Google has opened applications for the 2026 Google for Startups Accelerator: South Africa, a three-month programme that will provide equity-free funding, technical mentorship and access to the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for 15 South African startups. Applications are open from 21 July to 28 August 2026, with the programme running from 28 September to…
Google parent Alphabet saw its business continue to grow in recent months, yet growing spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure put its leftover cash into negative territory. The company’s free cash flow, the cash it maintained after paying for operations and investments, came in at negative $5.9bn (£4.3bn) for the first time in at least…
Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Alphabet-owned Google broke a search record thanks to the World Cup international soccer tournament. During…
Google has officially announced that it will unveil its next generation of Pixel devices on August 12, 2026. Breaking from historical precedent, the search giant plans to host the launch event during the evening, allowing consumer tech enthusiasts and media to watch the hardware team’s latest reveals outside of standard working hours. Read: Bandwidth Blog…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court of appeal, has definitively upheld a record-setting €4.1 billion ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine against Google and its parent company, Alphabet. The ruling officially dismisses Google’s final appeal and solidifies the penalty originally levied in 2018 for anti-competitive practices surrounding its Android operating system….
Novastar Ventures and Google launched an Applied AI Lab for African startups and researchers building artificial intelligence tools in healthcare, agriculture and education. Applications opened on July 1. The lab is backed by Google’s AI Futures Fund and supported by Google DeepMind and Google Research. The first cohort will select between 5 and 10 startups…
Maureen Costello, VP for UK, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Cloud, with Discovery founder and group CEO Adrian Gore. Google’s Johannesburg Cloud Region is expected to contribute $90.6 billion (R1.7 trillion) in additional gross economic output and support almost 315 000 jobs in SA by 2030. This, as African businesses accelerate the adoption of…
Google Play today launched its first Indie Games Fund, committing $1 million to support rising, innovative game studios from across 32 countries in Africa to scale their games and reach a global audience. The fund provides equity-free capital, technical support, and expert mentorship empowering African game developers with the skills and resources they need to…
Google has exceeded a five-year target to invest $1bn in Africa, it said on Wednesday, 2 July, as it made public initiatives on infrastructure and development of AI to accelerate the continent’s digital growth. File photo: A Google Cloud logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, 22 April 2024….
Google Africa MD Alex Okosi Google has confirmed the Eastern Cape as the site for a “digital exchange hub” that will act as a subsea cable landing station, part of its Umoja project – the first fibre-optic route to directly connect Africa with Australia. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview at South Africa’s inaugural Google…
