Posts by: Victoria H.

Saya launches live on the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield stage!

By Victoria H. On September 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Saya is an SMS killer bringing smart-phone-like messaging to billions of low-end devices in emerging markets.

Unlike common chat applications, Saya works on low-end phones in emerging markets, enabling advanced functionality such as facebook chat, group discussions, location-based chat, and exchange of multi-media. Saya is a cross platform application currently available for…

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TECHCRUNCH: Out Of Africa — A Whole MEST Of Startups Emerges In Ghana

By Victoria H. On June 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Read @MikeButcher’s detailed article on MEST, the vision, @Jorn_Lyseggen (Founder & CEO Meltwater Group), the staff, the teams and the incubator companies!

Watch the video here:

 

- Thanks

@victoriahaynes

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MEST COVERED in TECHCRUNCH

By Victoria H. On June 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment


Time For An African Valley? — Sub-Saharan Accelerators Start To Emerge

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MEST Class of 2012: Incubator Pitches

By Victoria H. On June 8, 2012 · 1 Comment

Yesterday we saw the class of 2012 pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges, the acumination of a two year programme here at MEST. Congrats everyone you did a fantastic job!

The five teams of current EIT’s (Entrepreneurs in Training) pitched to an impressive panel. The panel consisted of:

Jorn…

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MEST Team Guest Post: nevaHold

By Victoria H. On June 6, 2012 · 2 Comments

nevaHold is a company launched by a team of current MEST students.
the team graduates on Saturday 9th June after completing a 2 year software entrepreneurship programme. They are pitching to the MEST incubator board here in Ghana tomorrow, for potential funding and a space in the incubator. Wish them luck :…

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