Apply For PreMEST & Mastercard Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

MEST Ghana in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation is calling all young tech entrepreneurs in Ghana to apply for their newly launched PreMEST program

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“We’re looking for young technology and business-oriented people interested in enhancing their skills and learning more about software entrepreneurship.”

Pre-MEST, an early-stage training program by MEST in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, targets young entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs with the desire to build their technology and business acumen.

By learning the new technical skills needed to start a successful company or add value to existing employers, Pre-MEST works to further improve the participants’ employability and add value to growing demand and interest in software entrepreneurship across Ghana.

The Pre-MEST curriculum will combine face-to-face (on-site, virtual) classes with hands-on projects. Led in a bootcamp style, the participants develop relevant usable skills in technology and business.

The Pre-MEST team will also give each cohort some learning work to complete before the program start date, to ensure they have the minimum skill levels to delve into projects and exercises from the first day.

Covered topics include:

Front End Frameworks (e.g. React.js)
Express Framework (for Node.js)
Database (e.g MongoDB)
Unit Testing
Soft skills (CV writing, interviewing tips, collaboration tools etc.)

Step 1. Complete these 4 courses on IBM Digital Nation Portal

Step 2. Set up your profile on the Acclaim Platform

On completion of your first course on the IBM Digital Nation Africa portal, you will be guided to create an account on youracclaim.com and register this with IBM Digital Nation Africa portal
Once this is done, all subsequent badges earned will be automatically posted on to Acclaim.
You can grab your profile link by clicking on the profile icon and selecting ‘view my profile’

Step 3. Complete the Pre-MEST application form

You will need your acclaim badge link from Step (2) to submit your application.

Step 4. Provisional Offer

Provisional offers will be sent out to successful applicants.

Step 5. Pre-Learning Project

Applicants with conditional offers will be required to complete a coding project provided by MEST.

Program Calendar (2020)

Applications will be on a rolling basis. This means you will need to apply early enough to be considered for a cohort of your choice. During the application, you will be given the opportunity to choose a preferred cohort and second cohort of choice.

Cohort 1 (on-site) | Sept 7 – Oct 2

Application closes July 24

Cohort 2 (virtual) | Oct 5 – Oct 30

Application closes August 24

Cohort 3 (on-site) | Nov 2 – Nov 27

Application closes September 24

Cohort 4 (virtual) | Nov 16 – Dec 11

Application closes September 24

Apply Now

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us by sending an email to recruitment.premest@meltwater.org

Apply For PreMEST & Mastercard Foundation Entrepreneurship Program

Covered topics include:

Program Calendar (2020)

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