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Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, In Lagos, Nigeria, For Google For Nigeria Event by brojoes5030: 4:57am On Jul 30, 2017 |
Earlier, Juliet , the Country
Manager of Google had
welcomed guests after a Kwese
Kickstarter-worthy performance
by Adekunle Gold. We had also
been given some interesting facts, like how by 2034, Africa is
expected to have the world’s
largest working-age population
of 1.1 billion but less than 4
million jobs are being created
annually. Pichai highlighted the need for
individuals and businesses to
leverage the digital space to
transition into a digital economy,
and also reiterated his
commitment to, together with the Google team, train 10 million
Nigerians over the next 5 years. Already, Google has trained
people online or in-person but
this will now be extended,
including providing mobile
developer training to 100000
Africans tto better equip them to develop world class apps. The
initial focus for this is on Nigeria,
Kenya, and South Africa. It was not all talk and panels
though. There was a lot of food to be had
(sorry, we are always on the
look out for good chow!),
beautiful spaces and art
(independent artistes contributed
to the decor to give a unique and authentic African look), and then,
there was Pichai dancing to
'Penalty', a hugely
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Re: Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, In Lagos, Nigeria, For Google For Nigeria Event by Nobody: 7:54am On Jul 30, 2017 |
Interesting to know the kind of attention the country is getting from the tech giants, despite its government setbacks. |
Re: Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, In Lagos, Nigeria, For Google For Nigeria Event by talk2hb1(m): 8:45am On Jul 30, 2017 |
questechie:Do you know how much this people are raking in annually from Africa, so providing more training that is biased to their own technology will definitely shot up their revenue. Its good sha! |
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