4 Jun
itel, in collaboration with esteemed partners Google, 108NE Sports, MTN, Minimie, Carry1st, Ridima, Monster, and Palmstore, hosted the sensational grand finale of the RS4 City Tour Gaming Tournament on June 1st, 2024, at the Nebo Hall in Ojuelegba, Lagos
28 May
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has secured a $6 billion investment to expand and become more competitive.
xAI, which hoped to compete with rivals like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, informed yesterday that investors in the Series B funding include Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, and Kingdom Holding.
9 May
The Office of the African Union Chairperson’s Youth Envoy and Google have announced the launch of the #DiscoverMyAfrica Shorts Challenge. It is a month-long initiative to celebrate the rich diversity, heritage, and vibrant spirit of the African continent. Throughout May, YouTube creators across Africa are invited to share short videos capturing their unique perspectives, using…
2 May
In a bid to celebrate creativity and foster a sense of community engagement, itel, in partnership with MTN Nigeria, Google, and Imagine Cinemas, orchestrated the highly anticipated "itel S24 Shoot and Chill" campus activation across two prominent Nigerian
1 May
Google has opened applications for the 8th cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa programme.
1 May
A new initiative, aimed at empowering women in Northern Nigeria through Artificial Intelligence (AI) education, has been unveiled in Kaduna State.
30 Apr
Google on Monday announced the opening of applications for the eighth cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa programme. Folarin Aiyegbusi, Head of Startup’s Ecosystem, Africa at Google made this announcement in a statement made available to newsmen. Aiyegbusi said that since the programme’s inception in 2018, it had supported 106 startups from 17…
5 Apr
Google is reportedly drawing up plans to charge for AI-enhanced search features, in what would be the biggest shake-up to the company’s revenue model in its history.
25 Mar
The EU on Monday hit Apple, Google parent Alphabet, and Meta with the first ever probes under a mammoth digital law, which could lead to big fines against the US giants.
22 Mar
Apple, Google and Meta are set to face the EU's wrath next week as Brussels prepares to hit the tech giants with probes into potential violations of a landmark law, sources close to the matter said Friday.
20 Feb
FOLLOWING its initial announcement in January, businesses across Africa can now use Google's Gemini AI-powered chat-like tool for Search Ads. This intuitive tool is now fully operational and designed to help businesses in Africa and across the world boost their online visibility. Google, which disclosed this yesterday, said in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, where Internet…
14 Feb
Google has announced new updates to its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered language model, Bard, now Gemini Pro, which will ensure that more creativity is unleashed.
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