Google revealed the startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class. In all. The search giant announced the first Launchpad Accelerator Africa class on 9 November and applications closed on 10 December 2017. Launchpad Accelerator Africa is a programme for top early-stage African startups that will operate out of Lagos, Nigeria.
Today, the startups graduated. Below are the startups.
Nigeria
Babymigo – a trusted social community for expecting mothers and young parents.
Kudi – Nigeria – payment for Africa through messaging.
OkadaBooks – Nigeria – a social platform that allows users to easily create, spread and sell their stories/books/documents in a matter of minutes.
Piggybank.ng – Nigeria – allows Africans put aside little amounts of money periodically till they reach a savings target.
Riby – Nigeria – a peer-to-peer banking platform for cooperatives and their members that allows them to save, borrow and invest, together.
Thrive Agric – Nigeria – crowdfunds investments for smallholder farmers, and provide this to them in form of inputs, tech-driven advisory and access to the market.
Kenya
Pezesha – Kenya – a scalable Peer to Peer microlending marketplace that allows Kenyans to loan to Kenyans, securely, via mobile money using big data and credit analytics.
Flexpay – Kenya – an automated and secured layaway e-commerce system.
Ghana
OMG Digital – Ghana – a media platform that produces hyper-local, engaging and entertaining content African millennials love to consume and share.
South Africa
swiftVEE – South Africa – a platform for connecting livestock agencies to a network of buyers and sellers.
Tanzania
TangoTv – Tanzania – a media streaming and video on demand service for African local content; films and shows.
Uganda
Teheca – Uganda – helps families and individuals find the right health care providers/workers in Uganda.
Graduation day for #launchpadforafrica. Congrats to the 12 African startups graduating today. "The next Google is … African!" This is a headline I'm looking forward to seeing. With the talent that exists here, why not? #googleafrica #startups pic.twitter.com/anSVuEqUdT
— Juliet Ehimuan (@jehimuan) June 8, 2018
It's graduation day for our #LaunchpadforAfrica startups!!! pic.twitter.com/O0BmO7FL8g
— Google in Africa (@googleafrica) June 8, 2018
Our Nigeria country director @jehimuan asks of our startups "Is your business worth a billion dollars?" African comapnies are solving real problem for Africa and the world! #LaunchpadforAfrica pic.twitter.com/yAMlEyEoI9
— Google in Africa (@googleafrica) June 8, 2018
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