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- 9 Mar 2020
International Women’s Day: Google to train 20,000 women across Africa
Google on Monday announced its commitment to empower 20,000 women in Africa with Entrepreneurship, Workplace Readiness, Leadership and Technology Skills, before the end of the year. According to the…
- 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…
- 9 Oct 2024
Google, Partners Ministry of Arts, Del York Academy to Empower Young Nigerian Creatives
Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy (FMACCE), in collaboration with Google, has launched an initiative to empower 2,500 young creatives to scale this number 10,000 across Nigeria through a…
- 2 Jul 2024
Google, C.I.I.F.A. Open Application for Engage Nigeria Cohort 2
The Creative Industries Initiative for Africa (C.I.I.F.A.), in collaboration with Google, is launching the second cohort of the Engage Nigeria programme, a transformative initiative aimed at…
- 12 Jul 2023
Google Bard Expansion Introduces new More Features, Languages and Countries
Google on Thursday announced the expansion of Bard, its conversational AI service, to 40 new languages including Swahili- the first African language to be included and 59 new countries and…
- 6 Jun 2022
Sendy Partners with Google to Empower MSMEs in Nigeria
Sendy, a tech company that builds fulfillment infrastructure for e-commerce and consumer brands has joined with Google in an initiative aimed at empowering Africa’s small and medium businesses. The…
- 17 May 2022
Google Opens Applications for Black Founders Fund Cohort 2
Google has announced that applications for the second cohort of the Google for Startup Black Founders Fund for Africa are now open. Following the success of the first cohort last year, Google will…
- 28 Jun 2019
Google kicks off Digital Skills For Africa program in Aba
Google Nigeria has launched the Digital Skills for Africa program in Aba and other local communities in Abia State. The announcement was made at a press conference held at the Eldorado Hotel…
- 6 Mar 2025
Google Launches Hustle Academy 2025: Empowering SMBs in Africa with AI-Powered Training and Mentorship
Google on Thursday announced the opening of applications for the 2025 edition of its Hustle Academy program, designed to empower small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Kenya, Nigeria, and…
- 8 Mar 2019
Google Announces 18 New Womenwill Chapters in Sub-Saharan Africa
Google on Friday announced the launch of 18 new Womenwill chapters across Sub-Saharan Africa, in honour of International Women’s Day. Womenwill is a Google initiative to create economic…
- 20 Jun 2016
Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel MD to Deliver Keynotes at NITEC'16
Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, managing director, Airtel Nigeria, will deliver the keynote address at this year's Nigeria International Technology Exhibition & Conference (#NITEC2016). Ogunsanya will be…
- 6 Sept 2022
Google Selects 60 Startups for its Second Black Founders Fund Cohort
Google has announced that 60 eligible black-founded startups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa. The startups joining…
- 16 Mar 2017
FG to Provide Enabling Environment for Success of Digital Training
Mr Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communication, yesterday said government would provide an enabling environment for the youths to thrive digitally. Shittu said this during the media briefing organised…
- 3 Apr 2023
Ad Dynamo by Aleph Taps Carl Jordan Regional Sales Director, Sub Saharan Africa
Ad Dynamo by Aleph, a subsidiary of Aleph Group, has appointed Carl Jordan to the position of Regional Sales Director. Jordan will be in charge of Ad Dynamo by Aleph's business strategy for…
- 11 Feb 2020
Google Dangles $1m Grants to Support Innovative Ideas Around Privacy, Safety of Families Online
Google has launched $1 million pan-African fund to support innovative ideas around privacy, trust and the safety of families online across sub-Saharan Africa. The company made the announcement at an…
- 8 Oct 2019
Google, Others Partner to Expand Digital Skills Program to Children across Africa
Google has announced that it is expanding its Digital Skills for Africa program to reach children in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Google in a statement released on Tuesday said they will…
- 8 Jun 2018
Google Opens Applications for Class 2 of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa
Google on Friday announced that it has started accepting applications for Class 2 of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa program. Google also announced that they will be extending the program to…
- 19 Mar 2018
Google Kicks off Accelerator Africa Scholarships Class
Google yesterday announced the developers who will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class, at an event held in Lagos. The company also announced a partnership with Udacity…
- 7 Sept 2022
African Start-ups Selected for BFF to Share of US$4m
Google has announced that sixty eligible black-founded start-ups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa. The company said…
- 29 Nov 2022
5000 Entrepreneurs Graduate from Google’s Hustle Academy
Google on Tuesday held graduation events in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa to celebrate 5000 business owners who have completed its Hustle Academy training programme. At the events, Google also…
- 9 May 2024
Google's Hustle Academy Re-launches with AI Focus to Empower African SMBs
Google has announced the opening of applications for the 2024 cohort of its Hustle Academy, a program dedicated to accelerating the growth of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Sub-Saharan…
- 14 Oct 2018
Africa Code Week frenzy hits Nigerian teachers, youths
Africa Code Week (ACW), a continent wide initiative of SAP, supported by partners such as Google, UNESCO, BMZ, Camden Trust, Cape Town Science Centre is set to run for 2 weeks from today the 15th to…
- 7 Feb 2022
Jiji Acquires Tonaton.com, its Main Competitor in Ghana
The Nigerian-based venture Jiji has announced its full acquisition of Ghanaian-based classifieds heavyweight Tonaton. The company is the enterprise behind the Jiji app, the #1 application by…
- 6 Jun 2019
Osagie Alonge Editor-in-Chief Pulse Africa Leaves After Five years
Osagie Alonge, Journalist and media executive has announced he’s leaving his job at Pulse Africa, to take up a new challenge. Alonge, who worked as chief correspondent at Nigerian…
- 31 Oct 2024
Coins Launches to Empower Nigerians in Diaspora with Affordable Remittances
Bamboo, the investment platform enabling Africans to invest globally through real-time access to global markets, has announced the launch of its remittance app, “Coins by Bamboo.” Backed by the…
- 14 Mar 2019
PEBEC Unveils Reportgov.ng App Designed to Drive Ease of Doing Business
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has launched Reportgov.ng App, an official public service feedback and complaints platform to support business climate reforms…