Google South Africa held its first ‘Google for South Africa’ event in Johannesburg, where it announced a number of initiatives and products specifically tailored to the South African market. busrep
JOHANNESBURG - Google South Africa today held its first ‘Google for South Africa’ event in Johannesburg, where it announced a number of initiatives and products specifically tailored to the South African market.
Google announced the launch of Google Station for the Cape Flats, in the Western Cape. Google Station is a program to provide fast, free and open Wi-Fi to the area in partnership with ThinkWifi, an internet service provider. “By gaining access to information via the internet, we hope that people in these communities will get a more equal opportunity to learn and develop and live more empowered lives,” Nitin Gajria, Google Africa director, said.
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