The Nairobi launch comes less than a year after the opening of MEST Africa’s Lagos and Cape Town hubs in November 2017. “MEST is thrilled to officially establish our presence in East Africa with the launch of our Nairobi incubator,” said Aaron Fu, the MEST MD. “A truly Pan-African tech hub, we now have a presence across all corners of Sub-Saharan Africa: West, South and now East. I personally look forward to engaging even more deeply with the incredibly vibrant tech and start-up community thriving in Nairobi, which I’m happy to call home.”
The Nairobi hub will serve as its flagship East African space, joining hubs in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa, as part of a growing network of Pan-African incubators. It will also host the new East African office of its parent brand, global leader in media intelligence and AI-Driven Outside Insight, Meltwater, who is also expanding into the region. One of the first companies to move into the Incubator in Nairobi will be one of their recent investments Sharehouse, an ‘Airbnb for warehouses.’ In addition, Nestmetric, a platform that makes business insights and predictions through Machine Learning accessible to all types of businesses; will also join the hub