","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization","name":"PressPayNg Blog","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","width":468,"height":117,"caption":"PressPayNg Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e","name":"press_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","caption":"press_admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/blog-api"],"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/author\/press_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}