Applications now are open for the 2022 edition of the Google Startup Accelerator. This is according to an announcement by Google. The upcoming three-month virtual accelerator program is open to eligible startups located in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

From March to May 2022, they will benefit from virtual bootcamps which will be held for one week per month. Google will also provide them with mentoring and product support. Startups will also have access to the company’s capital-free support. 

Google is making the announcement months after pledging $6 million in grants and support to the Black Founders Fund (BFF) Africa and the Tony Elumelu Foundation to help grow the startup ecosystem in Africa.

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“We are honored to have yet another opportunity to connect with and empower African innovators through the seventh class of GFSAA. We know that, as with previous courses, we are poised to discover exceptional technological solutions to some of the continent’s most pressing challenges, developed by Africans themselves,” said Andy Volk, Head of Africa’s Efforts and ecosystem of Google developers and startups in sub-Saharan Africa.

How To Apply 

Interested startups may check out the website below: https://startup.google.com/accelerator/africa/

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Charles Rapulu Udoh

Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer who has advised startups across Africa on issues such as startup funding (Venture Capital, Debt financing, private equity, angel investing etc), taxation, strategies, etc. He also has special focus on the protection of business or brands’ intellectual property rights ( such as trademark, patent or design) across Africa and other foreign jurisdictions.
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