Aaron Fu

Aaron Fu is an early stage investor, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor to both startups as they scale and corporates as they transform to gain agility for disruptive innovation. Aaron Fu is the managing director for MEST,MEST is a Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, tech incubator and hub for African software entrepreneurs. Launched in 2008 by Meltwater Founder & CEO Jorn Lyseggen, MEST was created on the basis that talent is evenly distributed but the opportunity is not.

Since its inception, MEST has trained over 400 individual entrepreneurs and invested in 40+ software startups. Headquartered in Accra, Ghana with incubators in Accra, Lagos and Cape Town (South Africa) and a presence in Nairobi and Abidjan, MEST is the first truly Pan-African program of its kind.