{"id":85,"date":"2025-02-03T17:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.getdev.co\/?p=85"},"modified":"2025-02-03T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:04:11","slug":"flutterwave-ceos-resilience17-launches-ai-accelerator-for-african-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Flutterwave CEO\u2019s Resilience17 Launches AI Accelerator for African Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.getdev.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4099-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-84\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Resilience17 (formerly Berrywood), the venture fund and studio founded by Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga \u201cGB\u201d Agboola, has launched Go Time AI, an accelerator program focused on supporting African AI startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The accelerator provides up to $200,000 in funding, mentorship, and technical resources in exchange for 8% equity. The first cohort, launched in 2024, included five startups working on AI-powered business tools, legal tech, accounting, education, and mental health support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Go Time AI offers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 $25,000 upfront funding and up to $175,000 in follow-on rounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 Cloud computing credits and API access<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 Hands-on mentorship with industry leaders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2022 Bi-weekly demo nights and networking with investors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">With applications for the second cohort opening in May 2025, Resilience17 aims to help African startups build world-class AI products and drive the continent\u2019s tech innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the full news <a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2025\/02\/03\/flutterwave-ceo-venture-studio\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resilience17 (formerly Berrywood), the venture fund and studio founded by Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga \u201cGB\u201d Agboola, has launched Go Time AI, an accelerator program focused on supporting African AI startups. The accelerator provides up to $200,000 in funding, mentorship, and technical resources in exchange for 8% equity. The first cohort, launched in 2024, included five startups&#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-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","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=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}