Google Opens Applications for 2025 African AI Startup Accelerator
TLDR
- Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is now accepting applications for its first 2025 cohort, targeting Seed to Series A startups across the continent
- The three-month hybrid program offers equity-free support, technical training, strategic mentorship, and up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits
- Since launching in 2018, the accelerator has supported over 140 startups from 17 countries, including Nigeria’s Crop2Cash, an agritech firm
Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is now accepting applications for its first 2025 cohort, targeting Seed to Series A startups across the continent that are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to solve systemic challenges. The three-month hybrid program offers equity-free support, technical training, strategic mentorship, and up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits.
Startups must be headquartered in Africa, have at least one African founder, and offer a live product with demonstrated product-market fit. Eligible companies should have an AI-first approach or integrate AI meaningfully into their business model.
Since launching in 2018, the accelerator has supported over 140 startups from 17 countries, including Nigeria’s Crop2Cash, an agritech firm enabling smallholder farmers to access digital identities, payments, and credit. Participating startups have collectively raised more than $300 million and created over 3,000 jobs. Applications for the 2025 program are now open.
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Key Takeaways
AI startups across Africa are addressing long-standing issues in sectors such as agriculture, education, health, and financial services. These tech-driven approaches offer scalable solutions to systemic challenges, including limited financial access, low data visibility, and inefficiencies in public infrastructure. Startups like Crop2Cash are digitizing value chains and improving traceability, helping to formalize informal economies. Google’s accelerator supports these ventures not only with funding but with mentorship, cloud infrastructure, and access to global networks. As global capital tightens, access to non-dilutive resources like Google’s accelerator becomes increasingly critical for early-stage African startups. With many founders building in resource-constrained environments, support programs that combine technical depth with strategic support are vital to unlocking long-term impact. The program also serves as a bridge between Africa’s fast-growing innovation ecosystem and global tech infrastructure, creating opportunities for AI deployment in ways that directly impact local economies.
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