Google Selects 15 African AI Startups for 2025 Accelerator Programme

Google has announced the 15 African startups selected for its Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa Class 9 programme. These startups - spanning Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa were chosen because of how they leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle real-world challenges across various sectors, including fintech, agritech, healthtech, and professional services.

Over the next three months, the cohort will participate in a hybrid programme during which they will receive mentorship from Google engineers and industry experts, up to $350 000 in Google Cloud credits, and support in AI implementation, product leadership, and business scaling. Participants will also gain access to a global network of investors, partners and collaborators.

Since its launch in 2018, the programme has supported 153 startups from 17 countries. Collectively, programme alumni have raised over $300 million in funding and created more than 3500 jobs. Google has invested $5 million through equity-free funding and product credits to support founders.

“Programmes like the Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa play a crucial role in providing these opportunities, enabling tech founders and innovators to amplify their impact. By bringing together Google's extensive resources, including cutting-edge AI technologies and a global network of experts, the program aims to equip these startups to not only thrive but also lead in addressing both local and global challenges in this AI era,” said Google.

Meet the Class 9 Startups

• AFRIKABAL (Rwanda): A blockchain and AI-powered platform helping farmers, buyers, and logistics firms trade crops securely and transparently.
• Apexloads (Kenya): A logistics SaaS platform helping African freight brokers, forwarders, and transporters move cargo faster with verified partners.
• E-doc Online (Nigeria): Simplifies compliance and credit checks by analysing real-time banking data, enabling faster onboarding and smarter lending decisions.
• GoNomad (Nigeria): Enables businesses to start and run global entities, and solopreneurs to professionally invoice and get paid globally like a local.
• Midddleman (Nigeria): An intelligent sourcing and payment platform helping African businesses import and pay for goods from China faster, safer, and cheaper.
• Myltura (Nigeria): An AI-powered digital health platform enabling remote care, test access, and seamless health data management in Africa.
• Pastel (Nigeria): Offers enterprise AI solutions, inc. AI based fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions to financial institutions in Africa.
• Rapid Human AI (South Africa): An end-to-end AI design-thinking platform that turns ideas into code in days, cutting development time by 80%.
• Regulon (Ghana): An AI-powered compliance and onboarding platform designed to simplify regulatory processes for businesses across Africa and the EMEA region.
• Scandium (Nigeria): An AI quality assurance suite that helps teams ship bug-free software faster with end-to-end test automation and test ops tooling.
• Shamba Records (Kenya): An AI-powered platform that empowers +50,000 African farmers with smart credit, market access, and climate-resilient, data-driven agriculture.
• Smartel Agri Tech (Rwanda): Helps smallholder farmers in the global South get ahead of crop pests and diseases early using AI-powered, solar-driven devices and SMS alerts.
• TOLBI (Senegal): Leverages AI and satellite imagery to empower sustainable agriculture across Africa, providing precise crop yield forecasts.
• YeneHealth (Ethiopia): An AI-driven digital health web, and mobile app streamlining access to affordable, reliable, quality medications & health care services.
• Zerone Analytiqs (Ghana): A transformative two-pronged solution to the data scarcity in Africa, revolutionising how data is sourced, analysed, and utilised for decisions.