Google for Startups Growth Academy: Women in AI (MENA)
Google for Startups · Equity-free program
VariesEquity-free 6-week program with Google mentoring and product credits (amount not stated)
Six-week hybrid program (Dubai and Riyadh sessions) for pre-seed MENA AI startups with at least one female founder.
Key terms
- Equity-free - Google does not invest or take equity
- At least one female founder; pre-seed with users or revenue
- Must use AI to address regional challenges
- Last cohort deadline 17 Mar; currently closed
Eligibility
- Where
- Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
- Stages
- pre-seed
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- Yes
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- At least one female founder
- Based in the Middle East or North Africa
How to apply
Apply on the program page when the next cohort opens (typically early in the year).
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Annual cohort (typ. March)
- Status
- Paused — next round TBA
Verified 2026-10-23 · source