Google has selected two Nigerian and a South African tech startups to take part in the upcoming fifth class of the Google launchpad accelerator program.
The firms were chosen to take part in the six-month, equity-free mentorship program, according to ITNewsAfrica.
Google’s Launchpad Accelerator aims to help startups by leveraging the company’s latest technologies in an effort to scale their businesses through mentoring.
A total of 24 startups from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America have been selected to take part in the program, which begins at the end of January 2018 in San Francisco.
Africa is represented by three startups, with two from Nigeria and one company from South Africa.
The Nigerian startups selected by Google include fintech startup Paylater and electronic medical records startup Helium Health. The sole South African selection is Aerobotics, a data analytics platform that assists farmers with optimization of yields and cost-reduction through aerial data, according to Ventureburn.
