Google Opens Application For 2025 African Startups Program

Google on Thursday opened applications for the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Programme, a three-month initiative designed to support early-stage startups using Artificial Intelligence to address Africas most pressing challenges.

The Head of Startups Ecosystem, Africa, Google, Mr Folarin Aiyegbusi, said in a statement that across the continent, startups are demonstrating how local innovation could solve deeply-rooted problems.

Aiyegbusi said that AIs potential to accelerate Africas development was real, and Google was investing in ensuring that African startups led that charge.

He said that, according to McKinsey, AI could add 1.3 trillion to Africas economy by 2030, but only if bold innovation was supported at the grassroots.