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According to her, Google in partnership with one of Nigeria’s largest
fibre network providers, 21st Century, will be launching the
programme in 200 locations in five cities across Nigeria.
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“Google Station will be rolling out in 200 locations in five cities
across Nigeria by the end of 2019, bringing Wi-Fi to millions of
people.

“Sites include markets, transport hubs, shopping malls, universities,
and more. Nigeria is the fifth country to get Google Station, after
India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Mexico,” Ehimuan-Chiazor said.
10 million Nigerians, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are
expected to benefit immensely from this project. Google Station is a
service that allows Google partners to roll out Wi-Fi hotspots in
public places by providing software and advice on hardware to
turn fibre connections into Wi-Fi.

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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo being put through on How
Google Station works.

The service is already live in four locations in Lagos, like the MMA 2,
Ikeja City Mall, The Palms Lekki, Computer Village and the University
of Lagos (UNILAG). The service will be expanded to 200 locations
across five additional Nigerian cities—Port Harcourt (Rivers state),
Abuja (FCT), Kaduna, Enugu, Ibadan (Oyo state) by the end of 2019.

According to Google Vice President Anjali Joshi said Google was
doing this because the Internet has the potential to completely
transform Africa… “We are rolling out the service in Lagos today but
the plan is to quickly expand to other locations,”.

Additionally, Google says it is launching a search experience in
Nigeria that allows users to explore health conditions based on
symptoms, as well as recipe search for anyone who needs a little
food inspiration.

The company said the developments are aimed at helping more
Nigerians and Africans, benefit from the opportunities the web has to
offer.

It also made other announcements which included an update of
several products from its “Go” initiative, which were launched last
year.

The Go product suite aims to give people with low bandwidth
connections and low-RAM devices the best possible Google
experience.

The new features include Google Go which will allow web pages to
be read out loud while highlighting each word so users can follow
along.

Others include: YouTube Go where users will be able to browse
downloaded YouTube Go videos, saved as .yt files, right from the
gallery on their phones, Google Maps Go and Android Go


More: https://www.netnobe.com.ng/2018/07/google-rolls-out-free-wi-fi-hotspot-to.html?m=1

An sos move by google!

Very good.