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July 31, 2018 • Online and Social, Top Stories, West Africa
Google to Provide Free High Speed Wifi in Nigeria [19659004] Google hosted its second Google for the event in Nigeria where the company made a number of big announcements aimed at helping people in Nigeria, and across Africa, taking advantage of the opportunities that the web has to offer.
In an effort to make the internet more accessible to Nigerians, Google announced the launch of Google Station : a program to provide high-quality, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in partnership with 21st Century, one of the largest fiber optic network providers in Nigeria
. will be deployed in 200 locations in five cities in Nigeria by the end of 2019, bringing Wi-Fi to millions of people, "said Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, director of Google Nigeria. "The sites include markets, transportation centers, shopping malls, universities and more.Nigeria is the fifth country to get Google Station, after India, Indonesia, Thailand and the United States. Mexico. "
Google also announced the update of several products of its" Go "initiative launched last year. The Go product suite aims to give people with low bandwidth and low RAM connections the best possible Google experience. These new features include:
- Google Go : will soon read the web pages aloud and highlight each word so that users can follow.
- YouTube Go : Users will be able to browse downloaded YouTube videos, saved as .yt files, directly from the gallery on their phone.
- Google Maps Go : Now gives users detailed hints, whether they travel by car, bus or foot
- Android Go : Launched in Nigeria and in 29 other countries d & rsquo; Africa early this year, the Go operating system gives people who come online for the first time a powerful and reliable smartphone experience. Across Africa, Transsion, Nokia, Huawei and Mobicel have launched various devices starting at $ 50
More than 2.5 million of the 10 million Africans Google has promised to train from here 2022 were trained by the Digital Skills program. Google has trained 9,000 additional Africans in mobile application development and Google's Launchpad Accelerator Africa initiative graduated 12 promising startups from the continent last June.
Application process for the Google Impact Challenge, as part of Google.org in Africa over the next five years, closed with more than 5,500 entries. The selection process of the 36 finalists has begun
"We are proposing new solutions to improve and expand access in Nigeria and across Africa, these launches demonstrate our commitment to support the world. Africa through products designed to help Africans make the most of the Internet, "concludes Ehimuan-Chiazor
Published by Fundisiwe Maseko
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