Google to provide 10m Nigerian with free wifi

Google to provide 10m Nigerian with free wifi

Google Nigeria intends to achieve in excess of 10 million Nigerians with free Internet access in five urban communities in Nigeria.

As indicated by the organization, the Wi-Fi will be accessible in 200 Google Stations crosswise over five urban communities in the nation which incorporates Lagos, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Ibadan and Abuja by 2019.

This was made known on Thursday at the second Google for Nigeria occasion in Lagos.

Talking at the revealing of the Google Stations, the Google Nigeria Country Director, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, said the activity would deliver moderateness and access to information and in addition broadband entrance.

She said the free Wi-Fi was taken off an organization with an Internet Service Provider with broad fiber arrange, 21st Century, including that the organization was available to associations with different ISPs and telcos.

"One of the difficulties we found was access to information. Broadband entrance is low and is not solid and there are challenges with reasonableness simply permit numerous Nigerians advantage from the advanced economy. We are extremely eager to have the capacity to dispatch as a team with accomplices," she said.

She included, "We are beginning in Lagos with four locales and duty is to extend to 200 destinations crosswise over five urban communities in Nigeria by 2019. There are openings that are accessible once individuals get on the web and can devour data.

Remarking on the activity, the Vice President, Products Management at Google, Anjali Joshi, said the activity would be scaled to different nations in Africa.

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