Official Google Africa Blog
Official Google Africa Blog
24 Jun 2025, 10:00 am
Meet the 15 Startups Joining the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Cohort
15 startups join the Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa Class 9 , a program focusing on AI-driven innovation to solve African challenges.
10 Jun 2025, 10:00 am
The Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI welcomes 5 new organizations having impact in SSA
Meet the 5 organizations participating in the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI having impact in SSA to harness AI for social impact.
5 Jun 2025, 8:00 am
Discover Namibia through Google Street View
Namibia, a land of breathtaking landscapes and rich cultural heritage, is now more accessible than ever! Google Street View allows you to virtually explore this stunning…3 Jun 2025, 10:00 am
How Open Buildings is enabling Healthcare delivery in Africa
High-resolution building data is guiding healthcare delivery across Africa, thanks to the Open Buildings Dataset.
26 May 2025, 10:00 am
Celebrating Africa's Rich Heritage and Vibrant Culture This Africa Month
Explore the art, culture, history, and heritage of Africa through 100 new expert curated stories
21 May 2025, 10:00 am
How this Kenyan startup is using AI to help MSMEs grow
Meet the Kenyan deep tech startup using AI infrastructure to help MSMEs boost their sales and customer loyalty.
15 May 2025, 10:38 pm
Our response to the Provisional Report on the MDPM Inquiry
Today the South African Competition Commission published the non-confidential version of our response to the Commission’s Provisional Report on the Media & Digital P…6 May 2025, 12:00 pm
Meet the African startup unlocking access to medication with AI
We're excited to feature Famasi Africa in the latest installment of our "Africa AI Pioneers" series! Following our recent blogpost highlighting their work, we're now sho…
29 Apr 2025, 4:00 pm
NotebookLM Audio Overviews Now in Swahili, Afrikaans & 50+ Languages
Learn more about NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews feature and its expansion to more than 50 languages, inclusing Swahili and Afrikaans.
29 Apr 2025, 10:00 am
How this African startup is using AI to close data gaps in healthcare
Meet the startups reshaping how healthcare data is collected, analyzed, and used across Africa and beyond.
29 Apr 2025, 6:00 am
Africa AI Pioneer Stories
Our Africa AI Pioneer Stories series showcases the inspiring journeys and significant real-world impact of African startups that are leveraging Artificial Intelligence t…23 Apr 2025, 6:00 am
How this South African startup is using AI for linguistic inclusion
Meet the South African startup solving the issue of linguistic inclusion across Africa using AI.
17 Apr 2025, 10:00 am
Applications Now Open for the 2025 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Program
Applications are now open for the 2025 cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. This three-month hybrid program is designed to support Seed to Serie…
16 Apr 2025, 11:00 am
Our 2024 Ads Safety Report shows how we use AI to safeguard consumers.
Our latest Ads Safety Report highlights a key trend from 2024: how AI is improving our ability to prevent fraudsters from ever showing ads to people.For years, we've dep…
7 Apr 2025, 12:09 pm
More opportunity to grow for online businesses in South Africa
It is no secret that education and funding are the top priorities for entrepreneurs. To equip South African businesses with both, for a limited time, we are launching th…
4 Apr 2025, 10:39 am
YouTube celebrates South African Ad campaigns!
For the first time ever, we are bringing the YouTube Works Awards to South Africa. The aim of these awards is to celebrate the most impactful and innovative advertising …
3 Apr 2025, 10:00 am
Turning AI’s Opportunity into Reality for Africa
AI offers Africa transformative opportunities for societal, economic, and scientific progress. Realizing this potential requires concerted action on infrastructure, tale…
31 Mar 2025, 9:00 pm
A sustainable future for South African news requires innovation and collaboration between platforms and publishers
The way people interact with news has changed dramatically. We search, stream and scroll across multiple sites, platforms and screens to understand what’s going on in ou…
28 Mar 2025, 3:00 pm
Nowcasting on Search is bringing AI-powered weather forecasts to people across Africa
Short-term precipitation forecasts are being made available across Africa, thanks to Google Research teams.
18 Mar 2025, 2:00 pm
How AI can help mothers reach critical care in Ghana
To improve maternal care access, we've launched a dashboard with the OnTIME Consortium, using Google Maps' AI to predict travel times to emergency obstetric facilities i…
