Eleven startups are set to join Google for the second class of Launchpad Accelerator Africa. The eleven startups were selected from a pool of more than 250 applicants.
The finalists will each receive a three week all-expense paid trip to train at Launchpad Accelerator Africa in Johannesburg and Lagos, when an endless supply and access to Google engineers, mentors, and resources. It doesn’t stop there; the finalists will also receive three months of support from Google, Cloud and Firebase Credits.
Meet the finalists:
- AppZone: Builds Software as a Service (SaaS) FinTech software for digital banks
- Chalkboard Education: Enables educational institutes to make their curricula available on mobile devices.
- Cloud9xp: One market and booking service.
- EzyAgric: An on-demand platform that provides inclusive and data-driven access for financing, production and marketing services for farmers and agribusinesses.
- Formplus: Gives companies the power to collect online and offline data through the use of customizable digital forms.
- Medsaf: Curated medicated marketplace.
- Mintrics: Social video intelligence platform
- PayGo Energy: Smart meter and connected software.
- Pineapple: Machine learning technology allowing users to ensure individual items using just a mobile app.
- Preeva: Platform to connect students with educators.
- Thank U Cash: Online rewards program.
The eleven finalists hail from six countries: Two from South Africa and Kenya; one from Ghana, Uganda, and Egypt; and four from Nigeria.