This International Women's Day, Google is launching an array of initiatives empowered to support women entrepreneurs in Africa. The Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort has selected a total of 15 startups from 8 African countries, including 3 from Nigeria. Moreover, Google is also launching two other programs, the Hustle Academy for Women-Led SMEs and a social media series celebrating inspiring women in Africa's technology sector.

The selected startups are tackling some of Africa's most pressing challenges. Alajo App is a digital piggy bank for the underbanked and non-smartphone users in Africa. Maxibuy is a cooperative inventory procurement and financial services platform for bulk buying merchants of consumer goods in Nigeria. And Tyms Africa offers instant microcredit for microenterprises in Africa, powered by ROSCA.

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