- Participants hail from seven countries, with Cote D’Ivoire represented for the first time.
- Five of the selected startups are from Nigeria, while South Africa and Kenya each had three startups representing their countries.
Fifteen startups from across the continent have been selected to participate in the seventh class of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, which helps startups leverage Google’s technologies and people to scale. The selected startups are developing solutions in healthcare, education, fleet management, logistics automation and recruiting.



