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- 12 May 2020
Google Reveals 15 Best Street Views on Google Maps
Google Maps turned 15 in February, and the Street View team published a list of their 15 favourite Street Views to celebrate. We've detailed them below as they offer a wonderfully colourful list of…
- 2 Jun 2022
Google Street View turns 15, Reveals What Nigerians Clicked the Most within the Past Year
In the 15 years since its launch, Google Street View has come a long way. From going under water to capture the Great Barrier Reef in 2012, being available in VR in 2015, to exploring the ‘Top of the…
- 24 Jul 2019
Google Unveils New Products, Features and other Programs at 3rd Google for Nigeria
Google has announced new products and features to make its services more helpful to more people in Nigeria and across Africa. The announcement was made at the third Google for Nigeria event…
- 27 Oct 2017
FG Says Digital Map Saves Nigeria N200Bn Annually
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says that reduced travel time through the use of digital map saves Nigerians nearly N200 billion a year. Mohammed said this at the…
- 27 Jul 2017
Google CEO in Nigeria Says "We're Making Internet Work for Everyone in Africa"
By 2034 Africa is expected to have the world’s largest working-age population of 1.1 billion—yet only 3 to 4 million jobs are created annually. That means there’s an urgent need to create…
- 22 Sept 2017
Google-Backed Freetel ICE 2 Smartphone Sold Out Hours After Launch
Barely a few days after it was unveiled to an eagerly-awaiting public at a glamorous event held on Thursday September 14th, the Freetel ICE 2, a revolutionary smartphone launched in partnership with…
- 30 Jul 2017
Google Brings Relief to e-Commerce, Courier Operators in Lagos
With the addition of not less than 1, 000 new addresses on Google Map covering areas like Ikeja and Ikoyi areas of Lagos State, the company is surely helping e-commerce and courier delivery men solve…
- 10 May 2021
Google’s ‘Eko for Show’ Reveals the Creative Brilliance of Nigeria’s Vibrant City
The commercial hub of Nigeria is known for its bustling sidewalks, busy streets and some of the world’s most congested roads. On the other hand, Lagos’s teeming youth population, top entertainment…
- 5 Oct 2022
How Google is Delivering on its $1B Commitment to Africa
Google on Wednesday announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – its first on the continent. The news, which came at the second Google for Africa event, is the latest…
- 9 Mar 2022
Google Arts & Culture Launches Mali Magic & Timbuktu Manuscripts
Google on Wednesday launched Mail Magic, a digital treasure trove which aims to preserve and showcase Mali’s historic and contemporary art and culture. Since 2015, Google Arts & Culture has been…
- 1 Oct 2020
Google and NTDC partner to support Tourism Industry - launch Tour Nigeria Collection
Google and the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) have partnered to help the Nigerian tourism sector recover and grow in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership is geared…
- 7 Jul 2014
Nigeria and Looming Cyber Arms Race
Cyber-warfare is no longer an abstract threat to countries—it is happening. It is a clear and present danger. In fact, the new battle ground is the cyberspace which is becoming a full-blown war zone…
- 7 Apr 2013
Nigeria and Looming Cyberwarfare
Cyberwarfare is no longer an abstract threat to countries—it is happening. It is a clear and present danger. The recent systematic crash of the computer systems of banks and broadcast media in South…
- 6 Nov 2019
Google Announces Traffic Tab in Maps
Google has launched a new Traffic tab in Google Maps that aims to provide bus riders with information to help them find their most efficient route, both in travel time and transport costs. …
- 28 Apr 2021
Google Partner Lagos State to Launch Eko for Show Initiative
Google Arts & Culture has announced the launch of Eko for Show, an initiative to showcase and celebrate Lagos, one of the world’s most vibrant cities for youth, creativity and technology.…
- 16 Aug 2016
Your Travel Plan 101 Using Google Search
Travelling is all about fun and fresh experiences. What isn’t fun is getting lost on a trip without a clue of the local language or how to get yourself understood. Imagine being stranded at a train…
- 13 Feb 2013
Enterprise Bank Goes live on Google Map
Enterprise Bank Limited has joined the elite league of worldwide organisations and global financial institutions that are currently listed on Google Maps. Google Maps is a Google service offering…
- 20 Oct 2022
Google Arts & Culture Partners with CyArk and The Adunni Olorisha Trust to digitally preserve Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove
Google Arts & Culture on Thursday partnered with The Adunni Olorisha Trust and CyArk to announce the launch of the first and largest digital library of content showcasing the Osun Osogbo Sacred…
- 1 Apr 2020
6 ways to keep your kids learning and entertained while schools are closed
With schools closed down, parents around the country are already wondering how they’re going to keep their children busy during the necessary break. The list below should help to keep them…
- 17 Jul 2014
Microsoft to Cut 18,000 Jobs this Year
Microsoft Corp said it will slash up to 18,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce, this year as it trims its newly acquired Nokia phone business and tries to transform into a cloud-computing and…
- 3 Jun 2025
Google's Open Buildings Data Empowers Africa's Health and Climate Progress
Fresh, on-the-ground evidence from health planners and climate analysts in Rwanda, Nigeria and South Africa shows how the Open Buildings dataset, which maps more than 1.8 billion structures, is…
- 9 Jun 2014
Easy Taxi, Google Train Drivers on Use of Google Map
Easy Taxi, Nigeria’s leading taxi booking application and Google (Nigeria), a multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products, at the weekend, trained over 100…
- 26 Jul 2017
TD Africa Hosts Google Executives
Technology Distributions Ltd., Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) distributors made a glowing case for more significant investments in Nigeria’s booming ICT…
- 13 Jul 2013
Konga.com Online Powered by the Nigerian Dream and Spirit
Nigeria, home to over 160 million people is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Blessed with oil, mineral and human resources, the road to growth…
- 19 Nov 2016
Google Tasks Youths on Creative Contents
Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, the Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone West Africa, on Friday advised youths to be content creators so that their talents would be exposed.…
- 7 Oct 2016
YouTube Kids App Opens for Download on Google Play, App Store
Like most Nigerian parents, you love helping your kids learn new things about the world. For instance, you spend a lot of time with them on YouTube, watching videos that interest them, skipping…
- 6 Jun 2018
eCommerce and the Nigerian Amazon
For long muted on Wall Street, the signal is now clear. Amazon, global e-commerce giant, is on the verge of not only overtaking Apple as the world’s most valuable company but the first company…
- 24 Jun 2015
Smile Communications Stimulates Free WiFi in Metrotaxi
Smile Communications Nigeria Limited, the 4G/LTE broadband provider, renowned for superfast and reliable Internet service, has scored another first in the industry activating free WiFi in over 200…
- 8 Feb 2018
UBA Makes History with Leo, Chat Banking Personality on Social Media
United Bank for Africa (UBA) is fundamentally changing the way people communicate with their banks with Leo, the UBA Chat Banker that enables customers make use of their social media accounts to…