Search giant Google was this week fined US $ 1.7 billion (€1.49 billion) by the European Commission for breaching EU antitrust rules. The European Commission accused Google of abusing its market dominance by imposing a […]
The third Launchpad Accelerator Africa class has been announced by Google as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. This third class, which starts on April 1, 2019, involves 12 startups […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day (#IWD2019), Google has announced the launch of its’ Women Will initiative in Kenya. The program is designed to create economic opportunities for women by connecting them to digital skills […]
Since the launch of Search 20 years ago, Google has built in several useful features and tools to help make everyday life easier. Whether you are looking for information related to your career, education or […]
Google has released Year in Search 2018, an overview of the searches and questions that drove Kenyans online throughout the year. The trending searches in 2018 were mainly dominated by events and personalities. Kenyans’ enthusiasm […]
Luke Mckend, who has been head of Google operations in South Africa from late 2010, has left the firm and moved to LinkedIn as the Director in charge of Africa, Southern and Eastern Europe. Mckend, […]
The second class of startups to go through Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa program graduated last week in Lagos, Nigeria. “Over the course of the 3 month program, the 11 startups comprising Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class […]
Google has announced a Kshs 100 million grant to train more than 100,000 Kenyan smallholder farmers in digital skills. The company also launched Street View and for the first time ever in Africa, Motorbike Mode […]
Google is celebrating 20 years of organizing the world’s information and making it accessible to billions of users in close to 200 languages. When Google Search was launched in 1998, the entire web consisted of […]
Google has launched the Art Selfie, a new tool that connects art lovers with thousands of art pieces that resemble their face from art galleries across the world. Flowing out of an experiment in the […]
Google has unveiled its second Launchpad Accelerator Africa class as part of its ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship on the continent. The accelerator, which is housed in Lagos, Nigeria, has already demonstrated its value. The […]
Safaricom has launched a three-month campaign to increase smartphone uptake among Kenya’s feature phone users by offering affordable 3G devices, convenient payment terms and personalized data offers. Through the “Maisha Ni Digital” campaign, Safaricom hopes […]
Google hosted its second Google for Nigeria event where it announced that it would help more people in Nigeria, and across Africa, benefit from the opportunities the web has to offer. In a bid to […]
Telkom and Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet, have announced a deal to pilot a new 4G/LTE access network service in Kenya. This will be Loon’s first commercial service in Africa. Telkom Kenya’s chairman, Eddy Njoroge, states: “This […]
In line with its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, especially its strategy to diversify the economy by making technology an enabler for forex revenue earnings, the Buhari administration would be actively supporting Google’s Next Billion […]
HMD Global has announced that the new Nokia 3.1 is now available to buy locally from mobile phone retail stores at Ksh 16,000. By joining the Android One family, Nokia 3.1 is endorsed by Google as a […]
Google has partnered with the Mombasa County Government to train 5,000 youth in Mombasa in Digital Skills as part of their Grow with Google programme.. More than 600,000 Kenyan youth have already been trained since […]
Kaspersky Lab’s latest report on the online activities of children – based on statistics received from its solutions and modules with child protection features – highlights children’s online activities and the importance of protecting them when online. […]
Towards the end of May, aspiring software developers met in over 70 locations across Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda for the first meetup of the third phase of the Andela Learning Community. In Kenya alone, participants […]
H+K Strategies has signed up the Google account from Impact Communications which handled the search engine for about one year from mid 2017. Prior to Impact, the Google PR account had been with Apex Porter […]
Africa 118, a Kenyan data and digital solutions company, bagged a top award in this year’s Google Digital skills Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Most Accurate Forecasts Award was in recognition for the company’s […]
GE recently joined a delegation to Silicon Valley led by Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who is currently spearheading the country’s digital transformation project. Dr Bawumia’s focus with this project is to accelerate the […]
Two startups from Kenya – FlexPay and Pezesha – are among 12 firms which have been selected to receive funding and mentorship as part of Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa program. The Launchpad Accelerator Africa program was launched last […]
Amazon is the world’s most valuable brand, ahead of Apple and Google, according to the latest Brand Finance Global 500 report. The e-commerce giant’s brand value increased by 42% year on year to US $150.8 billion. Since the […]
Mzamo Masito, who has been Vodacom South Africa’s Managing Executive in charge of Brand and Communications since May 2013, has joined Google as its Director of Marketing for sub-Saharan Africa. According to media reports, Masito […]
Google has introduced Datally, a simple Android app that helps smartphone users understand, control, and save mobile data. Datally works on all smartphones running on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and the subsequent higher versions. It is […]
ESET has discovered another set of malicious apps in the official Android app store. Detected by ESET security systems as Android/TrojanDropper.Agent.BKY, the eight apps form a new family of legitimate-looking, multi-stage Android malware, and with […]
ESET, a global cybersecurity company, has launched Chrome Cleanup, a new scanner and cleaner for Google Chrome designed to help users browse the web safely and without interruption. Chrome Cleanup will be available for all […]
Most journalists and bloggers met and interacted with her during her time at Nokia when the Finnish firm had almost total control of the country’s – and by extension the region’s – mobile handset market. […]
By Wafa Alnasayan and Eric Kuan We hope your year started out safe and secure! We wanted to share with you a summary of our 2016 work as we continue our #NoHacked campaign. Let’s start with […]
Hash Code, a team-based programming competition organized by Google, is accepting entries till 18CET (6pm local Kenya time) today – Monday February 20, 2017. Applicants have to pick a team and programming language after which […]
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