Nigerian startups Moni and Topship have been confirmed as participants in the W22 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator. The W22 batch of the Y Combinator programme, which played a role in the early days of companies like Airbnb, Coinbase and Dropbox among others, takes place between now and March. The S21 edition of the accelerator had 15 African participants, the most yet, and Disrupt Africa reported earlier this month on the first two confirmed participants from the continent – Ethiopia’s beU Delivery and Nigerian digital compliance and security company Identitypass. With over 100 companies now confirmed for W22, a further two African companies have been named. We are expecting more W22 participants to be revealed over the next few months, both before and after demo day.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 18, 2022 15:32 UTC