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| Oct 10, 2022 | Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures | While studying at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford, a group of graduates noticed how difficult it was to get data and information on Africa’s largest economy and their home country, Nigeria. Each had different yet... |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Google makes good on its $1B plan to support Africa’s digital economy, but there is a long way to go | It’s one year into Google’s five-year, $1 billion plan to boost digital services across Africa, and on the heels of its latest investment — announcing South Africa as its first cloud region on the continent — the internet services giant als... |
| May 23, 2022 | Google is giving out 30,000 Africa developer scholarships for 2022 | At least 30,000 aspiring and professional developers from across Africa will benefit from the Android and Google Cloud training opportunities. A continuation of Google’s investment in the continent, the program is aimed at imparting skills,... |
| Apr 23, 2022 | Google’s Equiano undersea cable lands in Nigeria | Google has announced that its second Africa Equiano undersea cable has landed in Lagos, Nigeria. This comes a month after the first cable landed in Togo. It was the first in a series of landings on the continent for the subsea cable, which ... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Google Equiano: Fiber Optics Underwater Cable to Connect Togo to Europe’s Portugal, To Deliver Internet to Region | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 18 March 2022, 10:03 pm Google announced its venture that already arrived in Lome, Togo, and it is with the Equino underwater fiber optics cable that aims to bring a fast internet connection for the users of the r... |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Google earmarks $6 million to support African tech startups and women-led businesses | Google, this week, announced the launch of two new initiatives to support African-founded startups and women-led businesses in underserved communities on the continent. The programs include a $3 million Black Founders Fund for African start... |
| Jun 7, 2021 | Google to offer SME growth programmes in Africa | 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 eit... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Google to offer 40,000 developer scholarships in Africa; continues accelerator program | Google today announced the launch of 40,000 new developer scholarships in Africa. Google will offer the scholarships — created in partnership with tech talent companies Pluralsight and Andela — to developers spread across mobile and cloud d... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Y Combinator, VCs, Endeavor: How global investors boosted Flutterwave’s appeal | From 12:12 am WAT on Wednesday, March 10, through dawn, tech Twitter in major African cities bubbled into a broth of inspirational quotes and hot takes. “Flutterwave” was a trending topic in Nigeria with over 10,000 tweets before 10 am. Muc... |
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What has the press written about Official Google Africa Blog?
Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Official Google Africa Blog, among them “Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures” (Oct 10, 2022) and “Google makes good on its $1B plan to support Africa’s digital economy, but there is a long way to go” (Oct 5, 2022).
Is Official Google Africa Blog still active?
Yes, Official Google Africa Blog is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 24, 2022.