Nigeria Tops Google Class 5 Online Startups Nominees

Nigerian startups got eight slots out of the combined class of 20 startups of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa in the recently announced Class 5 of the Google Accelerator Program for African startups, with Kenya closely following Nigeria with six slots.
 
Previously called Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 5 will take place online, as one combined class of 20 startups, rather than the two classes per year held previously.
 
The program will run for the usual three months, with a one week 'virtual bootcamp' per month, from June 29 until September 11, 2020.
The selected pool of startups for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 2020 are from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe. The startups cut across an array of industries including logistics, transportation, education, agriculture, e-commerce, media, health, and professional services…
 
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/06/25/nigeria-tops-google-class-5-online-startups-nominees/
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