Tag: Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor
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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 House showcases Next Billion Users’ products for Africa
In order to ensure that the Next Billion Users (NBU) of the internet comes from Africa, Google on Tuesday in Lagos, demonstrated the products that users could leverage on. The event dubbed the NBU House was built by Google to give users a chance to interact with the products it has developed specifically for the…
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Google announces top YouTube ads of 2018
YouTube on Friday announced the top advertisements (Ads) of the year globally for 2018, with Nigeria’s top ads representing 17 million views, an official has said. The Google Country Manager, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, said that the top 10 ads on the Nigerian Leaderboard represented over 17 million views. According to her, the top ads of…
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Google graduates Lunchpad Africa Class 2, opens applications for Class 3
Google on Friday graduated the Class 2 of its Lunchpad Accelerator Africa programme in Lagos. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Class 2 comprised 11 start-ups from six countries. Google Country Director, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor while giving an overview of Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme described Launchpad as a global mentoring programme that would help start-ups build and…
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Google Impact Challenge Nigeria opens for public voting
The Google Impact Challenge Nigeria, a competition to find the most innovative, not-for-profit Nigerian organization using technology to solve societal problems, has opened for public voting, an official said on Monday. The Country Director, Google Nigeria, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, said in a statement in Lagos that the competition would bring people’s attention to the good…
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Google Free WiFi: Traders in Computer Village express different views on operation
Some traders at the Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos, have expressed divergent views about the effectiveness of the Google Free Wifi service installed in the market. The traders in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos expressed gratitude for the gesture by Google, and some said that the service was…
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Entrepreneurship growth in Nigeria, Africa critical to continent’s survival – Google
Google on Monday said the growth of entrepreneurship in Africa was critical to the survival of the continent. Mr Fola Olatunji-David, Head of Startup Success and Services, Launchpad Accelerator Africa, made the remark at the unveiling of 11- developers that made the second class. Launchpad Accelerator Africa, first announced in July, 2017, is a Google’s…
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Free Wi-Fi: Google calls for partnership
Internet giant, Google is calling for partnerships to bring free Internet connectivity to millions of people across the globe through its Google Station. TheNewsGuru reports Google Station is a Google service that allows partners to roll out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places by providing software and advice on hardware to turn fiber connections into Wi-Fi.…
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Free unlimited downloads: Where to find Google WiFi, Google Station in Nigeria
Internet search giant, Google, on Thursday at its Google For Nigeria 2018 event announced the launch of Google Station to power free WiFi for Nigerians. TheNewsGuru reports Google expects Google Station to bring free high speed WiFi to over 200 million Nigerians. Google started the program in partnership with 21st Century to make the internet…
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#GoogleForNigeria: Everything you missed at Google for Nigeria 2018
On Thursday, Internet search giant held its second Google for Nigeria event in Nigeria where the foremost tech company announced more products and programs to help more people in Nigeria and across Africa benefit from the opportunities the web has to offer. At the event, according to Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, Country Director, Google Nigeria, said “Access…