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Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: Africa is sponsored by Google. This fund provides equity-free cash to Black-led African tech startups, alongside access to Google's mentorship network and cloud credits. It supports early-stage Black-owned African tech startups with a live product in the market where technology is core to their ability to scale.
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Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: Africa - Google for Startups Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: Africa provided cash awards — without giving up equity in return — and hands-on support to help Black entrepreneurs in Africa build and grow their businesses.
Established in 2020, the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund awarded more than $40 million to help Black-led startups secure funding, strengthen communities, and create generational change. In addition to equity-free cash awards, Black Founders Fund recipients received ongoing Google mentorship, Google Cloud credits, and product support to help them navigate every stage of their startup journey.
Like many founders, we’re always dreaming of growth and this Black Founders Fund helped us craft a path to growth and really amplified our efforts globally TEBOGO MOKWENA, COFOUNDER OF AKIBA DIGITAL Akoma Health democratises access to high quality and culturally conscious mental healthcare. BezoMoney is a savings first digital bank for the unbanked and under-banked in Africa.
Chargel is a digital freight platform that connects shippers to carriers in Francophone West Africa. Charis UAS is a leading 3D geospatial drone data company that enables intelligent decision making to solve Africa's biggest challenges. Evolve Credit is a SaaS core banking platform and no-code tool for financial institutions to streamline, digitize, and manage their lending, deposit, and recovery services end-to-end in one place.
Excel@Uni supports students going through college with mentoring, academic support, bursary funding, career advice and personal development. EzyAgric, a one stop centre creating endless farming possibilities by enabling farmers and agribusinesses to efficiently access genuine agricultural production, marketing and financial services.
Fez Delivery helps businesses and individuals fulfil their delivery promises to their customers seamlessly. Fleetsimplify is a fleet management platform for shared mobility. Healthdart helps patients find the cheapest and quickest way to solve basic health problems using a technology driven 'digital-HMO' model.
NIGERIA Herconomy is a fintech platform that helps women grow their wealth by providing high-yield savings accounts and discounts on women-centric products and services. Jumba is a construction technology company that transforms the supplying and financing of construction materials through its B2B marketplace.
MDaas is building Africa's largest network of physical and virtual diagnostic and primary care facilities to provide convenient, high-quality, and affordable healthcare for the continent's next billion. My Pocket Counsel saves businesses time and costs by automating the creation and management of their legal documents. NIGERIA Orda is a cloud-based restaurant operating system built for African chefs and food business owners.
Periculum is an AI company providing analytic solutions for the African market. Raenest is a modern financial management tool for African remote workforce talent and global businesses, that removes the pain around contracting, invoicing, and payments. Ridelink is giving SMEs access to 1million trucks at the tap of a button; They are democratizing transport for SMEs in emerging markets by creating transport economies in the supply chain.
Susu is making healthcare affordable and accessible for Africans. Talamus is a hybrid cloud healthcare data platform that links patients to an integrated healthcare value chain. TruQ is an operating system for third party logistics in Africa.
Tushop is a community group buying platform where members can sell groceries to those in their social networks and communities. UzaPoint is an enterprise resource planning tool that enhances the efficiency, profitability and business intelligence of small scale businesses in retail.
Zinacar facilitates to the provision of discreet and non-invasive test kits for various health concerns, enabling customers to carry out convenient and comfortable clinical tests to take control of their health. Zydii is the premier localized digital training solution which is engaging and accessible, leading to transformative growth for businesses. Interested in learning more about our alumni?
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Black-led tech startups based in Africa. Priority is given to startups with a live product in-market where technology is core to the ability to scale. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $50,000 - $100,000 (equity-free cash). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Google for Startups Black Founders Fund: Africa is funded by Google. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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