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- 10 Apr 2024
Unlocking Marketing Success in Nigeria with Google My Business
By Reuben Kalu In the dynamic landscape of business marketing, harnessing the power of online platforms is essential for reaching and engaging with potential customers. For businesses in Nigeria,…
- 9 Nov 2013
Google Empowers Nigerian Businesses with Enterprise Apps
Google recently presented to businesspeople in Nigeria with the opportunity to learn about Google Enterprise services, with a special focus on Google Apps for Business. Google Apps for Business…
- 1 Jul 2020
Ways to Support Your Favorite Small Businesses on Google Maps
By Tolulope Akinyele, Google Partners & SMB Lead, Nigeria Small businesses are crucial to our communities. As cities and economies start to reopen, people are looking for ways to support their…
- 9 Mar 2017
SAP to Offer its Business Apps on Google Cloud
SAP is teaming up with Silicon Valley giant Google to allow customers to run SAP's big business applications on Google's cloud while offering Google's suite of web-based desktop apps to users, the…
- 18 May 2022
UBA Upgrades Chatbot Features as Leo Launches Service on Google Business Chat, Instagram
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, has announced the expansion of the services of Leo, its Artificial Intelligence chatbot to Google Business Chat and Instagram. Leo - UBA's…
- 23 Apr 2012
Google to Assist Businesses in Getting Online @ Web Fair
Google will bring together thousands of business owners for the Get Nigerian Businesses Online (GNB0) 2012 web fair, which will take place on April 26th and 27th 2012 at the City Hall, Catholic…
- 19 Feb 2024
African Businesses Can Now Harness Google AI to Simplify Search Advertising
Following its initial announcement in January, businesses across Africa can now use Google's Gemini AI-powered chat-like tool for Search Ads. This intuitive tool is now fully operational and designed…
- 21 May 2015
Google targeting Business Segments with Chromebook- Gartner
Worldwide Chromebook sales to end users is on pace to reach 7.3 million units in 2015, a 27 percent increase from 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. Education is the primary market for Chromebooks and…
- 23 Dec 2021
MTN Nigeria Launches RCS Business Messaging with Google and Dotgo
MTN, Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), has launched RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo®, a Gupshup company and a leading cloud communications…
- 25 Apr 2024
Confronting the Google Monolith: Survival Strategies for Online Businesses
By Reuben Kalu. In the vast expanse of the digital realm, Google looms large, an omnipresent force shaping the way we navigate, search, and conduct business online. From its humble beginnings as a…
- 23 Jan 2026
Nigerians Target Self-Improvement, Business Startups in 2026 Google Data
Google Search data from the first two weeks of 2026 reveals Nigerians are prioritising ambition, self-growth, and entrepreneurial ventures as they embrace the new year with renewed drive for personal…
- 22 Sept 2022
Flutterwave Enables Google Pay for African Businesses
Flutterwave, Africa’s payments technology company, has announced Google Pay, a mobile payment service, developed by Google, as a payment method on Flutterwave. As part of this collaboration, Google…
- 27 Mar 2024
Nigerian Business Leaders Partner Google for Strategic Advantage, Seeks Competitive Edge in Privacy-First Era
Leading companies from Nigeria joined Google West Africa at a roundtable to discuss the shift towards privacy-first marketing as third-party cookies are phased out. The forum brought together leaders…
- 3 Jun 2021
Google Launches programmes to Support Continent’s Small Retail Businesses
Google has kicked off series of programmes which will not only support the growth and recovery of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa’s post-COVID economy but will help them thrive. On…
- 27 Sept 2018
Google Unveils Partners programme for Nigerian Online Businesses
Google on Wednesday unveiled its Partners programme that will further enable digital agencies and brands take advantage of the online marketing tools to connect with their users. Speaking at…
- 7 May 2025
Google Unveils AI Max to Boost African Business Visibility
Google has announced the global beta rollout of AI Max for Search Campaigns, an upgrade to its Search Ads platform that brings smarter, more intuitive advertising tools to businesses — including…
- 2 Feb 2022
Google Dishes out Information on How 'Google Maps Reviews' Work
Google on Wednesday shared information about how reviews work on Google Maps. The company also introduced new content policies that safeguard the process of posting reviews for business profiles. The…
- 1 Oct 2016
Google Rebrands Cloud Unit, Adds More AI
Alphabet's Google has renamed its business-to-business cloud computing brand and enhanced some enterprise applications using artificial intelligence, in the company's latest gambit to better compete…
- 13 Sept 2022
Google Cloud Partners Pepkor IT to Drive Business Transformation Across Southern Africa
Google Cloud has partnered Pepkor IT, a division of the Pepkor Group leveraging Google Cloud’s data analytics solutions to transform its in-house logistical processes, enabling the company to help…
- 10 Oct 2019
Cars45, Google, Omnibiz Join Forces to Empower Small Business Owners
Cars45, Nigeria’s leading automotive trading platform in conjunction with Google, VConnect, and Omnibiz have organized a retail masterclass geared towards providing small business owners in the…
- 8 Mar 2022
International Women’s Day: Google.org Dangles $1m Grant Funding to Support Women Entrepreneurs
Google on Tuesday announced that its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing $1m in charitable funding to support programs helping women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, as part of a…
- 15 Jun 2022
Google Celebrates International SMB Month with an eCommerce Summit and Digital Marketing Scholarships
Google has announced new initiatives to support small retail businesses in Africa as part of a month-long commemoration of International Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Businesses Day in June. This…
- 4 Oct 2015
Bye Bye Google, Hello Alphabet
Alphabet has replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google's search and Web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its "moonshot" ventures such as driverless cars. Google's…
- 17 Oct 2022
NITDA, Google Partner to Train MSMEs on Business Improvement and Revenue Generation Skills Using Digital Technologies
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with Google Nigeria is announcing the launch of a Google Hustle Academy Bootcamp, 2022. The Bootcamp is aimed at…
- 15 Sept 2020
Google, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development Partner to Empower Youths, SMBs
Google has announced plans to help businesses, job seekers, educational institutions and vulnerable populations as they grapple with the "new normal" and begin to rebuild and recover from the impact…
- 19 Feb 2020
9Mobile, Google Partner on Workshop to Promote RCS Business Messaging
9mobile, the leading telecom operator in Nigeria, in association with Google, and Kirusa, a global leader in communication solutions over data networks for consumers and enterprises, recently hosted…
- 19 May 2020
Get Google Assistant to Play & Keep Your Kids Busy During this Lockdown
Playtime is a time when children interact with the world around them. Experts agree that play has a profound impact on childhood learning and advocate that schools incorporate a healthy playtime for…
- 9 Jul 2025
UpSkill Universe Launches 'Skills for Business' to Empower 10,000 African SMEs, in Collaboration with HP and Google
UpSkill Universe has announced the launch of the Skills for Business programme, a new initiative to help 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria and South Africa build critical…
- 25 Jun 2014
Google Appoints Upperlink Premier SMB Reseller for West Africa
To enable customers assess a reseller’s expertise at advising and deploying Google products, the company has appointed Upperlink Limited, as its Premier Small and Medium Business Reseller for West…
- 3 Apr 2024
Google Taps Noor Al-Sulaiti to Lead Cybersecurity Business Development and Government Relations for Middle East, Turkey, and Africa
Google Cloud has announced the appointment of Noor Al-Sulaiti as Head of Security Business Development and Government Relations for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa region (META). Noor, an…