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Africa: Queries Over Google's Planned Billion-Dollar Investment in Africa
DW, 20 October 2021
Experts question whether Google's planned $1 billion investment in Africa stands to benefit the continent in the long term. Instead, some see it as another avenue for big tech… Read more »
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Africa: Internet Boost for Continent as Google Announces U.S.$ 1 Billion Investment
allAfrica, 7 October 2021
Google has announced plans to invest U.S.$1 billion over five years to support Africa's digital transformation. The tech giant said that the investment will focus on enabling… Read more »
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Africa: Google Sets Up U.S.$50 Million Fund to Invest in African Startups
TechCrunch, 6 October 2021
Google plans to invest up to $50 million in African early and growth-stage startups via its Africa Investment Fund, ramping up efforts to support more businesses on the continent. Read more »
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Africa: Google Confirms U.S.$1 Billion Investment Into Africa, Including Subsea Cable for Faster Internet
TechCrunch, 6 October 2021
The developing world represents the best chance of growth for large internet companies, and today one of the very biggest set out its strategy for how it plans to tackle that. Read more »
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Africa: Google to Invest $1 Billion in Africa
Nation, 7 October 2021
Tech giant Google has announced that will invest $1 billion (Sh110 billion) in Africa's innovation journey over the next five years. Read more »
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Africa: Google to Invest U.S.$1 Billion in Five Years to Support Digital Transformation in Africa
This Day, 7 October 2021
Google has announced that it concluded plans to invest a whopping $1 billion to support digital transformation in Africa, over the next five years. Read more »
Google Pledges $1 Billion to Boost Africa's Internet, Startups
Tech giant Google has announced that it plans to invest U.S.$1 billion to support digital transformation in Africa, over the next five years. The company said that the investment will focus on enabling fast, affordable internet access for more Africans, building helpful products, supporting entrepreneurship and small business, and helping non-profit organizations to improve lives across the continent.
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Google plans to get 10 million people in sub-Saharan Africa trained, and have access to Information and Communications Technology facilities in the next five years. The U.S. ... Read more »
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The internet giant will partner with local service provider to build hotspots in markets, malls, bus stops, city centres, cafés and universities. The service is set to ... Read more »
