Google has announced plans to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure access to fast and cheaper internet and back start-ups to support the continent’s digital transformation.
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UK: MPs Calls Out Social Media Giants For Profiting Off Fake Ads Frauds
MPs on the Treasury select committee have launched a blistering attack on Google and Facebook for failing to tackle online financial fraud amid concerns the companies are letting scammers run rampant on their platforms.
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UK: Competition Watchdog Investigates Apple, Google’s Dominance
UK’s Competition and Marketing watchdog is launching a probe to investigate whether Apple and Google’s dominance of mobile phone operating systems, app stores and web browsers hurt consumers.
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NIGERIA: Google Doodle To Celebrate Oliver De Coque’s Posthumous 74th Birthday
During the week, Google celebrated Nigerian highlife musician Oliver De Coque on his 74th posthumous birthday with a Doodle illustrated by Lagos-based artist Ohab TBJ.
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Ex-Google Engineer Sentenced Over Trade Secret Theft
Anthony Levandowski, an ex-Google self-driving car engineer and serial entrepreneur at the centre of a lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has been sentenced to 18 months on one count of stealing trade secrets.
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