This archive report was first published on 5 October 2019.
On October 5, 2019, Facebook Accelerator, in partnership with Co-Creation Hub, launched the second season of its programme in Nigeria, aimed at empowering students and entrepreneurs to build innovative solutions using advanced technology.
The programme, which is open to Ghanaian innovators this year, selected eight startups and four student teams to participate in the six-month programme.
The selected teams will leverage technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Data Science, Augmented Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR) to create solutions.
The student teams will receive $10,000 in equity-free funding, while the startup teams will receive $20,000 in equity-free funding. Both teams will also have access to technical and business mentors from the Facebook and CcHUB network, as well as free working space at NG_Hub.
The selected startups include:
- Appruve: A financial data API used by financial services to onboard and verify customer identities.
- VNTS: A consumer devices manufacturing and software/platforms company innovating hardware solutions for internet connectivity issues.
- Chekkit: An asset tracking and consumer intelligence platform for food, beverage, and pharmaceutical product producers/distributors.
- Curacel: An intelligent platform that fast-tracks claims processing and detects fraudulent claims for health insurance companies.
- Simbi Interactives: An ed-tech startup providing quality education to African students using maieutic learning.
- Haulr: An IoT and AI-powered platform tracking trucking operations in real-time to curb illegal hauling and theft of cargo.
- VMEDKIT: A social enterprise increasing access to mental healthcare using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy.
- Gradely: A platform using analytics and data-driven recommendations to help schools and parents intervene in real-time to children's learning gaps.
- InventOne: A platform allowing hardware engineers, enthusiasts, and hobbyists to build and deploy IoT solutions with little to no code written.
- Mus-comm Spill-Sat: An oil spill, gas leak, and vandalization detection system using a balloon satellite to collect aerial data.
- GESAL: A platform using visual learning to offer quality education at a low cost to secondary school students.
- Vinsighte: A computer vision and sonar technology platform aiding the visually impaired in navigating their environment independently and reading books conveniently.
