Google moves to support small businesses, Oyetola harps on transformed economy

By : Azimazi Momoh Jimoh (Abuja) and Adeyemi Adepetun

Date: 4 June 2021 4:14am WAT

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 20, 2015, the Google logo features the Eiffel Tower at the Google campus in Mountain View, California. - Google will invest more than $7 billion in the United States this year and create thousands of jobs, the tech giant's CEO said on March 18, 2021. "We plan to invest over $7 billion in offices and data centers across the US and create at least 10,000 new full-time Google jobs in the US this year," Sundar Pichai said in a statement. (Photo by SUSANA BATES / AFP)

Technology giant, Google, has kicked off a series of programmes running throughout this month to support the growth and recovery of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa’s post-COVID economy.

Making the announcement yesterday, the search engine said the support is targeted at SMEs in Nigeria and others on the continent.

Google’s Head, Brand Reputation for Africa, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, who spoke, noted that SMBs account for about 90 per cent of all businesses across Africa.