Case Study: Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology achieves real-time financial visibility and 50% improved efficiency with Oracle NetSuite

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Fosters Technology Entrepreneurship in Africa with NetSuite.org

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is a nonprofit accelerator based in Accra, Ghana that fosters technology entrepreneurship across Africa. Managing more than $20 million in program funding and supporting hundreds of students and alumni, MEST found its Excel-based financial and administrative processes were error-prone and slow—audits took over a month and the parent organization often received month‑old reports, making timely decision‑making difficult.

In 2012 MEST implemented NetSuite through NetSuite.org to automate student and employee records, financials and marketing. The system delivered real-time visibility into expenses, enabled cost-saving operational decisions, cut audit time from more than a month to a few hours and improved business efficiency by about 50%. MEST plans to expand NetSuite use as it continues to scale—having educated 400+ entrepreneurs and invested over $9 million in 35 startups.

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology