Biography
Katie oversees external relationships and affairs at MEST, including business development, partnerships, investor relations, communications and marketing for the MEST training program, incubator and incubated companies. She is passionate about building community around tech in Africa on a global level and creating scalable, sustainable pathways for technology entrepreneurship and venture capital in the region.
Established in 2008, the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) provides training, investment and incubation to aspiring high tech entrepreneurs in Africa and with bridges to Silicon Valley. Since its inception, MEST has invested $20 million in supporting West African entrepreneurs. Thus far, 200 individual entrepreneurs have graduated from the training program and over 20 tech startups have been launched, via seed funding and mentorship from MEST.
MEST has been recognized by Fast Company as the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa in 2015 and regarded as “one of the largest private investments in Ghanaian economic development” by DFID.