Innovation season at Google as applications open for Launchpad programme, Google News Initiative

A Kenyan digital banking start-up that focuses on cooperatives grew its user base from 200 to 20,000 in 3-months, after participating in the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme, along with 11 other start-ups across Africa; three of which came from Nigeria. It was not an isolated success story when the third class of the programme…