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Six Kenyan start-ups among 60 selected for Google's Sh479 million funding

Startups selected from Kenya include Ajua, BuuPass, DohYangu AND FlexPay. [iStockphoto]

Sixty black-founded start-ups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Start-ups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa.

The start-ups joining the programme will receive a total of $4million (Sh479.2 million) in funding and support to enable them to scale up.

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