Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has graduated it
fourth batch of 17 young Ghanaian Information Communication Technology
(ICT) Scholars, after a two year programme in software entrepreneurship.
The students pursued the programme to acquire the needed ICT skills to
become successful software entrepreneurs and to help create jobs and
wealth locally.
Mr. Jorn Lyseggen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Meltwater
Group, tasked the graduates to take their destinies into their own hands
and confront the world and in the process conquer failure.
He said it was critical for the graduates to make use of the experience
derived from MEST to inspire young people to believe in themselves.
While urging the graduates not to forget what they had learnt during
their training, Jorn Lyseggen said the curriculum was expected to have
equipped them with more than technology to also help them develop
perspectives, critical thinking, values and success principles.
Mr. Lyseggen challenged them to be assertive and not to be afraid of
failing since failure represented a learning process, adding that
“success takes one step to complacency”.
He said even though it is good to desire for success, it was more
desirable to be patient because they cannot afford to be obsessed with
changing the world today.
“Success may not come immediately, and while it may also be desirable
to start off perhaps with a job opportunity or adventure with life to
identify what exactly graduates may decide to settle with, they should
never stay away from serving humanity, and more importantly, doing the
things that make them happy”, he said.
He urged them to use their talents and the knowledge gained to develop their economic prospects in the global market.
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology, a non-profit arm of
the meltwater Group, started operations in Ghana in February 2008, to
provide students with skills in software entrepreneurship.
During the intensive two-year programme at MEST, Entrepreneurs in
Training (EITs) work with experienced business executives, university
graduates and current MBA members from top universities worldwide to
develop software applications and prepare them for launch in the global
marketplace.
University graduates accepted into the MEST programme receive a fully
sponsored hands-on training in software development, basic business
fundamentals and entrepreneurship in a fast-paced, challenging, start-up
environment. Also, the Entrepreneurs in Training (EITs) work with
world-class executives from around the world to create their own
software prototypes and ultimately start their own companies.**
