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Google has unveiled a brand-new website called the Nigeria Elections Trends Hub in support of the upcoming 2023 presidential elections. This website gives Nigerians a platform to search for and learn about trending topics pertaining to…

Google on Wednesday, announced the results of its 2022 Year In Search, revealing the most searched terms, people, actors, musicians, topics, questions and more that captured the interest of Nigerians the most throughout this year.…

Google held graduation events in Nigeria,  Kenya and South Africa to celebrate 5000 business owners who have completed its Hustle Academy training programme. At the events on Wednesday, Google also announced a new speaker series in…

Google will pay $391.5 million to settle a location tracking lawsuit brought against it by 40 US states that claimed the big data behemoth continued surveilling consumers' movements even after these users explicitly told the Chocolate…

Google has gone live  with the launch of Interview Warmup, a tool that enables job seekers to practise answering interview questions to become more confident and comfortable with job interviews. The tool, initially announced in October,…

Google, on Wednesday, October 5, 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 example of how Google is…

Google's annual event, search On has announced its new features and developments in Search yesterday. The event revealed how machine learning advancements are helping people to gather and explore…

Nigerians are feeling uncertain, and their Google searches show it. This was disclosed on Monday, September 19, by Juliet Ehimuan, Director, West Africa, Google. Ehimuan explained that; Since Google launched in Nigeria, we’ve seen…

Google has announced that 60 eligible black-founded startups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa. The startups joining the program will receive a total of…

Lori Systems (www.lorisystems.com), the e-logistics company digitizing haulage and providing shippers with solutions to efficiently manage their cargo and transporters has announced an investment from Google, on Tuesday, August 16.…

The Federal Government and Tech giant, Google have resolved to tackle the use of private and unlisted YouTube channels and live streams by proscribed groups and terrorist organisations. The agreement was reached on Thursday, August…

Google, on Thursday, July 28, announced 34 recipients of the third Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge drawn from Africa, Middle East, Israel & Turkey. The recipients, among them 21 journalists and publishers from 10…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, on Tuesday, July 26, reiterated the need for a data protection law to address data protection concerns in the country. Pantami said this in Abuja while declaring…

The first half of 2022 has been eventful for Nigerian netizens -- between politics, high profile deaths, sports personalities, blockbuster movies, TV series, Nollywood actors, musicians, and songs that became very catchy --  turned to…

TikTok is coming for more than just its social media competitors. According to internal statistics from Google, about 40% of Gen Z choose TikTok and Instagram for searching over Google Search and Maps. Over the past few years,…