The Harvard Innovation Labs and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have selected 25 ventures for the inaugural NextGen Accelerator, and 11 of them are African. The NextGen Accelerator is a two-week founder bootcamp for early-stage student founders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and universities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Taking place at the Harvard Innovation Labs, founders engage in daily sessions covering various topics, such as customer discovery, market validation, pitching, fundraising, and leadership skills. As part of their commitment to increase representation of black and other underrepresented founders in the startup community, AWS will offer US$5,000 in AWS credits and access to AWS experts to participants of the NextGen Accelerator. “These students are working on a wide range of inspirational products and services, and we look forward to seeing all they accomplish both during the NextGen Accelerator and beyond.”

Source: The North Africa Journal August 03, 2023 13:03 UTC