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SMEs jostle for Sh6m tech contest top prize

Eligible applicants must be a tech-enabled or software company. [iStockphoto]

Kenyan small businesses dealing in technology have until the end of the month to apply for seed capital in the ongoing MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) contest.

With funding of up to Sh5.9 million at stake, MEST - a youth-focused pan-African entrepreneurship programme- is accepting applications from pre-seed to seed stage technology start-ups from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya and South Africa until the end of the month.

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