Google Africa blog

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Last activity: 27.02.2020

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Dec 4, 2015	Google’s Project Link Launches Metropolitan Wi-Fi Hotzone Network In Kampala	After laying Kampala’s metropolitan fibre backbone in 2013, Google has announced the launch of the next phase of Project Link, a partnership with ISPs and mobile operators to provide wholesale last-mile Wi-Fi access throughout the city. To ...
Aug 18, 2015	Google expands Android One into Africa	Android One is slowly but surely making its way to major emerging markets across the globe. The latest expansion sees the program being introduced today in Africa. For the moment there is only one Android One smartphone available to local c...
Dec 11, 2013	4 Things To Consider Before Joining The YouTube Partner Programme	In August 2013, Google Africa announced they were extending the YouTube Partner Program to more African countries, including Nigeria. Now every Toun, Dike and Ali can monetize their original YouTube uploads. Before then, monetization privil...
Jun 15, 2013	Google[x] unveils Project Loon to bring the world Internet via balloon	Google is bringing the Internet to the developing world via balloon. Yesterday the search giant published a blog post detailing Project Loon. The project emerged out of Google[x], Google’s secret lab that works on “moonshot ideas,” or proje...
Jun 15, 2013	Google[x] unveils Project Loon to bring the world Internet via balloon	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Google is bringing the Internet to the developing...
Mar 26, 2013	Solar power, white spaces bring 16Mbps broadband to towns without electricity	Microsoft reader comments 72 with 46 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit White space networks haven't exactly revolutionized Internet access in the US, but that doesn't mean the technolo...
Mar 25, 2013	Google Launches TV White Spaces Trial In South Africa	Google’s first trial to use the unused channels in the broadcast TV spectrum to provide wireless broadband access launched in 2010 in Logan, Ohio. Since then, Google has shown a lot of interest in this topic and today it is launching its se...
Jul 11, 2011	Google offers more Street View images of SA
Apr 11, 2011	What you need to know - 04/11/11	Venture capital up, up, up, according to Dow Jones; Entrepreneur forming YC Reject for YC rejects U.S. venture funds raised $7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2011, almost double the $3.9 billion collected in the first quarter of 2010 and...
Apr 8, 2011	Silicon South Africa: Google Launches Incubator For African Startups	Google has announced that it will be launching a startup incubator in Cape Town, South Africa, called Umbono. The incubator aims to support the local tech ecosystem in South Africa by offering local startups access to seed capital, Google m...
Mar 15, 2011	Google Extends Gmail SMS to More African Countries	Google has extended its Gmail SMS chat functionality to three more African countries: Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi. Gmail SMS allows anyone worldwide to communicate with fellow Gtalk chat users even when they’re away from their computer. Thi...
Mar 9, 2011	Google Funds Preservation of Apartheid History	Google has awarded $1.25 million apiece to the Nelson Mandela Foundation‘s Memory Programme and the Desmond Tutu Peace Center. The money is earmarked for the preservation, digitization and sharing of thousands and thousands of documents tra...
Mar 2, 2011	“Ladies Mapping Party” Strengthens Google’s Africa Maps	If you like the idea of a quilting bee but prefer your bits electronic instead of fabric, you might be interested in a “ladies mapping party.” 70 Kenyan women were, and showed up to a Google-sponsored ladies mapping party at Nairobi’s iHub ...
Feb 9, 2010	Yahoo developing “Search via SMS” with ads?	SMS (text messaging) technology is getting a bit long in the tooth these days, but it still has the potential to be useful in developing markets. Take, for example, the news from GoRumors about Yahoo developing a potential “Search via SMS” ...
Nov 2, 2009	Google Trader Gets A Web-Based Companion In Uganda	Last June, Google introduced a number of SMS-based services specifically designed to suit the mobile needs of Africans, kicking off in the Republic of Uganda. Today, the search giant is complementing one of the cellphone services it had lau...
Jun 29, 2009	Google Launches SMS-Based Services for Africa	Google today announced a number of SMS-based services for the African market. Google SMS provides access to information by SMS (news, local weather, sports, agriculture tips, etc.), while Google Trader is an SMS-based marketplace where buye...
Oct 2, 2008	Social Media in Africa, Part 1	Contrary to popular belief, Africa is not completely absent from the Internet. In fact, the continent at large is undergoing a connectivity revolution unlike anything it has ever seen. Mobile phones in particular are propagating at an incre...

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Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning Google Africa blog, among them “Google’s Project Link Launches Metropolitan Wi-Fi Hotzone Network In Kampala” (Dec 4, 2015) and “Google expands Android One into Africa” (Aug 18, 2015).

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