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Google announces sustainability commitments for MENA ahead of COP27
“Climate change is certainly one of the most urgent global challenges today. The commitments we are making unify Google’s practices, partnerships and products to help foster greater sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa. COP27 will help us continue to look into new policy measures and corporate commitments that will help Google and other companies reach higher emissions reductions in the next decade,” said Anthony Nakache, Managing Director for Google in the Middle East and North Africa.
Google launches digital marketing program for MENA startups
The selected startups are BitOasis (UAE), Breadfast (Egypt), CoinMENA (UAE), Eyewa (UAE), Homzmart (Egypt), Jahez (Saudi Arabia), Nana (Saudi Arabia), Okadoc (UAE), Rain (UAE), Sarwa (UAE), Syarah (Saudi Arabia), Tamara (Saudi Arabia/ UAE) and Thndr (Egypt).
Public First: Google drives estimated EGP 11.2bn to Egyptian economy in 2021
Google Impact Report in Egypt explores impact of Google products in 2021 across three areas: people, businesses, and economy
2 Egyptian enterprises join Google for Startups Accelerator
Programme will start this week in virtual platform, will continue until end-March
3rd edition of Google for Startups Accelerator accepts applications until 14 October
Programme is set to start in January 2022
Google offers career certificates, scholarships for MENA job seekers
Courses available on digital skills learning platform “Maharat min Google”
2nd cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator welcomes 12 startups
Google has announced the list of startups for the second cohort of the ‘Google for Startups Accelerator Middle East and North Africa’. The three-month digital accelerator programme is aimed at Seed to Series A technology startups based in the region. The twelve technology startups come from six Arab countries across the automotive, agriculture, fitness, fintech, …
Google announces biggest update to Google Earth since 2017
Users can now see planet, including developments in MENA region, in entirely new dimension
Google launches YouTube kids for Arab countries
Application first established in 2015, and is available in 38 languages throughout 86 countries
Arabic Google Assistant now features expert-reviewed information on emotional wellbeing
Arabic speakers can now find responses if they tell Assistant they are feeling sad, lonely, tired, scared, or angry
4 essentials you can learn about Artificial Intelligence
Google and Oxford Internet Institute launch guide to AI in Arabic
USAID, Google offer training, mentorship for Egyptian women, youth entrepreneurs
Programme to help entrepreneurs build, promote their online brands
Google Arts and Culture preserves cultural landmarks in Iraq’s Mosul using technology
Google Arts and Culture announced, on Monday, the launch of the “The arts and soul of Mosul”, in collaboration with AlGhad Radio.
Google, American Research Center join forces to preserve Egypt’s layered history
In a celebration of Egyptian Archaeologists Day, Google Arts and Culture and the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE) announced, last Thursday, the online project entitled “Preserving Egypt’s Layered History” to showcase the depth and diversity of Egypt’s cultural heritage.
Telecom Egypt provides Google with layer 3 mesh network solution
Telecom Egypt (TE) has signed an agreement with Google to provide the latter with layer 3 mesh network solution.
EU proposes twin acts to rein in tech giants
Tech giants including Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook could face hefty penalties. Google criticized the draft legislation, saying it targets specific firms.
UNWTO, Google host Tourism Acceleration Program in MENA
Programme is designed to boost innovation, digital transformation and planning in the tourism sector
Google opens application window for first Business Startup Accelerator in MENA
The Google Business Startup Accelerator: Middle East and North Africa was announced in October, as part of the global technology giant’s regional programme “Go Strong with Google”.
ITI, Google sign agreement to train 30k youth on AI
The cooperation agreement was signed by ITI head Heba Salih and Matt Britten, President of Google, for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The signing took place via video conference, and was witnessed by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat.
Google celebrates 110th birth anniversary of Syrian-Egyptian singer Farid Al-Atrash
Al-Atrash is widely considered one of the Arab world’s greatest performers of his time.
Google supports Egypt’s digital transformation with $9m training programme
The training programmes are expected to help more than one million companies and individuals learn digital skills and develop their businesses before the end of 2021.
Google introduces Arabic language Read Along app to improve child reading skills
Application launched as many students were left studying at home due to COVID-19 pandemic
Google extends work from home through June 2021
The absence of Google workers, along with other tech firms like Facebook and Salesforce, has devastated restaurants and shops in the region
Google ‘translate’ ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
New machine learning tool to decode Egyptian hieroglyphs in Arabic, English
Google offers refugees access to reliable information, digital skills training
Refugees and internally displaced worldwide face job losses due to pandemic’s restrictions
Google provides access to reliable COVID-19 information in Arabic
Tech giant offers support for businesses, relief efforts due to economic hardships
Apple and Google collaborate on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
In line with common consumer concerns, user privacy and security remain central to the product’s design. The tech giants’ contribution joins efforts by other software developers who are crafting technical tools to help combat the coronavirus and save lives.
Google Helps Arab educators, students keep connected
“Today, we’re announcing two new resources to help teachers and students stay connected,” Google said.
Celebrate incredible women , including Zaha Hadid, with help of Google Assistant
Google Assistant will surface answers to these queries, and below the answer, you will have option of “more” on the lower side of the screen, which directs you to main page with details about the 12 women we’re celebrating.
Google Maps celebrates 15th anniversary with introducing new features
‘Google has mapped as many buildings last year as we did in previous 10,’ says Jen Fitzpatrick