Andy Volk
Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Ecosystem @ Google
San Francisco, United States
Andy Volk is a startup investor at Google in San Francisco. Andy is the Head of Ecosystem for Sub-Saharan Africa at Google, leading a team based across Africa, with a focus on reaching top startups and developers at skill levels through scalable, high-impact programs and tools.Andy is also an active investor and mentor to early-stage startups in emerging markets and disruptive technology sectors, havingmade over 30 seed-stage angel investments, is a Limited Partner with the venture capital funds Microtraction and Future Africa, and is a graduate of the Venture Capital Executive Program at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.Before joining Google, Andy was the VP of Apps & Developer Relations for Mxit, the groundbreaking African mobile messaging platform and social network.Over the course of his career he’s led the creation of new standards (Media RSS / mRSS), new patented technologies (5 media and search technology patents), new startups (Live365 and Downtempo.net), and countless technology experiments.
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About Google
Google provides the Android operating system, the Chrome web browser, and a search engine to support global connectivity. Its software suite includes productivity tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Calendar, alongside media platforms like YouTube and Google Play. The firm designs hardware, including the Pixel line of smartphones, tablets, and wearabledevices integrated with Wear OS. Through its research divisions, the company creates generative models and tools such as Gemini 3.1 and Veo 3.1 for image creation, video generation, and conversational assistance. Current features include Agentic Vision for visual reasoning and Personal Intelligence, which utilizes Google Photos for contextual content creation.
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Aashima Gupta
Global Head - Healthcare Solutions, Google Cloud Platform
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Addy Osmani
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Manager)
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Alex Okosi
Managing Director, Africa
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Andrew Golding
Senior research scientist
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Andy Volk
Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Ecosystem
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