A total of 11 African startups have just joined the new Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First program, an immersive 10-week accelerator that will scale their AI solutions globally and across Africa. The startups, who will leverage up to $350k in Google Cloud Credits and gain access to Google’s AI expertise and support, include:
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🎥 VFD Group Increasing the market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) by about N45 billion, the recent listing of VFD Group Plc was thoroughly celebrated by the organisation’s Board of Directors, led by Olatunde Busari SAN (Chairman) and Nonso Okpala (Group Managing Director & CEO). The entrepreneurial behind the founding of the VFD Group is no less impressive, as shared on LinkedIn by Azeez Oluwafemi Ibrahim: — “15 years ago, a group of friends who had a day job came together to start a side hustle. Nonso Okpala, who is the CEO of the business today, was working…