Tag: Google
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Google upskills alternative young creators
Google on Thursday said it has hosted a two-day residency similar to Bootcamp Programme in Nairobi to upskill and celebrate young creators identified as Alternative and Non-mainstream. Contrast to mainstream mass media, alternative media tend to be “non-commercial projects that advocate the interests of those excluded from the mainstream”.
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Google announces new initiatives to support African SMEs
Google on Wednesday announced new initiatives to support small retail businesses and offered 1,000 scholarships to business owners in Africa.
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Google announces $4m Black founders fund for 60 eligible start-ups across Africa
Google on Tuesday said that 60 eligible black-founded start-ups would receive a total of four million dollars in the second cohort of Google for Start-up Black Founders Fund (BFF).
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Subsea cables as metaphor for a great future – By Okoh Aihe
There is a point at which a point of advantage becomes a curse especially if the possessor fails or refuses to mine it’s advantages with the hope and prayer that it will last forever. They fail to observe the speedy evolutionary process of the world, especially in the tech ecosystem, with the fervent prayer that…
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Osinachi, NIN-SIM linkage, Rita Dominic top search on Google Trends in April
Google on Saturday highlighted the top search on Trends as NIN-SIM linkage Rita Dominic and Gospel Singer Osinach Nwachukwu among others. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Head Communications, Google West Africa said in a statement that in April, the Federal government directed telecommunications industry to bar outgoing calls from unlinked SIMs hence NIN-SIM linkage the top searched.
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Cable Equiano: Pantami, Danbatta pledge enabling environment for wider connectivity
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), and the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, have promised to continue to drive policy initiatives that promote investment in infrastructure in the Nigerian telecom industry in order to deepen connectivity to enhance the nation’s growth…
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Google’s Equiano subsea cable lands in Lagos
Google and the West India Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) on Thursday announced the landing of Equiano subsea cable in Lagos.
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Google set to create 1.6m jobs in Nigeria
The Director of Google West Africa, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, has disclosed that Google plans to fund the Equiano subsea cable to boost internet speeds and create 1.6 million jobs in Nigeria. She said this during a visit with a team from Google West Africa to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Thursday.
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UKRAINE WAR: Google sends alerts for incoming air raids to Ukrainians Android phone users
The new system has started rolling out already
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Google lauds increase in software development in Africa
Google in Africa says the increase in software development in Africa has increased tremendously, with Nigeria adding 5,000 new professionals in 2021.