Google aims to enable one million startups in Africa to generate 100 billion dollars in revenue by 2033 and upscale 5,000 young Africans in computer science education starting this year. It also plans to improve cybersecurity in the continent. In a bid to boost digital development in Africa, Google LLC partnered with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) last week. The memorandum of understanding was signed between Claver Gatete, executive secretary of ECA and Doron Avni, vice president of government affairs & public policy of Google, at ECA headquarters. Doron pointed to artificial intelligence-based technologies as holding power for 'profound transformation', evidenced through flood prediction tools currently applied across several African countries. Representatives from Nigeria, Botswana and Zimbabwe attended the event held on the sidelines of the African Union Summit alongside tech entrepreneurs from several countries. Zimbabwe's Minister of Education Amon Murwira (Prof) emphasised the need to tap into Africa's heritages in culture and ecology to leverage the embedded transformative power of education and technology.
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