Six Nigerian Startups Join Google’s 2025 Africa Accelerator Program

Six Nigerian startups have been selected to join the ninth group of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa. 

Google has selected 15 companies that utilise artificial intelligence (AI) to help address some of Africa’s challenges. 

These companies come from Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa. They focus on areas like finance, healthcare, transport, and farming.

Here are the six startups representing Nigeria’s growing tech industry:

E-doc Online

This company is making it easier and faster for people to get loans by removing the slow, paper-based steps in signing up for financial services. It uses real-time banking data to check a person’s credit history and spot possible fraud in just seconds.

This reduces the time needed for banks and lenders to approve loans. Since the company launched, it has helped partners cut the signup time by up to 80%. Now, it’s looking to expand into smaller cities that have trouble with document checks.

GoNomad

GoNomad helps freelancers and small businesses in Africa work with clients around the world. It gives them local bank accounts in different currencies, so they can get paid easily from the U.S., Europe, or Asia, without high fees or long delays.

Their AI system checks that the transactions follow global rules. Early users say they keep up to 15% more money per payment compared to other platforms. GoNomad wants to team up with big freelancing websites to help even more people.

Midddleman

Buying goods from China can be complicated, expensive, and slow. Middleman is fixing that by using AI to help African businesses find products, talk with Chinese suppliers, handle shipping, and clear customs.

An AI chatbot helps with communication and paperwork, while built-in tools give updates on cost and delivery times. In test runs, store owners cut the total import time by 40%. The company also plans to add delivery services across West Africa.

Myltura

Myltura is making it easier for people in rural areas to see doctors using AI-powered online tools. Patients can book video calls with doctors, share symptoms or test results, and get early diagnoses using smart computer programs.

The system links with nearby labs for medical tests, and stores patients’ health information so doctors can follow up. Myltura has already helped clinics reach more remote communities and is testing a new tool to spot urgent cases quickly.

Pastel

Banks need to find fraud and follow financial rules, but old systems aren’t always effective. Pastel gives banks powerful AI tools to monitor transactions, check IDs, and manage suspicious activity. These tools check millions of transactions in real time and warn staff if something looks wrong.

Banks using Pastel say they’ve had 60% fewer false alerts, saving time and energy. Now, the company is offering its tools to microfinance groups and financial tech companies.

Scandium

Scandium helps software companies build and release their apps faster without lowering quality. Their AI checks new code, creates tests automatically, and spots bugs before they cause problems. The tools work easily with the systems developers already use and give reports with helpful suggestions.

Some users say they release updates 30% faster. Scandium is now building a simpler version for people who don’t know how to code.

How were they selected?

These six startups were chosen from nearly 1,500 applicants after a tough selection process that began in April 2025. From June 23 to August 22, they’ll take part in a three-month program that mixes online and in-person training.

Each startup will receive help from Google engineers and AI experts, up to $350,000 in free Google Cloud services, advice on how to grow their businesses, and connections to investors and business partners around the world.

Outside Nigeria, other chosen startups include Shamba Records (Kenya), YeneHealth (Ethiopia), TOLBI (Senegal), Rapid Human AI (South Africa), Zerone Analytiqs (Ghana), and Smartel Agri Tech (Rwanda). Together, they’re working on AI solutions that can help people across Africa in many different ways.

Since it started in 2018, the Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa has helped 153 companies from 17 African countries. So far, these companies have raised over $300 million, created more than 3,500 jobs, and received $5 million in free funding and Google products.

Google says this year’s group shows their ongoing promise to support safe, useful AI and help Africa’s innovation continue to grow.