Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)

Abena Opeibea Anie-Budu is a Venture Partner at MEST Africa, where she works with early-stage tech startups on strategic guidance and investor relations. She has over 10 years of experience spanning venture capital, project management, real estate, and non-profit leadership, including prior work as a property manager overseeing operational systems and investor assets. She studied business and facilities management at the University of Exeter and KNUST, and is a Dream VC Investment Associate '24 Fellow.

Emily Fiagbedzi is Director of Training Program at MEST Africa, where she works with entrepreneurs from across the continent. Her career spans early-stage entrepreneurship training and mentoring, community-based international development initiatives, and the management of large-scale academic programs across multiple countries. She is based in Ghana.

Femi Adewumi is Programs Director at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa). He has over 27 years of experience across IT, telecommunications, and electronic payment systems, including roles in sales, business development, and executive management, and has managed an annual budget exceeding $106 million and a team of more than 80 IT staff and contractors. He holds MBAs from Warwick Business School (2017) and Lagos Business School (2006), as well as a Bachelor of Science in Electrical (Electronics) Engineering.

Greg Coussa is Strategic Director at MEST Africa and a strategic advisor at Sistema.bio. He has fifteen years of experience in strategy and operations consulting, primarily within the social sector.

Peter Brown is an EdTech Product and Learning Science Manager at MEST Africa, where he leads EdTech research and usability testing initiatives and advises startups on user-centered design methods such as Think-Aloud usability testing, task validation, and product improvement. He has over a decade of experience in education management and technology implementation in Ghana, including regional education planning, management of education data systems, capacity-building programs for education leaders and ICT coordinators, and monitoring and evaluation across multiple districts. His work has also included contributions to national education strategy and EdTech policy validation, along with facilitating engagements involving government, academic institutions, startups, and development partners.