15 Selected Women Founders for Google Startups Accelerators Programs.
Google has been known for its long existence in celebrating and supporting Women in the Tech industry. Few weeks ago, it announced its application for the startups accelerators programs. 15 women founders have been selected. Meet them and their tech industry.
Meet the 15 startups in our inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator:
Women Founders Africa cohort in alphabetical order:
- Afriwell Health(Congo) : Connects patients in Congo with healthcare professionals globally in a quick and efficient way.
- Alajo App(Nigeria) : A digital piggy bank for the underbanked and non-smartphone users in Africa; building an escrowed banking system between Agents and Users using USSD and SMS, helping people save money every day.
- eWaka(Kenya): A ridesharing platform offering on-demand electric micro-mobility for personal use and sustainable logistics for delivery businesses.
- Farmer Lifeline(Kenya): A technological solution that places smallholder farmers ahead of crop pests and crop diseases to increase crop yield.
- Gobeba(Kenya): A digital retail platform for distributing bulky household essentials to urban households in growing African cities.
- Hepta Pay(Rwanda): A product that interfaces card payments with mobile money accounts, easing diaspora inflows.
- Jem HR(South Africa): A software that plugs into any HR and payroll system, making it easy for employers to send payslips, manage leave requests, process salary advances and communicate with thousands of frontline employees using WhatsApp.
- Kola Market(Ghana): A full-stack B2B e-Commerce platform providing Guaranteed Sales, Smart Inventory Recommendations, and Product Financing to SMEs in Africa.
- Maxibuy(Nigeria): A cooperative inventory procurement and financial services platform for bulk buying merchants of consumer goods in Nigeria, enabling them to scale their businesses and gain the benefits of economies of scale.
- MosMos(Kenya): A save-to-buy platform for Africa.
- Mipango(Tanzania): A personal finance and robo advisory app for women and the mass market.
- Smart Ikigega(Rwanda): Eliminating post-harvest loss for farmers and providing access to financial services digitally.
- Suitch(Cameroon): Provides digital financial services to underbanked and non-banked populations to foster their growth.
- Tyms Africa(Nigeria): Offers instant microcredit for microenterprises in Africa, powered by ROSCA.
- Whip(South Africa): Whip is building a web3 marketplace for music promotional services that gives artists access to a wide range of trustworthy music marketing solutions.
- Zydii(Kenya): A premier localised digital training solution which is engaging and accessible to the African workforce, leading to transformative growth for businesses.
Congratulations to the 15 Selected Women Founders for Google Startups Accelerators Programs. Credit: Google Blog
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