Harvard Innovation Labs and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have selected 25 ventures to participate in the inaugural NextGen Accelerator, a two-week founder bootcamp for early-stage student founders from historically black colleges and universities and universities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Founders will engage in daily sessions covering various topics, such as customer discovery, market validation, pitching, fundraising, and leadership skills. The ventures have received a grant from the Schultz Family Foundation to cover housing, food, and flight expenses. They will receive up to $5,000 in AWS credits and access to AWS experts. Selected participants from Ghana include the following:

• FeatheryCare (University of Ghana) is an agricultural technology startup using computer vision and robotics to reduce chick mortality rates and improve poultry management during brooding.
• Hurupay (Ashesi University) is a mobile wallet that enables African SMEs to accept stable-coin payments from customers to mitigate local currency devaluations.
• LbH LC (University of Ghana) is an agricultural technology startup that connects smallholder farmers to financing, data-driven agronomy services, and premium markets.
• Sabon Sake (Ashesi University) manufactures affordable organic soil boosters and provides regenerative agricultural training for farming communities threatened by the climate crisis.