Google announced the inaugural cohort of its inaugural ‘Google for Start-ups Accelerator: AI First’ programme, yesterday. The selected 11 firms are addressing both Africa’s concerns and bigger global issues with artificial intelligence. A McKinsey analysis forecasts that AI could add $1.3 trillion to Africa’s GDP by 2030, highlighting its revolutionary power for the continent. Against...
Google has unveiled the ‘Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First,’ as the effort to fast-track the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Africa continues. Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First is an initiative aimed at supporting African startups looking to use Artificial intelligence to solve local challenges. The programme recognises the transformative role that AI...
Google has released data highlighting the top sustainability-related trends in Nigeria, which showcases Nigerians’ growing interest in environmental issues, as they search for answers to questions and learn more about the pressing concerns of our planet. According to the data, Nigerians are showing a strong desire to understand environmental terms and concepts, such as global...
In pursuit of its commitment to drive digital transformation, Google has opened applications for the third cohort of Black Founders Fund for startups in Africa and Europe. This year, Google has committed US$4-million to support eligible black-founded startups operating and headquartered in Africa or having a legal presence on the continent. By funding Black founders,...
Google has announced its intention to create its first cloud region in South Africa, representing another major multinational investment in the country’s cloud services ecosystem. Google said businesses can now gain low latency by leveraging the Cloud Region’s services. Speaking at Google for Africa 2022, Niral Patel, Director of Google Cloud Africa, said: “Today we are...
Demand for African developers is at an all-time high and international companies are recruiting African developers at record rates according to tech giant Google’s “Africa Developer Ecosystem Report 2021,” Google has launched the “Africa Developer Ecosystem Report 2021” demonstrating that, despite the challenges associated with the pandemic, the continent’s developer ecosystem is on the rise....
Google has announced it will invest US$1-billion over a period of five years to support digital transformation in Africa. During the first Google for Africa event hosted virtually this week, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet said the investment will include the landing of the subsea cable Equiano which the company believes will enable...
Google will introduce a series of programmes this month, to help boost the growth and recovery of small and medium enterprises (SME) in Africa’s post-COVID-19 economy. The impact of COVID-19 has resulted in many small African businesses either scaling down or closing shop, with hundreds of job losses. The Alphabet-owned company says it is introducing...
Vodacom has partnered with Google to give away hundreds of Android-powered smartphones to communities across Limpopo, South Africa. This move forms part of the companies continued efforts to “reduce the digital divide” and offer many who reside in deep rural communities “access to the internet for the first time”. “At Vodacom we are optimistic about...
Google has committed US$10 million to support tech start-ups and small business development in Kenya and assist in the East African country’s economic recovery. This follows an online meeting between Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai, where the growth of start-ups and small businesses was identified as a positive aspect of Kenya’s...
