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It was the first in-person competition at the Silicon Valley-style Accra campus of the Africa-wide technology entrepreneur training programme and seed fund since the coronavirus pandemic forced it online in 2020. This year's finalists developed their businesses in a downturn that has disproportionately affected emerging markets, making their journey to success much harder, MEST's portfolio director Melissa Nsiah said.
As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra's back streets with deliveries last week, a team of software engineers tracked their progress on screens.
MEST Africa has announced Sproutly (Nigeria), Kweli (Senegal), Swoove (Ghana), Hisa (Kenya) and Desert Green Africa (South Africa) as the startups who will be into the grand finale of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. | Pulse Ghana