Close your eyes for a minute and imagine a world with no internet- it is dark, Spartan and to sound like Thomas Hobbes, it is brutish. It is like living in a cave and serving gods like Amadioha or Sango, still, these gods get information from the cloud.

Having access to the internet is something every Nigerian craves for and most Nigerians cannot do without the internet because almost all daily activities hinge on the power of the internet.

In a country where the amount of money you spend on internet bills annually can afford a second-hand car, Google station, a high-speed public WiFi programme service brings light to the digital economy. As millions of Nigerians are rejoicing and celebrating this new development, the launch of the station would span across our education system, providing more easy access to E-Learning, and promoting literacy in Nigeria.

However, is Nigeria ready for digital growth? The digital economy has gotten to that level where businesses who fail to leverage on this opportunity fizzle out. Digital is not just part of the economy; it is the economy.

It’s an economy of limitless opportunities for some and disruption and displacement for others. Many years ago, local Taxi drivers were on top of the food chain in the transportation industry in Nigeria but with the birth of Uber and Taxify offering enhanced digital services, Taxi drivers are gasping for survival. Newspaper sales are on the decline because of blogs, most businesses are unable to adapt to these changes, while others are thriving. In the light of these, companies that are adapting to a digital world are more profitable than their industry peers.

It is estimated that the Nigerian digital economy will generate $88 billion and create three million jobs for Nigerians before the end of 2021. Indeed, this projection swoons the head and poses many questions at the same time. But with Nigeria still not ready to invest in human capital, there is a contention that meeting customers’ expectations would be difficult.

Businesses must become more innovative to better respond to the highly competitive, global business environment. The need to acquire 21st-century skills needed in the working space is indispensable for innovation, both within the business own boundaries and beyond, with customers, partners, startups, universities, and research communities.

While we may not be able to know for a certain what careers and businesses in the future is going to look like, what every Nigerian can do right now is to prepare for the career paths of tomorrow, and that career and business cannot survive if the digital economy is neglected.

Source: http://www.24hoursreporter.com/2018/08/09/google-free-wifi-what-it-means-to-nigeria-digital-economy/

Glo

The smart phone network!!

I be think say the network go Bleep me up ni,

But the network self show say him head dey there.

Will kukuma save so much money if Google Wi-Fi take over.

Welcome development

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I once heard Google wifi isn't openly free in the states but it's the reverse here in Nigeria. People shouldn't complain about future job loss from our various network providers, because imagine Google spreading their tentacle all over the states, they're already a threat to them. We all know that someone somewhere is paying the bills and there are no free gifts.
Newton law states that for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction.

Educative

Hmm tell me the risk of using public wifi

[b]The problem is who is taking the bulk of the profit?! Uber takes in money, Facebook from advertising and same as Google. Capital flight leaving the country in billions of dollars. Was it really difficult for all these people graduating from Andela to trail uber ? Took taxify years to step in and they've established themselves and still taking the profit to small Estonia.
You hear the programmers beating their chest and you think they are colonizing Jupiter already. No legislation because leaders cant swe the future. Those with enough money to bootstrap people with the ideas are rather employing miscreants to take pictures of them while gallivanting here and there from one man's built city and airline business.
We are in a long ride in this country. It will be for the longest of times.

By the way, there is nothing free. It has it's own price that mostly silly people don't even care to ask. Your information is for sale and anyone with access to that network can be malicious. Stay safe people, the only American you can trust is the one unborn. [/b]

Google is trying for Africa, part of their work is the initiative to train 10 millions Africans on digital skills by 2022. To be among the beneficiaries of this program see my signature below.

Expecting lawsuits from MTN, GLO and others

I was elated to hear about the massive development.

I'm certain MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria & co. wont have a choice

but to throttle down their obnoxious data charges..

This is definitely a compensative measure after Google realized that

their AI lab should have been established in Lagos, Nigeria instead of Ghana.

Good news for Nigeria!

Where are the locations, and how can we connect to the free WiFi

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Nonsense

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Glo

The smart phone network!!

I be think say the network go Bleep me up ni,

But the network self show say him head dey there.

Will kukuma save so much money if Google Wi-Fi take over.

amike99:
ok

Becareful mah no slap una

mtn is a GO

I hope it won't be used to spread fake news.

Welcome development

A nice move

Na electricity we need jareh. By then business can survive...

If they open any of there spot in Abuja na sleep I go dey sleep there

Simply go there and update all your gadget and also download plenty movies.. lol.. expercially series.. one terabyte of movie is not bad..video calls go plenty for there.

And no one even think about our freedom from ds.v live streaming of football here I come

Digital is the future, the future is now. In short it started yesterday (and we're already late). *John Legend mood*�

This could the spark that lights the fire of many disruptive innovations in the most populous black country.

Lol its doesn't work even work even facebook WiFi is even worst