{"id":492,"date":"2025-04-02T21:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T20:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=492"},"modified":"2025-04-02T21:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T20:24:54","slug":"safaricom-launches-second-phase-of-spark-accelerator-for-kenyan-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"Safaricom Launches Second Phase of Spark Accelerator for Kenyan Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7062-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7062-1.png 225w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/img_7062-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Safaricom, in collaboration with M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation, has opened applications for the second phase of the Spark Accelerator. This initiative aims to support early-stage startups in Kenya by providing mentorship, market access, and funding opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Participants will benefit from product and technology support, AWS Activate credits worth up to $25,000, business development assistance, and access to Safaricom\u2019s vast customer base. The program is targeted at startups in embedded financial services, content, and related sectors, with a focus on those that are post-revenue and showing strong growth potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Applications are open from April 1 to May 15, 2025. Interested startups can find more details and apply through the official website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the full news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinafrica.com\/safaricom-launches-second-phase-of-spark-accelerator-to-support-early-stage-startups-in-kenya\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safaricom, in collaboration with M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation, has opened applications for the second phase of the Spark Accelerator. This initiative aims to support early-stage startups in Kenya by providing mentorship, market access, and funding opportunities. Participants will benefit from product and technology support, AWS Activate credits worth up to $25,000, business development assistance,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}