The operating layer between policy and pipeline.

Governments, funders and corporates set the ambition. Merstra runs the programs that convert it into founder-visible outcomes — cohorts placed, capital deployed, businesses scaled.

62+

Live programs

$380M

Capital deployed

$380M

Capital deployed

140+

Cohorts operated

16

Countries

What we run

Four categories of program, one operating discipline.

Grant program operations

RFP design, applicant funnel, panel reviews, contracting, disbursement and post-award M&E — end-to-end grant program operations for public and philanthropic funders.

Capacity-building curricula

Multi-cohort training programs for founders, mentors, program managers and grant officers — designed and delivered against defined competency outcomes.

Market-access & corridors

Cross-border expansion programs — regulatory setup, partner curation and in-market growth sprints across GCC, MENA and East African corridors.

M&E and impact reporting

Instrumentation stack, data dictionary, dashboards and annual impact reporting — designed to survive audits, board reviews and DFI evaluations.

How the work runs

Three delivery layers, running from day one.

Program operating system

The stack — CRM, LMS, cohort management, financial disbursement, comms — deployed and integrated inside your environment.

Program operating system

The stack — CRM, LMS, cohort management, financial disbursement, comms — deployed and integrated inside your environment.

Cohort operating team

The people who actually run the program — program managers, cohort leads, mentor coordinators — recruited, trained and embedded.

Cohort operating team

The people who actually run the program — program managers, cohort leads, mentor coordinators — recruited, trained and embedded.

Impact & outcomes dashboard

Live view of applications, cohort progress, capital deployed, outcomes achieved — for both operators and boards.

Impact & outcomes dashboard

Live view of applications, cohort progress, capital deployed, outcomes achieved — for both operators and boards.

Offerings

Programs that survive an audit — and a change of government.

Every program ships with a governance stack — steering committee cadence, disbursement controls, applicant integrity checks and an annual impact report — built for public, philanthropic and DFI-grade scrutiny.

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