News from Google
News announcements
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YouTube now speaks isiZulu and
Afrikaans
03 November 2011
Today YouTube – the place where anyone with a video camera and an Internet connection
can share their life, art and voice with the world …
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Google launches Student
Ambassador Programme in SA
14 July 2011
Google today announced that the Google Student Ambassador Programme will be making its
way to South Africa. This forms part of Google’s commitment to empower …
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Google expands SA Street View
imagery
11 July 2011
After the successful launch of Google Street View in South Africa in June last year,
and the addition of numerous heritage sites and Cape wineries …
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National Council for Law Reporting
announces digitization of Hansards
05 July 2011
Kenyans now have free online access to debates from the Hansards, a collection of
debates that date back to the pre-independence Legislative Council. The earliest …
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Support for paid Android apps to consumers in
26 new African countries
12 May 2011
Today Google announced that Android Market will increase consumer access and developer
support for paid applications in several new countries. From today, consumers from
99 …
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1000 tech leaders and entrepreneurs gather at
Google web event
03 May 2011
Google’s G-Nigeria event in Lagos kicks off today, bringing together hundreds of tech
savvy entrepreneurs, developers and journalists at a web and mobile conference
at …
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Google highlights web opportunities in Ghana as
tech leaders and entrepreneurs meet
28 April 2011
Google’s G-Ghana event in Accra kicks off today, bringing together hundreds of tech
savvy entrepreneurs, developers and journalists at a web and mobile conference
at …
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Google Announces Sub-Saharan Africa Android
Developer Challenge
14 April 2011
Every day more than 300,000 Android devices are activated globally. A growing number of
these mobile device activations are in markets across Africa, making local …
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Student Ambassador Program launched in Nigeria
and Ghana
13 April 2011
Google today announced the launch of The Google Student Ambassador Program in Nigeria
and Ghana as part of their commitment to empower the African academic …
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Google Launches African Tech Incubator
22 March 2011
In keeping with its ongoing commitment to foster innovation in Africa, Google is
excited to announce the launch of Umbono, its new technology incubator, which …
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Google to help digitise archives of Nelson
Mandela and Desmond Tutu
08 March 2011
Google has today announced a $1,25 million (ZAR 8,6 million) grant to the Nelson
Mandela Centre of Memory, housed at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, that …
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Google Science Fair seeks budding
Einsteins and Curies
12 January 2011
Are you a student who loves science? Do you have a good idea for an experiment that
you’d like to share with the world? In …
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South African entry makes the final cut of
YouTube’s Life In A Day film
06 January 2011
South African, Kjell Bismeyer’s clip entitled ‘Elephants swimming by moonlight’ will be
included in the film Life In A Day, a cinematic experiment which aims …
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Google Trader: New Online Marketplace for
Ghana
02 December 2010
Today Google has announced the launch of Google Trader, as part of its commitment to
driving the web forward in Ghana, and highlighting the entrepreneurial …
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Voice Search: Ask your Phone a
Question
05 November 2010
As more and more diverse content comes online, the need for tools that allow people to
transcend language barriers also increases. This is why Google …
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Google launches Maps for Sub-Saharan
Africa
18 February 2010
As of today new detailed maps of 30 African cities and towns are accessible on Google
Maps through any web browser or via Google Maps …
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Google Trikes Coming to South Africa (And
We Want Your Vote!)
12 November 2009
Since launching Street View cars in South Africa in September this year, Google has
heard from people around the country that they’d like us to …
