The Programmes Manager, Google, sub-Saharan Africa, Mr. Chukwuemeka Afigbo, speaks with OZIOMA UBABUKOH on the company’s online payments for App developers, among other issues.

Q: Why is Google spending so many resources on its developer initiatives? Why is this group important to you?

A: As you know, the Internet is very important to Google. The web thrives on content: websites, mobile apps as well as a variety of services that enable content creators and service providers like entertainers, bloggers, online newspapers, e-commerce companies, banks and so on get their content and services across to the end user. Software developers play a big role in designing and building the services and platforms that make this possible. One can safely say that without a thriving developer ecosystem, the Internet, as we know today, would not exist. This ecosystem is particularly crucial in African countries like Nigeria where there is an acute deficiency in locally relevant content on the web. Nigerian developers have a big role to play in making the Internet relevant to every Nigerian.

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.....more than 50 billion apps have been downloaded from Google so far in about 190 countries across the world. We also try to show developers and tech entrepreneurs how to build a community of loyal users around their products using these platforms.For Monetisation, at Google, we believe that one should not only be able to monetise their innovation but that they should be able to actually go on and build a business from it. This is why we are happy to announce that we recently launched Google Play Merchant payments in Nigeria, which allows Android developers in Nigeria today get paid when users from all over the world download and use their applications.


Q: How will developers now be getting paid for their apps?

A: Payments will be made via wire transfers straight into the accounts of the developers.

Q: We know there is usually a revenue share. What is the revenue share with these app developers?

A: We don’t share details on the terms of our agreements with digital content owners. For Android apps, 70 per cent goes to the app developer and the remaining portion goes to the distribution partner (carrier or OEM) and operating fees.

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