tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67968949343895059982024-03-13T07:57:13.023+00:00Official Google Africa BlogGoogle in Sub-Saharan Africa: news, stories and thoughts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger536125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-20420104505403099092023-12-06T07:59:00.001+00:002023-12-06T07:59:32.998+00:00YouTube Music et YouTube Premium arrivent au Kenya, au Sénégal et au Ghana<div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-fbacc09c-7fff-1351-5dd9-1ced0715f52b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AcmCnANmgYc97HBRpOowEzfIEMOlZGj8h-OEtHVyHXU20-kTjmCKe1FgLnIXSOL-c_hj_PlKaqG7StbfpMtu5Xhcx77yo80-JQ_20T_JXiTdVo4gZAy6dyUOAmDTbITGfbLq0MP5eES2Sa1K9wh7wklVhVtCWhPXRbVOhxHt0cSpnRVuZKaHkmLp9m0/s512/unnamed.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="512" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AcmCnANmgYc97HBRpOowEzfIEMOlZGj8h-OEtHVyHXU20-kTjmCKe1FgLnIXSOL-c_hj_PlKaqG7StbfpMtu5Xhcx77yo80-JQ_20T_JXiTdVo4gZAy6dyUOAmDTbITGfbLq0MP5eES2Sa1K9wh7wklVhVtCWhPXRbVOhxHt0cSpnRVuZKaHkmLp9m0/w614-h345/unnamed.gif" width="614" /></a></div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nous sommes ravis d’annoncer que YouTube Premium et YouTube Music seront disponibles au Kenya, au Sénégal et au Ghana à partir du 5 décembre. Les utilisateurs dans ces pays auront désormais accès à l’application YouTube Music, ainsi qu’à l’expérience YouTube Premium qui leur permettra de profiter de leurs contenus sans interruption sur YouTube.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">YouTube Music</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Avec l’application YouTube Music, nous avons créé un service de streaming musical dédié qui propose plus de 100 millions de titres officiels, ainsi qu'un vaste catalogue de performances live, de clips musicaux, de remix, de podcasts et de morceaux rares que vous ne trouverez nulle part ailleurs. Avec tous ces contenus musicaux, nous avons conçu une expérience musicale personnalisée qui répond à vos envies et préférences.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ce catalogue musical mondial est désormais à votre portée grâce à YouTube Music. Que vous souhaitiez écouter les derniers titres d’artistes populaires comme Sauti Sol, Burna Boy et Tems, ou découvrir de nouveaux talents indé comme Karun et Xenia Manasseh, tout est là ! Vous trouverez aussi les albums des géants de la musique, comme X&Y.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Voici quelques-unes des fonctionnalités que vous allez adorer dans YouTube Music : </span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">La recherche intelligente vous permet de trouver des chansons avec seulement quelques paroles</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">La barre ”Activité” vous permet d’accéder rapidement à des playlists et des mix personnalisés pour toutes les occasions </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">L’onglet “Explorer” vous permet de découvrir le meilleur des nouveautés et titres populaires</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">L’onglet “Similaires” vous propose du contenu musical basé sur le morceau que vous êtes en train d’écouter</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Les paroles synchronisées vous permettent de suivre les paroles de la chanson que vous écoutez</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Des recommandations musicales de grande qualité grâce aux fonctionnalités intelligentes de Google</span></p></li></ul><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Nous savons bien que chaque expérience musicale est unique. C'est pourquoi nous avons conçu cette application pour VOUS. Profitant du vaste écosystème de YouTube, les abonnés YouTube Premium ont également accès à YouTube Music Premium, qui permet d’écouter de la musique sans publicité, hors connexion et en arrière-plan, partout et à tout moment.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cette année, nous avons lancé une multitude de nouvelles fonctionnalités très pratiques sur YouTube Music pour vous aider à trouver votre prochain morceau favori, personnaliser votre expérience d'écoute et développer une communauté unique de fans de musique. Mais surtout, nous voulons que votre expérience musicale soit un plaisir. Découvrez ces fonctionnalités plus en détail sur notre </span><a href="https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-music-app-2023-guide/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">blog YouTube mondial</span></a><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">YouTube Premium</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">YouTube Premium est un service d’abonnement payant conçu pour les plus grands fans de YouTube. Avec ce service, ils ont accès à une nouvelle expérience de visionnage plus fluide pour regarder leurs créatrices et créateurs favoris dans le monde entier, sans interruption. </span></p><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Visionnage sans publicité : </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Regardez toutes vos vidéos sans publicité. </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Lecture en arrière-plan :</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Avec un abonnement YouTube Premium, vous pouvez continuer à écouter l’audio de votre vidéo même si vous quittez l’application YouTube.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Accès hors connexion :</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Vous pouvez télécharger vos vidéos préférées pour pouvoir les regarder quand vous voulez.</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">YouTube Music Premium : </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Vous recevrez automatiquement une version premium de YouTube Music, qui vous permet d’écouter de la musique hors connexion et sans publicité, dans l’application YouTube Music.</span></p></li></ul><div><span face="Google Sans, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cDa8dkCcT2DejkIco_CCBMw6u30Dehd0ZtGq2SgAf6W6Gt3V437kxpRWV-hutj4SYzpwuHa7Cg9pYnPJA1asop6J_6mtTS3C_zfEnkEP1TX2RVy96KhOgB7gZiD2pZYkxbA1xD-U2yCQbDg3DU8X7nHdbEaP2TltnuNbXCYOCUO8Tjkj7vBO_ACGfs0/s1480/YTM%20GH,%20KE,%20SN.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1480" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cDa8dkCcT2DejkIco_CCBMw6u30Dehd0ZtGq2SgAf6W6Gt3V437kxpRWV-hutj4SYzpwuHa7Cg9pYnPJA1asop6J_6mtTS3C_zfEnkEP1TX2RVy96KhOgB7gZiD2pZYkxbA1xD-U2yCQbDg3DU8X7nHdbEaP2TltnuNbXCYOCUO8Tjkj7vBO_ACGfs0/w643-h379/YTM%20GH,%20KE,%20SN.gif" width="643" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div><i>- Poste par Addy Awofisayo, Responsable de la Musique, Afrique Subsaharienne, YouTube</i><br />Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-84743661998835585002023-02-01T11:52:00.001+00:002023-02-01T11:52:22.354+00:00Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Call for Applications for Women Founders <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-82a854ce-7fff-b137-40da-8578b5317904"><br /><br />Women account for <a href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/31421/135420-ProfitingfromParityFullReport.pdf">17% of business founders in Africa</a>, yet they receive a fraction of available capital. In 2021, African startups raised over <a href="https://partechpartners.com/2021-africa-tech-venture-capital-report/">$5 billion in funding </a>across various sectors, with just 20% going to startups co-founded by women and only 1% of funding going to women-led startups. This is despite the fact that women make up half of the population and are increasingly dominant in the entrepreneurship space, with 58% of businesses in Africa being owned by women.<br /><br /><br /><br />One example of a successful and innovative women-led startup in Africa is <a href="https://pezesha.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAlKmeBhCkARIsAHy7WVvK-LVZVnEXZDvWCpMyQZueKM-0TzxlCz8hXwiszpFS8qpaHOiAlOsaAgzAEALw_wcB">Pezesha</a>, a micro lending platform founded by Hilda Moraa in Kenya. Pezesha leverages credit analytics and big data to offer users access to loans securely using mobile money, helping to digitize small businesses and tackle poverty and unemployment. The platform also improves financial literacy and increases business earnings, driving economic growth and improving livelihoods.<br /><br /><br /><br />By increasing the representation of women in the startup ecosystem, we can help bridge the gap between the number of women-led startups and the amount and quality of support they receive, ultimately leading to more diversity and innovation.<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH68o3mKGJPoMaO4w4VtEZ_Z2vpia05wyt-AYLyNkQJRo6BN2xiW5HDl3pvQ4vJjx92WnZd71k_BCUPy0xs0tXFp2EV83TLPDNF2MvmEgq5XIb_by-vDl1OxqPhLH_rs6GVmySmLplgF64SKMgSo3z9lIOpcxQTmTH0UWqvTL7ZbA2eihGVuv1cXjM/s1200/Women%20Founders%20Apply%20Now%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH68o3mKGJPoMaO4w4VtEZ_Z2vpia05wyt-AYLyNkQJRo6BN2xiW5HDl3pvQ4vJjx92WnZd71k_BCUPy0xs0tXFp2EV83TLPDNF2MvmEgq5XIb_by-vDl1OxqPhLH_rs6GVmySmLplgF64SKMgSo3z9lIOpcxQTmTH0UWqvTL7ZbA2eihGVuv1cXjM/w785-h413/Women%20Founders%20Apply%20Now%20(2).jpg" width="785" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br />This is why <b>we are excited to announce the launch of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program, which aims to support and empower women entrepreneurs in Africa by addressing these specific challenges</b>.<br /><br /><br /><br />The program will run for <b>12 weeks</b> and will include both online and in-person sessions, starting in March and ending in May 2023. This program is part of our broader efforts to improve the representation of women across different sections and to provide resources, mentorship and a network of support for female entrepreneurs.<br /><br /><br /><br />We believe that by providing access to funding, resources and mentorship, we can help to empower women founders to scale their businesses, create jobs and make a positive impact on their communities. <br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Applications for the program are open now through February 20th, 2023. We encourage all women building great tech startups in Africa or for Africa to <a href="http://g.co/acceleratorafrica">apply</a> to the program and take advantage of this opportunity.</b><br /><br /><br /><br />Posted by Folarin Aiyegbusi, Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa, Google</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> ==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-82456648545554227062022-11-15T14:47:00.212+00:002022-11-26T12:25:12.162+00:00Meet The YouTube Black Voices Creator, Artist, Singer and Songwriter Class of 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKD8iBHy23CkF7auGTsWG5jgJVXbzrR7iwOYIj_lZv_ug2NovtitbcCYKUMNB-vdZOr9YDU6C83ktdSuOqIPishiGdTY4kdfhD1IHzHoZ2w78drCrRdM4pGys2RDGOBBNtKewB5FGwhG8JrhaTdU5V_ex1UIU2-c61cWjZwFwllOPDhnh9im8ugMAw/s512/unnamed%20(3).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKD8iBHy23CkF7auGTsWG5jgJVXbzrR7iwOYIj_lZv_ug2NovtitbcCYKUMNB-vdZOr9YDU6C83ktdSuOqIPishiGdTY4kdfhD1IHzHoZ2w78drCrRdM4pGys2RDGOBBNtKewB5FGwhG8JrhaTdU5V_ex1UIU2-c61cWjZwFwllOPDhnh9im8ugMAw/w451-h451/unnamed%20(3).png" width="451" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We believe in the power and importance of amplifying Black stories. From content centered around fashion and wellness, to videos about comedy and politics, Black creators and artists continue to play an important role in shaping the culture of YouTube and driving the platform forward every day. That’s why, in 2020, we created the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/creators/black-voices-fund/">YouTube Black Voices Fund</a>, a global, multi-year commitment to center and grow Black creators and artists on our platform, as well as to produce and acquire new YouTube Original programs, focused on racial justice and Black experiences. <br /><br /><br />As part of this Fund, we developed the YouTube Black Voices grant program, an initiative dedicated to equipping Black creators and artists with the resources to thrive on YouTube. Our first two classes have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UComu3ao5983Wpni7R_JcovQ">launched short films</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdVC7nSYNOpKroA5JicNig">topped Billboard charts</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmKz_evPxGNLG1m_CYr_mA">been nominated for</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2K2LlPiRzUW_oAOwmgRM-Q">won</a> Grammy Awards and so much more. <br /><br /><br />Today, we’re pleased to announce that the YouTube Black Voices Class of 2023 is here! It’s our biggest class yet with 179 grantees, hailing from around the world and innovating in every way. Meet the class below, discover your new fav creator, and keep an eye out for all of the exciting content they’ll create in 2023.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6m148dz3uCA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><div><br /><br />We’re honored to equip the talented creatives with resources to fuel their creativity. In the coming months, we will work closely with these creators by offering dedicated partner support from YouTube and seed funding to help them develop their channels and grow on our platform. They will also have opportunities to participate in bespoke training, workshops, and networking programs.<br /><br /><br />We built the YouTube Black Voices Fund to invest with an intention to present fresh narratives that emphasize the intellectual power, authenticity, dignity, and joy of Black voices, as well as to educate audiences about racial justice. This initiative also includes investing in the impact of our platform, and over the program, we've directly empowered more than 500 creators and artists from across the world to support, grow, and fund their channels and content development. In addition to the YouTube Black Voices Fund grantees who partner with YouTube directly, we’ll continue to support and connect with the wider global Black diaspora and communities through a wide range of programming and events.<br /><br /><br />The YouTube Black Voices Fund is only one facet of the comprehensive work currently underway to make YouTube a place where Black artists, creators, and users can feel empowered to share their stories. We continue to make product and policy changes to meet that goal and <a href="https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/racial-justice-equity-product-inclusion-prioritizing-safety-for-creators-and-artists/">recently provided an update</a> on our work to make YouTube a more inclusive platform, including how we handle harmful and hateful comments.<br /><br /><br />We can’t wait for you to hear more from the Class of 2023 as they continue embarking on their journeys as creators and artists, sharing their stories and their music!<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Below is our full list of the #YouTubeBlackVoices 2023 creator class from Sub-Saharan Africa.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDV6Ap7Wc5Hr2kR5d293ztaA8FUnN7WNyjMFuG1IeK8b5O3-4JKW10SJsgiIfyM3yykMb56TTEf_wXXY3Hv6E_RmPKdfmXkOlnuUYTwDeWr2QEjl4qn1XcZdHERezuz1NvM9H-6xD9TAtaknA_XknTpGWyP367iSquS9NQ9rGWQ5EB9M_7JI9mhVY/s960/Bios%20for%20SSA%20YTBV%202023%20grantees%20%20(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-44641839935269406322022-11-03T13:35:00.006+00:002022-11-03T16:14:11.207+00:00Telling powerful African stories through colour<div><div><span style="color: #666666;">Editor's note:</span></div><div><i><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="color: #666666;">Ravi Naidoo, the creator of the Interactive Africa and Design Indaba, an annual three-day design conference held in Cape Town, South Africa, contributed today's post. He discusses the Colours of Africa project, which showcases the best of African craft, product, industrial design, fashion, film, animation, graphic, cuisine, music, jewellery, and architecture.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666;">-----</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><br />African culture is joyful, expressive and vivid – and intrinsically linked to color – from rallying shades of liberation to evocative hues of optimism, color is embraced as an unspoken language. With a vibrant palette and gift for storytelling, as Africans, we tell powerful stories through color, and it is this unique phenomenon that led to the development of the ‘<a href="https://goo.gle/coloursofafrica">Colors of Africa</a>’ project. This ambitious initiative shares stories from Africa by Africans. <br /><br /><br />Design Indaba collaborated with Google Arts & Culture on this brand-new, cross-continental project. In order to tell the full story of such a diverse continent, we approached 60 African creatives and asked them each to create a unique work that depicts their home country through the symbolism of color. <br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>At the same time we asked what being African meant to them. The resulting works and thoughts offer personal insights into African lived experiences and add the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/qQG6gURIKJ0Rfg">ever evolving kaleidoscope</a> that is the African continent. <div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0zb2K4xl83A" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<div><br /></div><br /><br />The stories of each creative have been woven into a colourful tapestry which is available on <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/colours-of-africa">Google Arts & Culture</a>. And this bespoke, online exhibit dives into the artist’s experience of their country – as well grappling with the intricacies of identity. In addition to the exhibits, you can spin the kaleidoscope to explore and collect the colours of Africa. Experience the different countries and travel through Africa guided by the eyes of local artists.<br /><br /><br />Each work is a personal and completely unique experience of a country. Discover some of the colours of Africa below:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zuInC4BdJ3s/Y2OmLc9KCTI/AAAAAAAAvNs/uRq7KZYnwoAaoX2DtSGZN6FKoZ_CT6sUgCNcBGAsYHQ/s886/blogpost.gif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="886" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zuInC4BdJ3s/Y2OmLc9KCTI/AAAAAAAAvNs/uRq7KZYnwoAaoX2DtSGZN6FKoZ_CT6sUgCNcBGAsYHQ/w653-h480/blogpost.gif" width="653" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>I invite you to discover more about each artist and artwork on the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/colours-of-africa">dedicated hub </a>on Google Arts & Culture, or travel through the kaleidoscope <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/qQG6gURIKJ0Rfg">here</a> and share your colours with the world.<div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>Posted by Ravi Naaido, Founder & CEO, Design Indaba, <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-f58b8730-7fff-d4ae-37be-bb10bf11f3a3"><div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span> <div> ==== </div></div></div></div>Taiwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17240642282151150879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-61758266752867169502022-10-31T15:03:00.000+00:002022-10-31T15:03:44.163+00:00How building a YouTube channel helped a Muslim influencer on his faith journey<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-b98af28f-7fff-af8d-b51d-b7cef5cba740"><i>Sharing religious advice online comes with a lot of responsibility and that’s not something Nasiruddin Shuraim Abdulmumin takes lightly. The 27-year-old YouTuber and TedX speaker started a channel called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLIJpcELW_1UF7rk0jceAw/videos">Did You Know Studios</a> in 2016 to share his faith with his followers. Since then, he’s been interviewing some of the most influential figures in the world of Islam, touching on many taboo topics and educating his community about his religion.<br /><br /> Having studied Islamic Theology at Al-Hikmah University, Shuraim knew he wanted to share a religious message but he wanted to deliver it differently, and YouTube became his platform of choice. So after his first interview with Mufti Menk, a scholar twice listed as one of the ‘500 Most Influential Muslims in the world’, he knew he had found his purpose. In 2017 Shuraim was invited to perform a pilgrimage as a guest of the King of Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />As his popularity grows, we spoke to Shuraim about why young people trust influencers more than religious institutions and how starting his channel helped him on his own personal faith journey.</i></span></div><div><span><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeEvaBZ9irKL0gFYW9kmM-PsV2ioa6JgtLndYDvPcRGx-PJqSeWJqClycsigv7-aebIaEYVi981YzEDqG0SBSjWDoODt5PxXy4pGhLVu5unjm7D91PR--cabd0ZSVbuB-tAv84iumstivYRbPrATNdatUz-Enkk7ea1DTDm9IWdX2vTBFIF9LRaqH/s2884/Shuraim.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="2394" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeEvaBZ9irKL0gFYW9kmM-PsV2ioa6JgtLndYDvPcRGx-PJqSeWJqClycsigv7-aebIaEYVi981YzEDqG0SBSjWDoODt5PxXy4pGhLVu5unjm7D91PR--cabd0ZSVbuB-tAv84iumstivYRbPrATNdatUz-Enkk7ea1DTDm9IWdX2vTBFIF9LRaqH/w831-h1000/Shuraim.jpeg" width="831" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span><br /><b>Why did you choose YouTube to share your spirituality?</b><br />For me, YouTube was the easiest and least stressful way to spread my message. The restrictions that come from broadcasting on TV, for example, don’t exist with YouTube. There’s a lot more freedom and I think that’s very important when it comes to a topic like religion. You need to be able to speak freely and honestly. That is something I pride myself on - talking about issues that some people may consider controversial or taboo.<br /><br /><br /><b>Why would you say it’s very important to share some of the more taboo topics you discuss?</b><br />Well, the question I always ask myself is: If I don't talk about it, then who will? The reason why I’m doing this is that I want people to be enlightened. I want them to feel comfortable coming forward with their troubles, talking about them and seeking help. The journey of enlightenment means answering difficult questions about behaviours and talking about things that make us uncomfortable. So If I’m not ready to cover taboo topics, then what would be the point of having this channel? <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjax9Fs0ZQKAUIhssJEsCBrKvcJFRTZK6ud5uPzhRP55o1AALWmxaL9YRpFNeJ2DrRnwTQ_j6SULsYwecsokbqvA7rwNoDRdUwjj6Fx13yNCvzFDDuI_mN2qxQ1RVmTYRqYh7r3oicfKwbDyH3VpGlylTGRBpX4bU04Tx2grz3FjSGQy0RVzMNn5S/s3600/Shuraim%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2880" height="1474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjax9Fs0ZQKAUIhssJEsCBrKvcJFRTZK6ud5uPzhRP55o1AALWmxaL9YRpFNeJ2DrRnwTQ_j6SULsYwecsokbqvA7rwNoDRdUwjj6Fx13yNCvzFDDuI_mN2qxQ1RVmTYRqYh7r3oicfKwbDyH3VpGlylTGRBpX4bU04Tx2grz3FjSGQy0RVzMNn5S/w1179-h1474/Shuraim%202.jpeg" width="1179" /></a><br /><br /><br /><b>With almost half a million views on your YouTube channel, how do you plan to grow your social profile to reach more followers?</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I am proud that my channel has grown very organically without any marketing. It’s gone from one subscriber to about 9000, and I think it’s because I’m offering something unique to my audience. However, I would like to reach a larger audience online so I’m planning to bring in some social media experts who can help me build my online following.</span></div><br /><br /><b>Have you used Google’s tools, programmes or training to help your channel grow and be discoverable online?</b><br />Google Search helped me a lot, especially in the early stages of starting my channel. I Googled so many different things to find inspiration for content, to see what other people were doing in the religious space and to watch how TV hosts conducted interviews. I believe that every young person needs someone to take them somewhere within themselves that they cannot get to by themselves. However, sometimes you don't have that person to hold your hand, so I used Google as a starting point to help discover and explore different ways I could share my spiritual message.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yU-BFWVoMB7on2kKVDedrcOJPXVpEtHDu4N_eh5ZJHjbRQp88YkTa6i-GWV8CBEcTCfAQamb-8ZPx-Ja32CCnK9AyCSBWZiF8Fp6v3_jgEzr7-v_b9W7HJVZbuu8UNtHAkW9_5qEo_L2vwBVwTnbdng6jYTx2oAnE1EH4A0qrdSuSmiVNx9Bn1Eg/s3600/Shuraim%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2556" height="1314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yU-BFWVoMB7on2kKVDedrcOJPXVpEtHDu4N_eh5ZJHjbRQp88YkTa6i-GWV8CBEcTCfAQamb-8ZPx-Ja32CCnK9AyCSBWZiF8Fp6v3_jgEzr7-v_b9W7HJVZbuu8UNtHAkW9_5qEo_L2vwBVwTnbdng6jYTx2oAnE1EH4A0qrdSuSmiVNx9Bn1Eg/w932-h1314/Shuraim%203.jpeg" width="932" /></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Has starting this channel helped with your personal faith journey?</b><br />Most definitely. Some people think that a lot of spiritual leaders just grew and became spiritual. But that’s not always the case, it’s a journey. When I’m interviewing my guests on YouTube, I’m learning from them too. These interviews are changing my whole perspective on life. I’ve learnt new behaviours, such as praying more regularly and I’ve learnt more about the person I want to become. Sharing my faith online has certainly helped me become a better human being and helped me become a better leader in my community. These are all things that I didn’t expect to happen when starting a YouTube channel. As I’ve grown within my own personal faith, it has made me feel more responsible. I intentionally make careful decisions for myself and the brand. For example, now that we have a studio, we can make better editing choices like deciding after a shoot that the content isn’t right for our audience. We can choose whether or not to release a video depending on if it’s beneficial to my community.<br /><br /> <span><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span><b>Do you feel like you have a responsibility to your YouTube audience to provide advice and guidance?</b><br />I do feel responsible, and that's why I'm very careful about who I choose to talk to on the channel. We carefully research each topic we feel is relevant and timely from sexuality to addictions and body issues. These are not just topics for Muslims, but for a wider audience too. People like myself, with a community that relies on us and trusts us for information and advice, should feel responsible because we have a duty to our audience.<br /><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkleMR83a_GidejaK6_9bvf_HRHpvo0Yq4Q7Lmk_Xo_6iqUyXX7R-G_1tZ2Ui0B4q2Tm654C7AFO2FdExFdJ6ZAfKIjDXiPbLZf70xAhe5PdDxqdYDnvvqH5JkxP8xoC6Xw_qpbwQTmiU73OgwSv-o5mLDXnFJUEOsQCdSfNJ9Y8-JAKLRzbCl0Cw-/s3600/Shuraim%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2880" height="1258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkleMR83a_GidejaK6_9bvf_HRHpvo0Yq4Q7Lmk_Xo_6iqUyXX7R-G_1tZ2Ui0B4q2Tm654C7AFO2FdExFdJ6ZAfKIjDXiPbLZf70xAhe5PdDxqdYDnvvqH5JkxP8xoC6Xw_qpbwQTmiU73OgwSv-o5mLDXnFJUEOsQCdSfNJ9Y8-JAKLRzbCl0Cw-/w1006-h1258/Shuraim%204.jpeg" width="1006" /></a><br /><br /><b>Why do you think young people’s trust in religious institutions is low, but trust in religious influencers is still high? </b><br />Young people’s trust in religious institutions may be low right now but religious institutions are extremely important. They provide knowledge that is incalculable and forever valuable. Young people may tend to put religious scholars on a pedestal that seems out of reach while religious influencers like me are committed to making followers feel more comfortable and understood because we talk to them in a very relatable, human way. This often means when the scholars do something we disagree with or make a mistake, we lose all trust in them forgetting that they are human beings too. As influencers, we do need to be careful because people are looking up to us. We need to keep educating ourselves and be more prudent and sincere in whatever we do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>With many Muslim influencers growing large digital followings, what is the future of the faith in the digital age?</b><br />I don't think it's going to be very different, but it will definitely improve. Nowadays, a lot of people are sharing their religious knowledge online, and we even opened an online school during the Coronavirus pandemic. We had about 4000 students globally, Muslims and non-Muslims, and we had scholars from all over the world offering free classes for anyone interested in learning more about Islam. It really showed us that people are ready and willing to learn more about religion. That’s why we need to encourage as many clerics as possible to understand the importance of social media. Because we are in a time where a lot of people are very comfortable with learning and understanding faith digitally. So we need to make sure that the people who are experts in this field, who are maybe from a different or older generation, can reach audiences in person as well as online.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCw4v3g_-UUo8yPycVg8g44riPmH8_gNH_TR1xBDxX7_MbJ9EwoZDlul72l7aS0pSluCDofafLsRdhHsk8fbbC9sm23q4YZyvvjtNmsxJyckQ45F1t3Dg3yjUKh9tQzvlBOj5pY8-b1HZ_zLLYRvLg27X9zG1ENVq1bwc8LDlJ27zy0dFVnmeSbRu/s4481/Shuraim%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4481" data-original-width="3217" height="1169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCw4v3g_-UUo8yPycVg8g44riPmH8_gNH_TR1xBDxX7_MbJ9EwoZDlul72l7aS0pSluCDofafLsRdhHsk8fbbC9sm23q4YZyvvjtNmsxJyckQ45F1t3Dg3yjUKh9tQzvlBOj5pY8-b1HZ_zLLYRvLg27X9zG1ENVq1bwc8LDlJ27zy0dFVnmeSbRu/w840-h1169/Shuraim%205.jpeg" width="840" /></a><br /><br /><br /><b>What would be your advice for young people hoping to engage with spirituality today?</b><br />My first piece of advice is to be open-minded. You can learn about religion from a range of different people, regardless of their faith. Secondly, as a young person, I think it’s important to find a mentor. Someone who will be there for you, who will guide you, who will love you sincerely and help you as much as they can on your spiritual journey. Thirdly, attaining spirituality doesn't mean you have to forget your humanity. Instead, you should be embracing it. Embrace how fickle you are, how imperfect you are and embrace your mistakes. It will bring you closer to the spiritual person you want to become. Finally, be patient with yourself during your personal journey. Focus less on societal pressures and be more self-accountable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Posted by Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communications & Public Affairs Manager, West Africa, Google.<br /><div><br /></div><div> ==== </div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-75185712242119335962022-10-26T09:02:00.001+00:002022-11-08T09:02:57.345+00:00Helping African job seekers prepare for interviews<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/58RvP75xtwI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d0603fa4-7fff-b6dd-f2f4-746713f5cef3">Over the next five years, 300 million people will come online in Africa. Many of them are young, creative, and entrepreneurial, ready to drive new innovation and opportunity across the region. That’s why, in 2017, we committed to help 10 million Africans get the digital skills they need to grow their careers and businesses. So far, we’ve trained six million people through Grow With Google programs, including Google Career Certificates, which help people learn the skills they need to qualify for roles in fast-growing fields like data analytics, digital marketing & e-commerce, IT support, project management and UX design.<br /><br /><br />But just as important as learning the skills to perform a new job, is learning the skills to land that job. This means knowing how to network, apply, build a resume and complete one of the most intimidating parts of a job search: the interview.<br /><br /><br />Interviewing in a new field can be hard, especially if you don’t have access to friends, family or mentors in the field who can help you practise and prepare. That’s why we’ve been collaborating with job seekers to build a new tool called <a href="http://grow.google/interview-warmup/?utm_source=gDigital&utm_medium=owned-blog&utm_campaign=interviewwarmup&utm_content=keywordblog">Interview Warmup.</a> It lets you practise answering questions selected by industry experts, and it uses machine learning developed by Google Research to transcribe your answers and help you discover ways to improve. Preparing for interviews will always take a lot of work, but we hope this tool can make it a little easier for anyone to become more confident and grow comfortable with interviewing.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqW8otTki9FWNaCKPpJIfCHFg56VPPNXECj5Qma5aspmEm-BmzxfBd_Zy2Ne7Vlkio1GtUkVcC40Ldbc1n2buxvLqXFv32R5oyG_Cg12dzWFzcN7bYQfln2NKHftVeKi4X_15MqTIOMpkSuOH1wFypX3VUvK8Ibr-BakDvfI3HejoeaXsyWZl0Rw6/s883/InterviewWarmup-Hero.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="On a white background, a waving hand emoji bounces next to text that reads “Hi! Let’s practise a job interview.” The view zooms out to show the interface of the Interview Warmup tool. A white pointer scrolls through six career fields, selects “IT Support” and is prompted to answer an interview question. The tool transcribes the user’s response and analyses it. The pointer clicks “most-used words,” highlighting words used multiple times. The pointer clicks one of those words to get suggestions about other words to use instead. The backdrop is plain white once more and text reading “Interview Warmup'' bounces on screen." border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="883" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqW8otTki9FWNaCKPpJIfCHFg56VPPNXECj5Qma5aspmEm-BmzxfBd_Zy2Ne7Vlkio1GtUkVcC40Ldbc1n2buxvLqXFv32R5oyG_Cg12dzWFzcN7bYQfln2NKHftVeKi4X_15MqTIOMpkSuOH1wFypX3VUvK8Ibr-BakDvfI3HejoeaXsyWZl0Rw6/w1023-h576/InterviewWarmup-Hero.gif" width="1023" /></a></div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span>With <a href="http://grow.google/interview-warmup/?utm_source=gDigital&utm_medium=owned-blog&utm_campaign=interviewwarmup&utm_content=keywordblog">Interview Warmup</a>, your answers are transcribed in real time so you can review what you said. You’ll also see insights: patterns detected by machine learning that can help you discover things about your answers, like the job-related terms you use and the words you say most often. It can even highlight the different talking points you cover in each answer, so you can see how much time you spend talking about areas like your experience, skills and goals. Your responses aren’t graded or judged and you can answer questions as many times as you want. It’s your own private space to practise, prepare and get comfortable.<br /><br /><br />Interview Warmup was designed for <a href="https://grow.google/intl/ssa/google-certificates">Google Career Certificates</a> learners, so it has question sets specific to each of the certificates. But it’s available for everyone to use and has general questions applicable to many fields. Every question has been created by industry experts. We’re sharing the tool in its early stages so we can get feedback from the community, find ways to improve it and expand it to be more helpful to more job seekers.<br /><br /><br />We’re excited about tools like Interview Warmup because they show how new technologies have the potential to help more people practise the skills they need to grow their careers. Alongside programs like <a href="https://grow.google/intl/ssa/google-certificates">Google Career Certificates</a>, <a href="https://developers.google.com/certification">Google Africa Developer Scholarships</a>, and <a href="http://g.co/digitalskills">Digital Skills for Africa</a>, these tools can help support the development of the African workforce and create more opportunities for African job seekers.<br /><br /><br />Try Interview Warmup now at <a href="http://grow.google/interview-warmup/?utm_source=gDigital&utm_medium=owned-blog&utm_campaign=interviewwarmup&utm_content=keywordblog">grow.google/interview-warmup</a>.<span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Posted by Mzamo Masito, Director, Marketing Sub-Saharan Africa<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> ==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-13505070403772579162022-10-25T11:02:00.003+00:002022-10-25T11:02:32.631+00:00Supporting African news organisations who are advancing media literacy <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-28c4304d-7fff-9deb-62ba-24e815dbca07"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #434343; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrV7XHOI34HWBQu_Kjl2ySoNdrI68mZ5oCyEURVIAUWF51yr6Cf2qpS2ZDLk3uSy1kSkBJ-2cUqvPS9KF3d6LMr5Utx0Km9DD03HfeeGTNU7uiXtxkfUk9Y8s3Y4T_h8fFV0RswmoKX23JeZVobs_QDEdmUPeaL-BbKwuXbNhC8zZM384wTSDMDXI2/s2096/GOOGLE%20NEWS%20-%20Africa%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="2096" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrV7XHOI34HWBQu_Kjl2ySoNdrI68mZ5oCyEURVIAUWF51yr6Cf2qpS2ZDLk3uSy1kSkBJ-2cUqvPS9KF3d6LMr5Utx0Km9DD03HfeeGTNU7uiXtxkfUk9Y8s3Y4T_h8fFV0RswmoKX23JeZVobs_QDEdmUPeaL-BbKwuXbNhC8zZM384wTSDMDXI2/w1064-h598/GOOGLE%20NEWS%20-%20Africa%20(2).jpg" width="1064" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Today, <a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2022/dnr-executive-summary">72% of people surveyed in Kenya and Nigeria</a> express concern about being exposed to false and misleading information. The interconnectedness of the spread of news and information today calls for each of us to play a role in advocating for media literacy. <br /><br /><br />Our work at Google supports both journalists and fact-checking organisations who are doing the work to fight misinformation, and we help to create products and tools to help news consumers around the world better understand what they are seeing online.<br /><br /><br />Today, we’re rolling out additional initiatives through the <a href="http://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com">Google News Initiative</a> (GNI) that will help African journalists and publishers to navigate the challenges and opportunities of <a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2022/dnr-executive-summary">changing news habits</a>. <br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Product Innovation</span></b><br />Google is at its heart a technology company. We’ve invested in product features to support the fight against the spread of misinformation online and to advance media literacy. One example is <a href="https://blog.google/products/search/information-literacy/">About this Result</a>, a feature in Search which provides critical context on a result before you visit the page, including how widely a source is circulated, whether a company is owned by another entity - all pieces of information that can provide important context. <br /><br /><br />In Africa, we’re working with media lab <a href="https://www.fathm.co/">Fathm</a> (our partners in the UK) and publishers <a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/">The Daily Maverick</a> (South Africa), <a href="https://premiumtimesng.com/">Premium Times</a> (Nigeria) and <a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/">The Standard Group</a> (Kenya) to trial an entirely new way of delivering news to people across the continent. This pilot of ‘direct publishing’ will help innovative news outlets create interactive stories combining images, video and text and publishing them directly to users within the Android Messages app. The trial uses Android’s <a href="https://jibe.google.com/">Rich Communication Service (RCS)</a> to deliver news in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.<br /><br /><br />"Direct publishing is an exciting prospect that has the opportunity to enhance our brand of journalism,” said Styli Charalambous, CEO & Co-Founder of the Daily Maverick. “Digital offerings that go beyond passive consumption have the potential to elevate the service of journalism and attract new audiences. This project is innovative, with the potential to augment our offering and deliver on our mission. We jumped at the chance when asked." <br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Fact Checking</span></b><br /><a href="https://africacheck.org/">Africa Check</a> was the first independent fact-checking organization established on the continent, and with support from Google they were able to both scale their training efforts across eastern Africa and help strengthen the local fact checking ecosystem. Africa Check will begin hosting ‘train the trainers’ fact-checking workshops, designed to improve the quality of information relied upon by millions of news consumers in Eastern Africa.<br /><br />"We train and mentor journalists in fact-checking to ensure that information shared with the wider public is accurate and verified,” said Dudu Mkhize, Head of Outreach at Africa Check. “Google will support our train-the-trainer programme to ensure that we have more trainers to train journalists across Africa, which will strengthen the information ecosystem on the continent as more journalists have the necessary skill to fact-check their reports."<br /><br /><br />The trainers from this program will go on to support journalists working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Angola, providing guidance on fact checking, verification tools and techniques.<br /><br /><br />Additionally, equipping journalists with the digital skills to find, verify and tell news stories online is critical. That’s why <a href="https://dubawa.org/">Dubawa</a> will train 500 journalists in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and The Gambia with support from the GNI. The workshops will focus on equipping journalists with the digital skills to find, verify and tell news stories online.<br /><br /><br />“Our mission at CJID and Dubawa is to enable a West African media that promotes democratic accountability for sustainable development,” said Dr. Tobi Oluwatola, Executive Director at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID). “We're excited that this partnership allows us to scale our fact checking and digital literacy capacity building to benefit hundreds of journalists across Anglophone West Africa.” <br /><br /><br />Fact checking is critical even as information becomes more accessible globally. By supporting the ‘<a href="https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/blog/press-release-first-ever-africa-facts-summit-be-held-kenya-early-november">Africa Facts’ conference</a> to be held in November in Nairobi, we want to help connect ideas and expert practitioners, and further strengthen fact checking across the continent. <br /><br /><br />These new initiatives build on the media literacy training programme, <a href="https://mediamonitoringafrica.org/media-release-2022-web-rangers-south-africa-bigger-and-better/">WebRangers</a>, that we facilitate with <a href="https://mediamonitoringafrica.org/">Media Monitoring Africa</a>, focused on training teens in South Africa on how to identify and report misinformation.<br /><br /><br />We believe the future of news across Africa is bright and support for it is critical. We are eager to continue finding ways to connect people to relevant and quality news across the region.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Posted by Dorothy Ooko, </span>Head of Communications & Public Affairs, Google, Africa<p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> ==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-70867531428025450062022-10-24T12:39:00.000+00:002022-10-24T12:39:29.090+00:00Preserving one of Nigeria's last sacred groves<div><div><span style="color: #666666;">Editor's note:</span></div><div><i><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="color: #666666;">The Honorable Minister of Information and Culture for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, <a href="https://fmic.gov.ng/about-us/honourable-minister/">Alhaji Lai Mohammed</a>, authors this piece in which he talks about the new Osun Osogbo project by Google Arts and Culture, in collaboration with <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/cyark">CyArk</a> and the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-osun-osogbo-grove">Adunni Olorisha Trust / Osun Foundation</a> <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/african-leadership-academy">Redefining</a>, which exhibits this sacred UNESCO World Heritage Site and makes it accessible to everyone online.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>-----</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-5cb23948-7fff-5389-bebc-4e893feb68da">On the forested banks of the Osun river in Osogbo, Nigeria lies one of the last cultural sites of its kind. In this sacred grove, Yoruba deities are embodied in shapely, sculpted shrines and creativity and spirituality come to life. The <a href="http://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-osun-osogbo">Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove</a> is a truly unique and special place. <br /><br /><br />I’m truly delighted that, for the first time ever, the shrine and its surroundings have been digitized thanks to a collaboration between CyArk, Adunni Olorisa Trust/Osun Foundation and Google Arts & Culture. Now both are protected for posterity, so anybody from anywhere can <a href="http://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-osun-osogbo">explore them.</a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBanXjuKfmgfhyM6CYF8i73lzgw799Upra6-UK5iA_lBsGQw6eqXprCyp349j9Tz8Cbt5MvrMzOrrPxBzGDav_p6m58WMz9Aq1MnZlH9vVvCfeF1xA9YC7x5uiPr59y79EM4ZB_cMMOX77ME5WMlLGmrWjhDhF2Lx00Re2d0vbItJssjR-GuTCk8w/s2628/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-20%20at%2010.14.15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2628" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBanXjuKfmgfhyM6CYF8i73lzgw799Upra6-UK5iA_lBsGQw6eqXprCyp349j9Tz8Cbt5MvrMzOrrPxBzGDav_p6m58WMz9Aq1MnZlH9vVvCfeF1xA9YC7x5uiPr59y79EM4ZB_cMMOX77ME5WMlLGmrWjhDhF2Lx00Re2d0vbItJssjR-GuTCk8w/w754-h403/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-20%20at%2010.14.15.png" width="754" /></a></div><br /><span><br /><br /><br />I said when I visited in 2019 that it was important to refocus national and global attention on this site, and I’m glad we achieved our purpose. For even though this place of active worship and art is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and priceless cultural asset, it is <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/WQXxPEgV7aOlPg">in danger of destruction</a>. Flooding and heavy rain due to climate change, along with a number of other risks to conservation, threaten the groves’ survival. <br /><br /><br />This is why <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/cyark">CyArk</a> and the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-osun-osogbo-grove">Adunni Olorisha Trust / Osun Foundation</a> partnered with Google Arts & Culture to digitize the shrines and surroundings at Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove – and to tell the stories of its spiritual, artistic and cultural significance. In 2019, the grove’s Busanyin Shrine was wrecked in a flood; the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/busanyin-shrine-cyark/CQFbYU9F7kJaPA">3D imagery</a> captured in the early phases of the project were among the last images to be taken of the site before it was destroyed. So while this project may not stop the impact of flooding or the activities of land grabbers, it will ensure that future generations can see it as it is today.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVvlLn-UjDyN-qafUhpb9rDHpNd9Rp36fhOJ7ihdx4mSu4bKfYbRCmKkqUY17jmVK8yU9LDFeAd7bN3eTZZln2Y8BQf-mj2GJ4RXn-u2DfTfDGdgRNBJW2OZpe2e8DbSfki7vy5DqoberaO1PyowZku_qRymWU-OAmSSI6X-N0d8Uw1RqYbHNNS7Y/s1146/Oct-20-2022%2022-55-10.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1146" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVvlLn-UjDyN-qafUhpb9rDHpNd9Rp36fhOJ7ihdx4mSu4bKfYbRCmKkqUY17jmVK8yU9LDFeAd7bN3eTZZln2Y8BQf-mj2GJ4RXn-u2DfTfDGdgRNBJW2OZpe2e8DbSfki7vy5DqoberaO1PyowZku_qRymWU-OAmSSI6X-N0d8Uw1RqYbHNNS7Y/w801-h481/Oct-20-2022%2022-55-10.gif" width="801" /></a></div><br /></div></span></div>“CyArk's work in Osogbo has been a true collaboration between Nigerian government officials, local NGOs, the community of Osogbo and His royal highness Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun Larooye II, who have partnered with CyArk and are working together to share the stories of Osogbo with a wider audience.” - Kacey Hadick, Director of Programs and Development, CyArk. <br /><br /><br />Although this flood was a devastating loss, it reinforces the importance of using a variety of tools to preserve the world’s cultural and spiritual places, from digital documentation to on-site restoration work. And this project highlights the broad spectrum of preservation that, in this case, can help protect a rich Yoruba cultural heritage – through <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/3d-model-of-the-shrine-to-iya-moopo-godess-of-women-s-occupations-cyark/TwEOqwRw-JuKyw">3D models</a>, Street View, archival and contemporary photographs, video and audio interviews and written stories.<br /><br /><br />Olufemi A. Akinsanya Akinsanya is Chair of the Save Our Art! Save Our Heritage! Campaign. He says, “We want to expose the world to this incredible Yoruba heritage and art treasure, introduce the remarkable artists of the New Sacred Art Movement who saved it from destruction in the 1960’s and champion the next generation who are preserving it now.” <br /><br /><br />While a virtual experience of the site can never replace the real thing, we invite you to get lost in the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/lQWhVEoeHnzWpw">Sacred Grove of Osun Osogbo</a> and experience its art, culture, and preservation like never before on Google Arts & Culture.<br /><br /><br />This work forms part of the Google Arts & Culture <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge">Heritage on the Edge</a> project, which tells of how people around the world are using technology to help protect cultural sites against the effects of climate change.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://g.co/arts">Google Arts & Culture</a> and <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/cyark">CyArk</a> have collaborated with cultural heritage site managers to carry out similar digitization training sessions. Learn more about the stories of five other cultural sites impacted by climate change in <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-edinburgh">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-bagerhat">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-kilwa-kisiwani">Tanzania</a>, <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-chan-chan">Peru</a> and <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/heritage-on-the-edge-rapa-nui">Rapa Nui</a>.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Posted by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Honourable Minister of Information and Culture, Federal Republic of Nigeria<span id="docs-internal-guid-e21e8cd8-7fff-65f4-fe43-f94f469eabe9"><div><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span> ==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-82303214417936998662022-10-06T14:08:00.001+00:002022-10-06T15:55:00.329+00:00Voice typing for African languages<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-dcdb329b-7fff-d59c-6d61-d87609fc6619"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">For many people, using your voice to dictate text messages, emails and other text-based communications is easier and more accessible than typing on a keyboard. Voice typing (i.e. using your voice to dictate text) is currently not available for most of the 2,000+ languages spoken in Africa. In recent years, more data for African languages has become widely available, paving the way for this technology to become a reality for many more languages. As part of </span><a href="https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-africa/google-for-africa/" style="text-align: left;">our commitment to serve Africa</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and </span><a href="https://africa.googleblog.com/2022/08/supporting-natural-language-processing.html" style="text-align: left;">its languages</a><span style="text-align: left;">, we are excited to announce the release of voice typing for 9 more African languages.</span></div></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>isiNdebele</li><li>isiXhosa</li><li>Kinyarwanda</li><li>Northern Sotho</li><li>Swati</li><li>Sesotho</li><li>Tswana</li><li>Tshivenda</li><li>Xitsonga</li></ul><br /><br />Along with the four African languages we already support: Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili and Zulu, this release brings voice typing support to 13 African languages, and 80 languages total around the world.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOd-a6IZOau-IPmeFKfWM4BsQ_7frCNkMyuqxj761Y3VZfyPckY3S_WIpshXtUnB05-5mdlXLxu-3JJGSOUJ_rYwtz6k9URSpsShjT7-l9eQM5k9a-7TCKAjwfwOy0fujGH2QxKfaJzscSlFNVF6cL6BRfGeg6NxgKl8mYhwe8EmoQHzo7J-zNiU3/s361/unnamed.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="361" height="688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOd-a6IZOau-IPmeFKfWM4BsQ_7frCNkMyuqxj761Y3VZfyPckY3S_WIpshXtUnB05-5mdlXLxu-3JJGSOUJ_rYwtz6k9URSpsShjT7-l9eQM5k9a-7TCKAjwfwOy0fujGH2QxKfaJzscSlFNVF6cL6BRfGeg6NxgKl8mYhwe8EmoQHzo7J-zNiU3/w688-h688/unnamed.gif" width="688" /></a><br /><br />This development would not have been possible without two key advances in the state of the art for automatic speech recognition. The first advance is related to AI models for speech recognition. We employed a technique known as <a href="https://research.google/pubs/pub50569/">multilingual modeling</a>, which uses data from multiple languages to train a single speech recognition model. This method allows the languages with less data to benefit from those with more data, to improve quality for all the languages. The second advance is related to data. In the last few years, communities, individuals and organizations have created and open sourced high quality datasets for African languages. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='560' height='315' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzAdygTQ4Is90wFv6Vxx7Fn-tlHCwDPMifyH5VOAPDpjrEgOv7JxXSSNobtK5oDs7Bun4CbzDG0ri4ZTyzd-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The languages launching today are possible thanks in part to the efforts of researchers and organizations in Africa to create and publish data (see our <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.03067.pdf">paper</a> for the data we used for each language). In particular, we’d like to thank the creators of the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/nchltspeechcorpus">NCHLT corpus</a> for South African languages, without which many of the South African languages launching today would not have been possible. We’d also like to thank <a href="https://digitalumuganda.com/">Digital Umuganda</a> for their work in creating the <a href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/nl/blog/lessons-from-building-for-kinyarwanda-on-common-voice/">Kinyarwanda corpus and publishing it on Mozilla Common Voice</a>, one of the largest resources ever created for an African language. <div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Google is also working to collect data for more African languages, through our <a href="https://peopleofcolorintech.com/africa/google-launches-crowdsourcing-app-taskmate-in-kenya-to-provide-locals-with-money-making-opportunities/">TaskMate</a> and <a href="https://rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/cs-vocalize">Crowdsource</a> platforms, and we have partnered with universities and researchers on data collection projects, for example <a href="https://blog.google/technology/research/building-language-models-one-story-at-a-time/">our work with the Bambara community</a> and the <a href="https://github.com/Waxal-Multilingual/speech-data">Waxal speech data project</a>.<br /><br /><br />Wherever you want to type, whether it’s a message, an email, or posting on social media, try voice typing on your Android device with Gboard. It’s quick, easy and faster for your friends to read than a voice note :) <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Get set up on Gboard: </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://support.google.com/gboard/answer/7068494?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid">Type in a different language on Gboard</a> </li><li><a href="https://support.google.com/gboard/answer/2781851?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid">Type with your voice on Gboard</a></li></ul></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Posted by Sandy Ritchie, Linguist in the Speech Recognition team</div><div><br /><div><span><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div> ==== </div></div></div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-1658049726152318592022-10-05T09:41:00.003+00:002022-10-06T09:36:04.769+00:00Delivering on our $1B commitment in Africa<span id="docs-internal-guid-dd6ce112-7fff-a993-2f37-9680ebd42edb"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8O1p85PZT2sDBI0xffPLz32cARmzeZY64R4c5H316TldhBPP5dJEiJAvWN3-XjJCyTFUTygIifWJWlBS_T5x31emdnoeOPq1qNRtjyGeEnQN9BOdUwknuMxrEsrHZ31V1QnQm5CAJTdgskVzRUSqMqvwqBLi0dL1VrCTWKqr9Ou0UCrum6c3f-eDy/s2746/Google%20for%20Africa%202022%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="2746" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8O1p85PZT2sDBI0xffPLz32cARmzeZY64R4c5H316TldhBPP5dJEiJAvWN3-XjJCyTFUTygIifWJWlBS_T5x31emdnoeOPq1qNRtjyGeEnQN9BOdUwknuMxrEsrHZ31V1QnQm5CAJTdgskVzRUSqMqvwqBLi0dL1VrCTWKqr9Ou0UCrum6c3f-eDy/w791-h341/Google%20for%20Africa%202022%20logo.jpg" width="791" /></a></div></span><span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span>Last year our CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced that Google would invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to support a range of initiatives, from improved connectivity to investment in startups, to help boost Africa’s digital transformation. <br /><br /><br />Africa’s internet economy has the potential to grow to <a href="https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/publications_ext_content/ifc_external_publication_site/publications_listing_page/google-e-conomy">$180 billion by 2025</a> – 5.2% of the continent’s GDP. To support this growth, over the last year we’ve made progress on helping to enable affordable access and on building products for every African user – helping businesses build their online presence, supporting entrepreneurs spur next-generation technologies, and helping nonprofits to improve lives across the continent.<br /><br /><br />We’d like to share how we’re delivering on our commitment and partnering with others – policymakers, non-profits, businesses and creators – to make the internet more useful to more people in Africa.<span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 2.625pt; margin-right: 3.75pt; margin-top: 3.675pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p></span><br /><br /><b>Introducing the first Google Cloud region in Africa</b><br /><br />Today we’re announcing our intent to establish a Google Cloud region in South Africa – our first on the continent. South Africa will be joining Google Cloud’s <a href="https://cloud.google.com/about/locations">global network</a> of <a href="https://cloud.google.com/about/locations">35 cloud regions and 106 zone</a>s worldwide.<br /><br /><br />The future cloud region in South Africa will bring Google Cloud services closer to our local customers, enabling them to innovate and securely deliver faster, more reliable experiences to their own customers, helping to accelerate their growth. According to research by AlphaBeta Economics for Google Cloud, the South Africa cloud region will contribute more than a cumulative USD 2.1 billion to the country’s GDP, and will support the creation of more than 40,000 jobs by 2030.<span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 2.625pt; margin-right: 3.75pt; margin-top: 3.675pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjRirNgEXI8nkv9UKQss0pwUhGJs3IzA_IpafPRaUt-1-RWfk4S_woKa54xl3XKw9agy3MGKoehLg4OJ2NdqAUR8HAo8AbE1xsiYmOFmVISD5ztruyQTZPo64yuT86lUsa4_AfPzgwI5jMEk0jMNXVA5Ivnq1Y9lklCEGETrW9Tja6T0uE6TAakOg/s4618/Image_20221004_94802_681%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2598" data-original-width="4618" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjRirNgEXI8nkv9UKQss0pwUhGJs3IzA_IpafPRaUt-1-RWfk4S_woKa54xl3XKw9agy3MGKoehLg4OJ2NdqAUR8HAo8AbE1xsiYmOFmVISD5ztruyQTZPo64yuT86lUsa4_AfPzgwI5jMEk0jMNXVA5Ivnq1Y9lklCEGETrW9Tja6T0uE6TAakOg/w753-h424/Image_20221004_94802_681%20AM.png" width="753" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p></span>Along with the cloud region, we are expanding our network through the Equiano subsea cable and building Dedicated Cloud Interconnect sites in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lagos and Nairobi. In doing so, we are building full scale Cloud capability for Africa.<span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 2.625pt; margin-right: 3.75pt; margin-top: 3.675pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 2.625pt; margin-right: 3.75pt; margin-top: 3.675pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p></span><div><br /></div><br /><b>Supporting African entrepreneurs</b><br /><br />We continue to support African entrepreneurs in growing their businesses and developing their talent. Our recently announced second cohort of the <a href="https://www.campus.co/africa/black-founders-fund/">Black Founders Fund</a> builds on the success of last year’s cohort, who raised $97 million in follow-on funding and have employed more than 500 additional staff since they were selected. We’re also continuing our support of African small businesses through the <a href="http://g.co/hustleacademy">Hustle Academy</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/business/">Google Business Profiles</a>, and helping job seekers learn skills through Developer Scholarships and <a href="https://grow.google/intl/ssa/google-certificates">Career Certifications</a>.<br /><br />We’ve also continued to support nonprofits working to improve lives in Africa, with a $40 million cash and in-kind commitment so far. Over the last year this has included:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>$1.5M investment in Career Certifications this year bringing our total Google.org funding to more than $3M since 2021</li><li>A $3 million grant to support <a href="https://www.airqo.net/">AirQo</a> in expanding their work monitoring air quality from Kampala to ten cities in five countries on the continent;</li><li>A team of Google employees who have joined the <a href="https://africa.googleblog.com/2022/03/helping-africans-create-their-own.html">Tony Elumelu Foundation</a> for 6 months, full-time and pro-bono. The team helped build a new training web and app interface to support the next million African entrepreneurs to grow and fund their businesses. </li></ul><br />Across all our initiatives, we continue to work closely with our partners – most recently with the UN to launch the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI), aimed at accelerating Africa’s economic growth and sustainable development.<span><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 2.625pt; margin-right: 3.75pt; margin-top: 3.675pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p></span><br /><br /><b>Building More Helpful Products for Africa</b><br /><br />We recently announced plans to open the first African product development centre in Nairobi. The centre will develop and build better products for Africans and the world. <br /><br />Today, we’re launching voice typing support for nine more African languages (isiNdebele, isiXhosa, Kinyarwanda, Northern Sotho, Swati, Sesotho, Tswana, Tshivenda and Xitsonga) in Gboard, the Google keyboard – while <a href="https://blog.google/products/translate/24-new-languages/">24 new languages</a> are now supported on Google Translate, including Lingala, which is spoken by more than 45 million people across Central Africa. <br /><br />To make Maps more useful, Street View imagery in Kenya, South Africa, and Senegal has had a refresh with nearly 300,000 more kilometres of imagery now helping people virtually explore and navigate neighbourhoods. We’re also extending the service to Rwanda, meaning that Street View is now available in 11 African countries.<br /><br />In addition to <a href="https://africa.googleblog.com/2022/05/google-research-enhances-its-ai-growth.html">expanding the AI Accra Research Centre</a> earlier this year, the<a href="https://sites.research.google/open-buildings"> Open Buildings</a> Project, which mapped buildings across the African continent using machine learning and satellite imagery, is expanding to South and Southeast Asia and is a great example of the AI centre creating solutions for Africa that are useful across the world.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Delivering on our promise </b><br /><br />We remain committed to working with our partners in building for Africa together, and helping to unlock the benefits of the digital economy for more people by providing useful products, programmes and investments. We’re doing this by partnering with African organisations, businesses and entrepreneurs. It’s the talent and drive of the individuals in the countries, communities and businesses of Africa that will power Africa’s economic growth.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br />Posted by Nitin Gajria, Managing Director, Google Africa<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>--------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Respecter notre engagement d'un milliard de dollars en Afrique<br /></span></b><br />L'année dernière, notre PDG, Sundar Pichai, a annoncé que Google investirait 1 milliard de dollars en Afrique au cours des cinq prochaines années pour soutenir toute une série d'initiatives, allant de l'amélioration de la connectivité à l'investissement dans les startups, pour aider à stimuler la transformation digitale de l'Afrique.<br /><br /><br />L'économie Africaine de l'internet pourrait atteindre <a href="https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/publications_ext_content/ifc_external_publication_site/publications_listing_page/google-e-conomy">180 milliards de dollars d'ici 2025</a>, soit 5,2 % du PIB du continent. Afin de soutenir cette croissance, nous avons progressé au cours de l'année dernière en aidant à permettre un accès abordable et en créant des produits pour chaque utilisateur Africain – en aidant les entreprises à développer leur présence en ligne, les entrepreneurs à développer des technologies de nouvelle génération, et les organisations à but non lucratif à améliorer les conditions de vie sur le continent.<br /><br /><br />Nous aimerions partager la manière dont nous respectons notre engagement et dont nous travaillons en partenariat avec les autres - les décideurs politiques, les organisations à but non lucratif, les entreprises et les créateurs - pour rendre l'internet plus utile à un plus grand nombre de personnes en Afrique.<br /><br /><br /><b>Présentation de la première région Google Cloud en Afrique</b><br /><br />Nous annonçons aujourd'hui notre intention d'établir une région Google Cloud en Afrique du Sud - notre première sur le continent. L'Afrique du Sud rejoindra le <a href="https://cloud.google.com/about/locations">réseau mondial</a> de Google Cloud, qui compte 35 régions cloud et 106 zones dans le monde entier.<br /><br />La future région cloud en Afrique du Sud rapprochera les services Google Cloud de nos clients locaux, leur permettant d'innover et d’offrir en toute sécurité des expériences plus rapides et plus fiables à leurs propres clients, contribuant ainsi à accélérer leur croissance. Selon une étude réalisée par AlphaBeta Economics pour Google Cloud, la région cloud de l'Afrique du Sud apportera une contribution cumulée de plus de 2,1 milliards de dollars au PIB du pays et favorisera la création de plus de 40 000 emplois d'ici 2030.<br /><br />Parallèlement à la région du cloud, nous étendons notre réseau par le biais du câble sous-marin Equiano et la construction de sites d'Interconnexion Dédiés au Cloud (Dedicated Cloud Interconnect) à Johannesburg, au Cap, à Lagos et à Nairobi. Ce faisant, nous mettons en place une capacité de Cloud à grande échelle pour l’Afrique.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Soutenir les entrepreneurs Africains<br /></b>Nous continuons à soutenir les entrepreneurs Africains dans la croissance de leurs entreprises et le développement de leurs talents. Notre deuxième cohorte du <a href="https://www.campus.co/africa/black-founders-fund/">Fond des Fondateurs Noirs</a> (Black Founders Fund), annoncée récemment, s'appuie sur le succès de la cohorte de l'année dernière, qui a levé 97 millions de dollars en financement complémentaire et a employé plus de 500 personnes supplémentaires depuis sa sélection. Nous continuons également notre soutien aux petites entreprises africaines par le biais de la <a href="https://events.withgoogle.com/google-hustle-academy/">Hustle Academy</a> et des <a href="https://www.google.com/business/">Profils Commerciaux Google</a> (Google Business Profiles), et nous aidons les demandeurs d'emploi à acquérir des compétences grâce à des Bourses d'Etudes pour Développeurs (Developer Scholarships) et aux <a href="https://grow.google/intl/ssa/google-certificates">Certificats de Carrière</a> (<a href="https://grow.google/intl/ssa/google-certificates">Career Certificates</a>).<br /><br /><br />Nous avons également continué à soutenir les organisations à but non lucratif qui s'efforcent d'améliorer les conditions de vie en Afrique, avec un engagement en espèces et en nature de 40 millions de dollars à ce jour. Au cours de l'année dernière, cela a inclus :<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Un investissement de 1,5 million de dollars dans les Certifications de Carrière cette année, ce qui porte le financement total de Google.org à plus de 3 millions de dollars depuis 2021</li><li>Une subvention de 3 millions de dollars pour soutenir <a href="https://www.airqo.net/">AirQo</a> à étendre ses activités de surveillance de la qualité de l'air de Kampala à dix villes dans cinq pays du continent;</li><li>Une équipe de Googlers qui ont rejoint la <a href="https://africa.googleblog.com/2022/03/helping-africans-create-their-own.html">Fondation Tony Elumelu</a> pour 6 mois, à temps plein et pro-bono. L'équipe a contribué à la création d’une nouvelle interface web et d’une application de formation pour soutenir le prochain million d'entrepreneurs Africains à développer et à financer leurs entreprises.</li></ul><br />Dans le cadre de toutes nos initiatives, nous continuons à travailler en étroite collaboration avec nos partenaires - tout récemment avec l'ONU pour lancer l’Initiative Mondiale pour les Entreprises en Afrique (Global Africa Business Initiative - GABI), qui vise à accélérer la croissance économique et le développement durable de l'Afrique.<br /><br /><br /><b>Créer des Produits Plus Utiles pour l'Afrique</b><br />Nous avons récemment annoncé notre intention d'ouvrir le premier centre Africain de développement de produits à Nairobi. Le centre développera et fabriquera de meilleurs produits pour les Africains et pour le monde entier.<br /><br /><br />Aujourd'hui, nous lançons la prise en charge de la saisie vocale pour neuf langues Africaines supplémentaires (isiNdebele, isiXhosa, Kinyarwanda, Sotho du Nord, Swati, Sesotho, Tswana, Tshivenda et Xitsonga) dans Gboard, le clavier Google - tandis que <a href="https://blog.google/products/translate/24-new-languages/">24 nouvelles langues</a> sont désormais prises en charge par Google Translate, dont le Lingala, qui est parlé par plus de 45 millions de personnes en Afrique Centrale.<br /><br /><br />Pour rendre les Cartes (Maps) plus utiles, l'imagerie Street View au Kenya, en Afrique du Sud, au Sénégal et au Nigeria a été rafraîchie avec près de 300 000 kilomètres d'images supplémentaires permettent désormais aux utilisateurs d'explorer virtuellement les quartiers et d'y naviguer. Nous étendons également le service au Rwanda, ce qui signifie que Street View est maintenant disponible dans 11 pays Africains.<br /><br /><br />En plus de l'expansion du <a href="https://africa.googleblog.com/2022/05/google-research-enhances-its-ai-growth.html">Centre de Recherche AI d'Accra</a> (the AI Accra Research Center) plus tôt cette année, le Projet <a href="https://sites.research.google/open-buildings/">Open Buildings</a>, qui a cartographié les bâtiments du continent Africain à l'aide de l'apprentissage automatique et de l'imagerie par satellite, s'étend à l'Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est et constitue un excellent exemple de la création par le centre d’IA de solutions pour l'Afrique qui sont utiles dans le monde entier.<br /><br /><br /><b>Respecter notre promesse</b><br />Nous restons déterminés à travailler avec nos partenaires pour construire ensemble l'Afrique et aider à faire profiter un plus grand nombre de personnes des avantages de l'économie digitale en fournissant des produits, des programmes et des investissements utiles. Pour ce faire, nous travaillons en partenariat avec des organisations, des entreprises et des entrepreneurs Africains. C'est le talent et le dynamisme des individus dans les pays, les communautés et les entreprises d'Afrique qui alimenteront la croissance économique du continent.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Publié par Nitin Gajria, Directeur Général de Google Afrique</div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-30090091542621042982022-10-03T12:20:00.003+00:002022-10-04T10:13:13.956+00:00Using praise and worship to connect with Gen Z online in a global crisis<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ed97ff41-7fff-f5f5-0ca5-6138c9d54beb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Covid-19 pandemic fundamentally shifted the way we live. From school life to working arrangements and even church, we adapted to the new normal the pandemic introduced. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/StoriesandSongs/featured" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stories and Songs</span></a><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a musical collective from Kenya, decided to take praise and worship online and share their message through music and stories. As studies suggest Gen Z are doubling down on spirituality, many young people turning to platforms like YouTube to find camaraderie and community. We spoke to Stories and Songs about the future of religion, using their platform to save lives, and the difference between connecting online vs in real life.</span></p></span><span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Stories and Songs saw an opportunity to share their spirituality online. The world was changing, and with it, the traditional church was disappearing. By building a YouTube channel, the Kenyan music collective was able to grow a community of viewers eager for a new way to worship. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GrowVwSTzJSljSwuz4oFoyvNuiR7BP4GTScxC3DArzz60OWTFtygVRFQiVTFJKxFfEHrT0Lrlu-kyJHb4axHI6DuKaBueRba78t5nTKGEfHaDp9Oc-nhI5lRhMYPDBkkz-7NQfheTyJZC5un88vPZpf4f8L4EFpXb6ZLbTVwhpDpUgENLQEJCYhI/s5994/Stories%20and%20Songs%20IMG_3752.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3996" data-original-width="5994" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GrowVwSTzJSljSwuz4oFoyvNuiR7BP4GTScxC3DArzz60OWTFtygVRFQiVTFJKxFfEHrT0Lrlu-kyJHb4axHI6DuKaBueRba78t5nTKGEfHaDp9Oc-nhI5lRhMYPDBkkz-7NQfheTyJZC5un88vPZpf4f8L4EFpXb6ZLbTVwhpDpUgENLQEJCYhI/w771-h513/Stories%20and%20Songs%20IMG_3752.jpg" width="771" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(32, 33, 36, 0.04); color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Eric Mayore, Brady Odete, Ben Mbasu, David Ogara, Wanjira Maathai, Threzer Alando, Manasseh Shalom</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p></span><br /><b>As content creators discussing spirituality, how has YouTube given you a platform to build your profile?</b></div><div>YouTube is easily accessible to a lot of different people, no matter what country they are in. Most of our followers are from Kenya, but we also have viewers from Tanzania and Uganda so it’s really allowed us to have a wider reach. We actually started with both Facebook and YouTube, but we realised that most of our audience was spending more time on YouTube so we decided to focus specifically on that channel.<br /><br /><br /><b>What inspired you to start your YouTube channel?</b><br />When Covid hit, it forced everyone to look at new ways of worshipping. The pastor at our church started a new online series on Facebook and we all watched it. There are 15 of us in Stories and Songs, and most of us work in production. So we all came together, called him, and said we wanted to contribute and help produce something high quality with great music.<br /><br /><br />After four or five videos with him, we decided to get our own independent channel so it wasn’t attached to a particular church or religion. It became a channel for anyone that wanted to hear praise and worship songs, with some relatable stories, no matter their religious background.<br /><br />We had someone in the comments say “I’m not religious or a Christian. I just listen to the songs because it reminds me of my childhood,” which shows just how much our music resonated with fans.<br /><br /><br />Our ambition was to share good music but the channel has turned into more than that. People are opening up and sharing with us and each other. It’s a good feeling to know that we’ve created a place where people feel comfortable online because social media isn’t always so welcoming.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><b>Did you look at the work of other spiritual YouTubers?</b><br />We didn’t really do that much research on other YouTubers. We just started it, and then along the way, we realised that we were doing something different. Most of the churches we saw on YouTube, had a sermon with praise and worship, much like a traditional church. So we decided to do something different for your younger target audience. For us, we just wanted to focus on the music and funny stories in between. Stories that lift people's spirits and make them feel good. We wanted to move away from the traditional into a more modern way of connecting with our Gen Z community.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuW_qZk8Ffpu3dsoM5WeH_x13qgjFTJj7xSQxCsBIqiS8leVRBEbynRhFO68VJIo9kmotAg2l6ixP7KbUiL2V8LCCASHDIBaNqe3y3_waD6HSKOSncVQ-Gogi2vznymby_Ldog5eBjuvyJ7sTXqQ3HDcrSwKmusoqkarRJjablRuapIL3jS-cQXQ-/s6061/Stories%20&%20Songs%20IMG_9381.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4041" data-original-width="6061" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuW_qZk8Ffpu3dsoM5WeH_x13qgjFTJj7xSQxCsBIqiS8leVRBEbynRhFO68VJIo9kmotAg2l6ixP7KbUiL2V8LCCASHDIBaNqe3y3_waD6HSKOSncVQ-Gogi2vznymby_Ldog5eBjuvyJ7sTXqQ3HDcrSwKmusoqkarRJjablRuapIL3jS-cQXQ-/w782-h521/Stories%20&%20Songs%20IMG_9381.jpg" width="782" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(32, 33, 36, 0.04); color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Stories & Songs Live in concert</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <br /><b>How does YouTube help you connect with your followers, the Christian community and your faith?</b><br />The YouTube comment section has helped us connect with our followers and community in ways that we may not have been able to do in a traditional church setting. Through the live streams and content we upload, our interactions are mainly via the comments. It enables us to see where people's lives are, or what they are going through at that moment. Or even what they want from us as content creators so we can create better videos for them.<br /><br /><br />When we look at our live chats during a stream, we’ll see more engagement during certain songs or verses. This lets us know what people like or dislike, or how they are feeling during a particular season. It helps us think about how we can better help our audience, how we can improve our production and even decide on themes to explore in future videos. For example during Covid, a lot of people were going through depression and isolation and we could see that from the comments. So we decided to come up with a theme about healing to help our audience.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>With almost 4 million views on your YouTube channel, what helped you grow and how do you plan to expand your social community?</b><br />We were even surprised by that number to be honest, but for us, we don't focus on the views, it's more about the value we provide. Something that has definitely helped us grow has been listening to what followers say in the comments.<br /><br />At first, our focus was on trying to make as much content as we could, then some of our audience started asking us to make shorter videos with just one or two songs because watching long YouTube videos was causing their data bundles to finish more quickly, so that’s what we did.<br /><br /><br />Because we have a big team, each one of us would share our videos on our personal social channels, with our friends, and then they shared them with their friends. So we were able to grow quickly, organically mostly through good old word of mouth.<br /><br /><br />Now we would like to reach people all over the world. Most of our audience is from East Africa but we want Stories and Songs to be watched all over the world. We’re hoping our young, digital community can help us reach that goal. Earlier this year, we were able to do a concert and 400 people came from our YouTube community. That was really inspiring to us, seeing how much our fans connected with us in real life too. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJA2bMO8BZ3xZoABrD_r94rQWbfjyBM2ExFMod4plxBHFfFftavxapAtmT96QYCD7gidm0fvuBgXt76lhDebPjg9GEI1lNFezS9F1ffz4Zedny22TwkFf5rQ4xFdTgOEhQ_ku_a1lH2j1mzKA6_exQBOVXZyTfZuNrFztNFhnYpPDJ6UcPw0EnfhyU/s6240/Stories%20&%20Songs%20IMG_2323.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJA2bMO8BZ3xZoABrD_r94rQWbfjyBM2ExFMod4plxBHFfFftavxapAtmT96QYCD7gidm0fvuBgXt76lhDebPjg9GEI1lNFezS9F1ffz4Zedny22TwkFf5rQ4xFdTgOEhQ_ku_a1lH2j1mzKA6_exQBOVXZyTfZuNrFztNFhnYpPDJ6UcPw0EnfhyU/w889-h592/Stories%20&%20Songs%20IMG_2323.jpg" width="889" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(32, 33, 36, 0.04); color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Glynn Mwavali, Derrick Decor, Wanjira Maathai, David Ogara, Threzer Alando, Manasseh Shalom, Kui Brown, Noah Brown, Ben Mbasu, Eric Mayore</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>How different was it to connect with people in person versus online?</b><br />It was interesting because it’s almost like we’ve already built strong connections with our audiences via YouTube and we even know some of our fans quite well. So when they came to the physical event, it was just like a meet-up of friends. It felt like we had already known each for so long and had that mutual respect for each other.<br /><br />But the live experience is quite different from the online one. We even had some feedback saying that we should stick to YouTube instead of live concerts. Because with YouTube, you’re able to go back to watch something when you want, you can save a video and share it. But you can’t do that with a live performance. It's a one-time thing. So once it's done, it's done. On YouTube, our videos and our message lives on forever.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>How do you use digital or social platforms to connect with your community of devoted followers?</b><br />We use different tools for different things. So for our prayer requests, we use Instagram. Although we do ask people to share prayer requests on our YouTube Live videos. We’ve found that it’s just easier to have one means of communication, which for the longest time has been YouTube.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><b>Have you used YouTube/ Google’s tools, programmes or training to help your channel grow and be discoverable online?</b><br />We haven't done any training yet, but of course, we use the YouTube tools to check our analytics, to find out who our audience is. It’s helpful to find out the demographics to see how and where we are growing. We also just started using YouTube Shorts and we’re hoping to explore that more. We found out from our analytics that most of our audience watch our videos on their phone so we’re trying to use formats like Shorts to capture their attention on mobile.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><b>Have you faced any resistance/scepticism when sharing your faith/spirituality online?</b><br />Not really. It’s been quite positive. When we started this whole thing, we were lucky to be in a bubble of friends and like-minded people, so the only criticism would come from ourselves. For us, we're not making videos for ‘likes’ or anything like that. It was more like “okay, guys, we have this talent - let’s use it, let’s share it”.<br /><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIRmzlOlZCQ8rHKJUplM9b7qqyiSah2Nac5tEI3IMxoKlTSrQs-7zwZrWoft5iOV_myVqiQEMZp4790Xz4VJ2i4rbT_KihCGx4M7egMKK77Cto0rjr5ku2NVCYmP6EGRX3YywH9Ars4YnVFYfHQMsqrpioOCNoOeyzy4KFQmPVaVOpUGglUzMV_5d/s6240/SnS%20IMG_0865.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIRmzlOlZCQ8rHKJUplM9b7qqyiSah2Nac5tEI3IMxoKlTSrQs-7zwZrWoft5iOV_myVqiQEMZp4790Xz4VJ2i4rbT_KihCGx4M7egMKK77Cto0rjr5ku2NVCYmP6EGRX3YywH9Ars4YnVFYfHQMsqrpioOCNoOeyzy4KFQmPVaVOpUGglUzMV_5d/w860-h573/SnS%20IMG_0865.jpg" width="860" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(32, 33, 36, 0.04); color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Threzer Alando, Eric Mayore (in the back) Manasseh Shalom performing at the live recording</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><b>Why do you think young people’s trust in religious institutions is low, but trust in religious influencers is still high?</b><br />There's this whole thing with religious institutions having a certain way of doing things, that you have to stick to. That doesn’t work for Gen Z. They want to do things their way, they want to worship in their own way. They are more individualistic and they don’t believe that religion is only one way. I think what influencers are showing them is this is what works for me but you can do religion the way you want to do it, in a way that feels good to you. They’re not enforcing strict rules, it’s relatable. <br /><br /><br />A reason why we tend to focus on just short stories and relevant songs is that we’ve seen that Gen Z prefers things that are short and sweet. If they can learn or experience something quickly and they have a good time doing it, they prefer that. They don’t have to sit through a four-hour church service to connect to God or other Christians. They can also watch a short video from Stories and Songs to feel like they are part of a spiritual community. Religious influencers are good at listening to what their audience wants and creating content around that. Maybe Gen Z feels this is lacking with some religious institutions.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Do you think the perception of religion and spirituality is changing as Gen Z share their faith more openly online?</b><br />The whole thing about being online is that people are freer. They have more freedom of speech. They talk about their spirituality, they talk about their religion. Because people are sharing their beliefs in different ways online, the perception of it is changing from something very strict to something more flexible. There’s a lot less judgement. You know in some churches you might feel eyes watching you if you don’t stand up during the songs or if you don’t pray loudly enough. Online, you won’t be judged for “doing the wrong thing”. People can be more anonymous online and that allows them to be more vulnerable and ask for help when they need it. <br /><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFu2vCDPMGnv0Lp858R2pgfqOK0rCT536Qh8HRiI9VDS17e-oL12QMifnNhazYMow9gv6qNbXRu8K-Txyfha9ELQZ0VaBSwC2wujgqFJh67wktHXv0LW6bE8A5tv1Qa57Iv6KMhvz9TfyEaHzDu_kf0ROqYP56BhfhiMD0fXEr-w0hNg7C_wiT0sR/s6240/Stories%20&%20Songs%20IMG_9187.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFu2vCDPMGnv0Lp858R2pgfqOK0rCT536Qh8HRiI9VDS17e-oL12QMifnNhazYMow9gv6qNbXRu8K-Txyfha9ELQZ0VaBSwC2wujgqFJh67wktHXv0LW6bE8A5tv1Qa57Iv6KMhvz9TfyEaHzDu_kf0ROqYP56BhfhiMD0fXEr-w0hNg7C_wiT0sR/w896-h596/Stories%20&%20Songs%20IMG_9187.jpg" width="896" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(32, 33, 36, 0.04); color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(Top row) Edna, Eric, Sammy, Brady, Ben, Noel. (Middle row) Wanjira, Moses, Threzer, Decor, Noah. (Bottom Row) Eve, Manasseh, David, Kui</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>What do you think Christianity will look like in the next 5-10 years?</b><br />The future of Christianity is digital. With Covid, we saw churches go online. But even though churches are open now, they are still running their services through platforms like YouTube, Facebook, or on their website. With the church that we used to go to, the number of people that came back after Covid is quite low compared to the number of people that were there before. With time, people will appreciate the fact that church is available online any time or day you want. It’s not just reserved for Sundays. It’s just a click away.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>What would be your advice for young people hoping to engage with spirituality today?</b><br />People need to kind of just accept who they are and be comfortable in their own skin. Find like-minded spaces and like-minded people. Find them online if you can’t find them in person and connect with them. <br /><br /><br />Also, young people should follow their heart in what they believe in and be consistent. As long as it helps them to grow because growth is important and if you're moving one step ahead, that can only be a good thing. <span><div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Posted by Dorothy Ooko, Head of Communications & Public Affairs, Google, Africa<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />All Photos credits to Wamwiri Kimachia</i></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> ==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-60440345585628110772022-09-30T10:45:00.000+00:002022-09-30T10:45:21.514+00:00Celebrating South Africa’s heritage through its diverse art<span id="docs-internal-guid-54e681d2-7fff-cba5-3f15-f57121da5494"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Editor's note: Our guest piece is by Mathabo Kunene, Executive Trustee of the Mazisi Kunene Foundation. She writes about the "</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/1/blog/post/edit/6796894934389505998/6044034558562811077?hl=en#" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I Am Because You Are: A Celebration of South African Creativity</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">" initiative, done in partnership with Google Arts & Culture to highlight South Africa’s rich heritage through art seeped in meaning and cultural value.</span></span><br /><div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5eafa2e9-7fff-5f2b-bfd6-974d4596d675"><div><span><br /></span></div>In the early 90s I met Paul Mikula for the first time. I was taken in by his deep respect and love for traditional African art which he described as a true embodiment of Ubuntu. This African concept can be roughly translated as ‘I Am Because You Are’ and it epitomizes deep respect and understanding of our fellow human beings. On 24 September, we officially celebrate Heritage Day in South Africa, a time when we honor each other’s cultures and salute our diverse traditions and beliefs in a nation which belongs to all its people. <br /><br /><br />It is a great honor for me to unveil <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/project/i-am-because-you-are-ubuntu-and-the-people-of-south-africa">I Am Because You Are: A Celebration of South African Creativity</a>, an online hub on <a href="http://g.co/arts">Google Arts & Culture</a> which showcases South Africa’s rich heritage through art seeped in meaning and cultural value. The hub is home to the largest digitisation effort from Google Arts & Culture in South Africa to-date. A key component of the project is the large-scale digitisation of Phansi Museum’s vast archive which is now available online for the first time. Over <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/search/asset?project=i-am-because-you-are-ubuntu-and-the-people-of-south-africa">5000 </a> artworks and cultural artifacts have been photographed in high resolution, allowing visitors to zoom into the intricate beadwork, meticulous carving and detailed weaving used in traditional southern African art. Viewers can also dive into stories from some of the country’s most prominent museums including <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/johannesburg-art-gallery">Johannesburg Art Gallery</a> and <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/origins-centre">Origins Centre</a>. Read on to learn more about the journeys available through this remarkable project.</span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /><b>1. Stories of Ubuntu </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPgG4khvt8Z280Eo4LXHXtNDSHR0CoPNkfk2lEQStXnqOs_X-W6vQ4E3hGV4ouDxWSUJanGs-lZgyeyQf_OwGCn9L4UKx3cwMqJujXH-vdYGhSBQzWcR87-sYBzPLcN0_Soz1CgF2k3RdZE1JZy8PRd2xJTp12zCt6zQg5SNevvrqCnYCQNaDCse17Q/s1136/image2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="784" height="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPgG4khvt8Z280Eo4LXHXtNDSHR0CoPNkfk2lEQStXnqOs_X-W6vQ4E3hGV4ouDxWSUJanGs-lZgyeyQf_OwGCn9L4UKx3cwMqJujXH-vdYGhSBQzWcR87-sYBzPLcN0_Soz1CgF2k3RdZE1JZy8PRd2xJTp12zCt6zQg5SNevvrqCnYCQNaDCse17Q/w413-h599/image2.png" width="413" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p>Discover the meaning of <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/FQWhdLOrKV7n2A">Ubuntu and its influence in the Phansi Museum</a> and listen to an audio interview with Paul Mikula who describes how the concept inspires him. <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/UwUhbH-E-EqrhA">Take in a 360 virtual tour </a>of each of Phansi Museum’s themed galleries or learn about South African culture through<a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/IQVxkRXJ1N4wwQ"> five traditional art works.</a></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span> <br /><b>2. Celebrate South African Women</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2m_VL3a6nRATCvN1MzDjPP3jg0qemylAiE7CLIU7RrJtO4LpSfJlHgGiwEvFZPl8ggVSG8TNCEbKDGUiy6Sx-T-P6XkBTs0tvBEZAyp1cqv19q0lJYb9Kjzl3EHj-pJgAB91F_vf8TSrcyPPpEaCEKIJsATHv70VWeVsbEN6NEcCnkLbziSjcxuU8Hw/s976/image1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="826" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2m_VL3a6nRATCvN1MzDjPP3jg0qemylAiE7CLIU7RrJtO4LpSfJlHgGiwEvFZPl8ggVSG8TNCEbKDGUiy6Sx-T-P6XkBTs0tvBEZAyp1cqv19q0lJYb9Kjzl3EHj-pJgAB91F_vf8TSrcyPPpEaCEKIJsATHv70VWeVsbEN6NEcCnkLbziSjcxuU8Hw/w417-h493/image1.png" width="417" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a series of curated exhibits, University of Pretoria shines light on a set of works which honor cultural attire and practices of South African women. The works were made in the ‘80s by illustrator </span><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Barbara Eleanor Harcourt Tyrrell who captured her subjects with great sensitivity and respect for their lived experience. Tyrrell created the paintings for her book </span><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">African Heritage</span><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and while the book may be difficult to find, the works are now available as part of the beautifully curated online project. Learn about women from </span><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/kwVBzXqt2kEJ5w" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mpumalanga</span></a><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/5wVBh72fimx3mA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Limpopo </span></a><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/6QWxvUGcvPDd_g" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">KwaZulu Natal</span></a><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><b>3. Traditional Healing</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeFRCGOz3rlyGcYqgD5aOM2Pz8SZhRk9mS8Vh0CxhEKSA_Pe9RUKnyya6TXH8Y4u6oMJF5ZJxAW9nEzHhpvTrhmCcWZtK_kzc4n3a2WgS8Vs7niqzfVd8iSIIMA6-MUwx3P8-HCEzdngGnDwyuMvPIDcuiAb5NP4kEl3zc0rk1eZ6SK6JRkGXh9rdFg/s980/image3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="980" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeFRCGOz3rlyGcYqgD5aOM2Pz8SZhRk9mS8Vh0CxhEKSA_Pe9RUKnyya6TXH8Y4u6oMJF5ZJxAW9nEzHhpvTrhmCcWZtK_kzc4n3a2WgS8Vs7niqzfVd8iSIIMA6-MUwx3P8-HCEzdngGnDwyuMvPIDcuiAb5NP4kEl3zc0rk1eZ6SK6JRkGXh9rdFg/w470-h308/image3.png" width="470" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p>Learn about indigenous healing practices in southern Africa through stories which introduce medicinal and healing rituals belonging to different South African cultures.<a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/jwXR4TVSwdHqeA">Throwing Bones: Divination in Southern Africa</a> takes viewers through the complex system of bone throwing performed by Sangomas, so that the ritual way in which objects are selected and the significance of how they fall is brought to light. The exhibit <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/twVB4znOm5E0eg">Magic, Metamorphosis and Medicine</a> allows viewers to enter into San belief systems and to learn about <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/axis-mundi-russell-scott/5AFexJ24LHnt-w">Therianthropes </a>and the beauty of San rock art.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>4. Museums in 360</b><br />Using Google technology, Google Arts & Culture has worked with South African institutions to capture their spaces in 360 allowing visitors to the platform to tour <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/johannesburg-art-gallery-i/5QH76Vm-Rrti8A?sv_lng=28.04677225617644&sv_lat=-26.19706986667002&sv_h=156.31992527609506&sv_p=-13.268021060456647&sv_pid=Gl3_EseKHkwAAARJ1B4HLQ&sv_z=1">Johannesburg Art Gallery’s</a> vast and beautifully installed exhibits, enter into <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/origins-centre-san-corridor-eland-room-and-spirit-world/owF8wGp0CrQ_YQ?sv_lng=28.02834188023174&sv_lat=-26.19295788788534&sv_h=311.60058459113225&sv_p=-13.096072898493532&sv_pid=E2owpJQkm6QAAARJ06jXqw&sv_z=1">San Rock </a>art at the Origins Centre and discover the life of artist Helen Martin at the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/the-owl-house/7QE1eRbcVPEYLg">Owl House</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>5. Contemporary Art</b><br />In addition to the beautiful traditional art that is now available on the platform, this project also profiles contemporary South African artists who explore identity and ideas of the self through their works. In <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/yAXBqOadjYErKw">Journeys Into Textile and Identity </a>five South African artists who work with textiles are profiled and the diverse rand of media they work in as well as their unique approach to fabric and fashion is explored. Artist Lohla Amira also claims space on the platform where her installation from 2020’s Sydney Biennale is shown, In the work spaces for rejuvenation and memory are created through beaded curtains placed above a ceremonial healing bed of salt while sounds of singing specifically made for healing and transforming the body into a space of wellness, ancestral connection and self care.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br />Posted by Mathabo Kunene, Executive Trustee at Mazisi Kunene Foundation<div><span><div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><script src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/trends_nrtr/2213_RC01/embed_loader.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> trends.embed.renderExploreWidget("TIMESERIES", {"comparisonItem":[{"keyword":"laycon","geo":"NG","time":"2020-07-19 2020-08-17"},{"keyword":"Erica","geo":"NG","time":"2020-07-19 2020-08-17"},{"keyword":"Nengi","geo":"NG","time":"2020-07-19 2020-08-17"},{"keyword":"Dorathy","geo":"NG","time":"2020-07-19 2020-08-17"},{"keyword":"Kiddwaya","geo":"NG","time":"2020-07-19 2020-08-17"}],"category":0,"property":""}, {"exploreQuery":"date=2020-07-19%202020-08-17&geo=NG&q=laycon,Erica,Nengi,Dorathy,Kiddwaya","guestPath":"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/"}); </script>
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</div></div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-4590235328547822242022-09-21T08:35:00.000+00:002022-09-21T08:35:14.461+00:00Made on YouTube: supporting the next wave of creative entrepreneurs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4srlDlWT1ZMBs81IYssiioFyZWW8B7oGRPwn4f-vNBtpT-EtqkrCNZEzAxyglS2hb5TlVgYlEUjNgxqwKtJceTvMxtWIcN0Xd-roD4L4B1ufU2jHSobl5AfgESE2elLaVtD_GE6rcwJMIaBxNHwqJ1EDWnstGzjWeJxytuagxHAttVPgKYS7NaYs/s900/image1.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4srlDlWT1ZMBs81IYssiioFyZWW8B7oGRPwn4f-vNBtpT-EtqkrCNZEzAxyglS2hb5TlVgYlEUjNgxqwKtJceTvMxtWIcN0Xd-roD4L4B1ufU2jHSobl5AfgESE2elLaVtD_GE6rcwJMIaBxNHwqJ1EDWnstGzjWeJxytuagxHAttVPgKYS7NaYs/w942-h530/image1.png" width="942" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4srlDlWT1ZMBs81IYssiioFyZWW8B7oGRPwn4f-vNBtpT-EtqkrCNZEzAxyglS2hb5TlVgYlEUjNgxqwKtJceTvMxtWIcN0Xd-roD4L4B1ufU2jHSobl5AfgESE2elLaVtD_GE6rcwJMIaBxNHwqJ1EDWnstGzjWeJxytuagxHAttVPgKYS7NaYs/s900/image1.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOVyVW08yrPaA11xolr7UrELFMiKmwERM9cnRhib7PPslKWPfqRQxz2nhvAf9Bl9xLmphRhR3IMkBh1RxwvtRqKh_oxTTZ42k0MhJUHHsgoEpqYBv6T_Vn2UgKiCE8LN6uSl6kdXVIE29IVXFV-l0Q1rF2pv2ShbOy8Vr0rrj1khlnfv4zXZNWU09/s1000/image2.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOVyVW08yrPaA11xolr7UrELFMiKmwERM9cnRhib7PPslKWPfqRQxz2nhvAf9Bl9xLmphRhR3IMkBh1RxwvtRqKh_oxTTZ42k0MhJUHHsgoEpqYBv6T_Vn2UgKiCE8LN6uSl6kdXVIE29IVXFV-l0Q1rF2pv2ShbOy8Vr0rrj1khlnfv4zXZNWU09/s320/image2.png" width="320" /></a></div>From its earliest days, YouTube opened the door for millions of people to share their voice, find a community, reach a global audience, and build a business. But we knew that was just the beginning. Launching the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) in 2007 meant that creators could, for the first time, share in the revenue and earn money from their content. This unique business model means we only succeed when our creators do. And creators are succeeding—these creator entrepreneurs are building successful businesses of their own with employees and full-fledged operations. Over the past three years, we’ve paid creators, artists and media companies over $50B1.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Today, we introduce the next chapter in rewarding creativity on our platform, no matter what that looks like. We’re announcing more ways for creators to become partners, new ways to make money with Shorts, and a reimagining of how the music industry and creators work together.<br /><br /><br /><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6TrvCV3NdU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><div style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></b></div>More pathways for creators to make money</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0L1iJJ_K8m8gG4NiqI27Rwo1Js0sLPS53MmN-shoRMy6A3Gb9iZ_JaMl90ENLkj3VwhflJV3dXVC_DMegcDRpq75lZsqF6z0CIPd4wuAZ34RU5AmgflOB9-HkPadkawGx7Gs4uc_JV3COTP6TVQKAcIq8QQso8BHOBckVrVAJFEb2HFQm3dgiR5J/s1000/image3.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0L1iJJ_K8m8gG4NiqI27Rwo1Js0sLPS53MmN-shoRMy6A3Gb9iZ_JaMl90ENLkj3VwhflJV3dXVC_DMegcDRpq75lZsqF6z0CIPd4wuAZ34RU5AmgflOB9-HkPadkawGx7Gs4uc_JV3COTP6TVQKAcIq8QQso8BHOBckVrVAJFEb2HFQm3dgiR5J/w339-h477/image3.png" width="339" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Back when YPP began, YouTube had one creative format—the standard horizontal video—and one main source of revenue: ads. Fast forward to today, creators are continually testing the boundaries of expression, from 15-second vertical Shorts, to 15-minute videos, to 15-hour live streams. And they’re building their businesses based on diversified revenue streams, from Fan Funding to brand sponsorships.<br /><br /><br />YouTube now offers <a href="https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/10-ways-monetize-youtube/">10 ways</a> for our over 2M partners to make money. But we're not done. Today, we're expanding our partner program, meaning more creators and artists will have the opportunity to make money on YouTube across different creative formats.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Starting in early 2023, Shorts-focused creators can apply to YPP by meeting a threshold of 1,000 subscribers and 10M Shorts views over 90 days. These new partners will enjoy all the benefits our program offers, including the various ways to make money like ads on long-form and <a href="https://blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/helping-creators-diversify-their-revenue/">Fan Funding</a>.<br /><br /><br />We also want to support creators who are even earlier in their YouTube journey, from gamers showing off their speed runs to trendsetting DIY makeup tutorials. A new level of YPP with lower requirements will offer earlier access to Fan Funding features like Super Thanks, Super Chat, Super Stickers and Channel Memberships. To reward creators across a range of formats, we’ll have paths for long-form, Shorts and Live creators to join this new tier in 2023. Stay tuned for more details.<br /><br />To be clear, nothing will change with our existing <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en">criteria</a>—creators can still apply to YPP when they reach 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours. But these changes reflect the diversity of our growing creator community. Creators can choose the one option that best fits their channel while we maintain the same level of brand safety for advertisers. You can learn more <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12475004">here</a>.
</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">New ways to earn for Shorts creators</span></span></h2></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-fsF9iJFzZ8r3ouOGisrTjCu-GaZhV2c0JukAliRXv2IckPmzBZX1Ti4MLvO5z8YEgNFr_AmBS1_JinxdwyrZt2nup8H57JBeSgqNKpKzc6G3whWSY44CScis2cW6BzMj5PKsm1OemXETsgXSaBnp_FD8YrsJ8iSmN4-Trv1nDTZHjou5BCgFZCZ/s662/YouTube%20blogpost.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="334" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-fsF9iJFzZ8r3ouOGisrTjCu-GaZhV2c0JukAliRXv2IckPmzBZX1Ti4MLvO5z8YEgNFr_AmBS1_JinxdwyrZt2nup8H57JBeSgqNKpKzc6G3whWSY44CScis2cW6BzMj5PKsm1OemXETsgXSaBnp_FD8YrsJ8iSmN4-Trv1nDTZHjou5BCgFZCZ/w246-h488/YouTube%20blogpost.gif" width="246" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-65f3fb66-7fff-3208-ddf9-012eaf261716"><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div>The popularity of short-form video has exploded on YouTube, with over 30B daily views and 1.5B monthly logged-in users, bringing an ascendant creativity across every topic, vertical, and region of the world. To start rewarding this new creative class, we launched a temporary Shorts Fund. Now, we're expanding our unique business model to this new format: revenue sharing is coming to Shorts!<br /><br />Here’s how it'll work:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-65f3fb66-7fff-3208-ddf9-012eaf261716">Beginning in early 2023, current and future YPP creators will be eligible for revenue sharing on Shorts.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-65f3fb66-7fff-3208-ddf9-012eaf261716">In Shorts, ads run between videos in the Shorts Feed. So, every month, revenue from these ads will be added together and used to reward Shorts creators and help cover costs of music licensing.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-65f3fb66-7fff-3208-ddf9-012eaf261716">From the overall amount allocated to creators, they will keep 45% of the revenue, distributed based on their share of total Shorts views. The revenue share remains the same, no matter if they use music or not.</span></li></ul><br /><br />This brand new approach allows us to reward all YPP creators who make up the Shorts experience, not just to those with videos running next to ads. In addition, since Music fuels some of our most vibrant and memorable Shorts, it simplifies the complexities of music licensing, so that creators don’t have to worry about whether or not they use music in their Short.<br /><br /><br />We expect the majority of our Shorts Fund recipients to earn more money under this new model, which was built for long term sustainability. Instead of a fixed fund, we're doubling down on the revenue sharing model that has supercharged the creator economy and enabled creators to benefit from the platform's success. Revenue sharing on Shorts ads is yet another way for creators to make money—it adds to our full suite of products, which enabled us to pay creators, artists and media companies over $50B over the past three years.<br /><br /><br />We’re also launching Super Thanks for Shorts in beta to thousands of creators, with a complete rollout expected next year. Viewers can show their appreciation for their favorite Shorts, and creators can interact with their fans through purchased, highlighted Super Thanks comments. And we’re bringing together brands and Shorts creators as part of YouTube BrandConnect.<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>Evolving the soundtrack of YouTube</b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0h6QRd-j4BIdNAd5HuZ13g74ugqOmGUKWazXpckYXElMe24zF-kHS8qrukOO_13pGuREjry2HQX54EwMchxzI76HW4pGpPtVASqbrLx1MhhEdDKTikUVfuMbMHPDt9vtArl0ecx_XNv53vhCIXOWVU0NNDHmO4YL02gZwzNruDP1YM30bnX0744Eo/s1000/image4.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="568" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0h6QRd-j4BIdNAd5HuZ13g74ugqOmGUKWazXpckYXElMe24zF-kHS8qrukOO_13pGuREjry2HQX54EwMchxzI76HW4pGpPtVASqbrLx1MhhEdDKTikUVfuMbMHPDt9vtArl0ecx_XNv53vhCIXOWVU0NNDHmO4YL02gZwzNruDP1YM30bnX0744Eo/w326-h571/image4.png" width="326" /></a></div></div>Music is essential to Shorts and across YouTube—over the years, we’ve seen how creators can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM">give classics new life</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk">bring a local hit to the global stage</a>. But the complexities of music licensing has meant that most long-form videos that feature music (yes, even that one workout video you didn’t finish) don’t result in the creator getting paid. So, in recognizing an opportunity to build a bridge between the music industry and creators on our platform, we’re redefining how music can be featured in creator videos.<br /><br /><br />We’re introducing Creator Music, a new destination in YouTube Studio that gives YouTube creators easy access to an ever-growing catalog of music for use in their long-form videos. Creators can now buy affordable, high-quality music licenses that offer them full monetizing potential—they will keep the same revenue share they’d usually make on videos without any music.<br /><br />And for creators who don’t want to buy a license up front, they’ll be able to use songs and share revenue with the track’s artist and associated rights holders. Creator Music, currently in beta in the US and expanding to more countries in 2023, will offer a streamlined process for creators—they’ll be able to instantly see the terms for their <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12475004#creatormusic">song selection</a>.<br /><br /><br />We believe Creator Music will mean more amazing creator-artist collabs, more new tunes in viewers' playlists, and more ways for artists to break through—all while continuing to put money in creators' pockets.<br /><br /><br />It’s been incredible to witness entirely new industries built by creators on our platform. Our model since 2007 has been to put the creator at the heart of our economic engine and our shared success. We can’t wait to see what gets Made on YouTube over the next 15 years.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>By Amjad Hanif, Vice President of Creator Products, YouTube<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>----------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><b>Made on YouTube : soutenir la prochaine génération d'entrepreneurs-créateurs</b></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4clDVIqcWtcAUhS5-sTf0JrFi01X4AJk615Eqnop6UdB4k70jPcFEYhYdMYm1_fqb5wJZAUeXYGSPF2f09wrZ5YiNgoExY-phVhCPp6PWc9XTntRAPGzwBwAQ0oAcJt3Aa68di8GQJWbv8ELHVr4K0gk89uMdQl_nTffpcbagjV_ygIRpfwMjqVs/s1000/image2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4clDVIqcWtcAUhS5-sTf0JrFi01X4AJk615Eqnop6UdB4k70jPcFEYhYdMYm1_fqb5wJZAUeXYGSPF2f09wrZ5YiNgoExY-phVhCPp6PWc9XTntRAPGzwBwAQ0oAcJt3Aa68di8GQJWbv8ELHVr4K0gk89uMdQl_nTffpcbagjV_ygIRpfwMjqVs/s320/image2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Depuis sa création, YouTube permet à des millions d'internautes de faire entendre leur voix, de s'intégrer à une communauté, de toucher une audience internationale et de développer leur marque et entreprise. Mais ce n'est pas tout. Grâce au lancement du Programme Partenaire YouTube en 2007, les créateurs peuvent toucher une part des revenus générés par leurs contenus. Ce modèle économique unique lie notre succès au leur. Et le succès est bien au rendez-vous, comme le montrent les entreprises florissantes de ces entrepreneurs-créateurs, qui emploient des équipes entières et gèrent des activités étendues. Au cours des trois dernières années, nous avons ainsi versé plus de 50 milliards de dollars à des créateurs, des artistes et des entreprises multimédias.<br /><br /><br />Aujourd'hui, nous ouvrons un nouveau chapitre de notre histoire pour récompenser ceux qui font preuve de créativité sur notre plate-forme, peu importe la forme. En effet, nous allons proposer aux créateurs d'autres moyens de devenir des partenaires et de générer des revenus grâce aux Shorts, en plus de repenser la façon dont l'industrie de la musique et les créateurs collaborent.<div><div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><div style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></b></div></span></span></b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b>De nouvelles sources de revenus pour les créateurs</b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgj4xsUSOoqZzPxsyC1CMP_rSuhivsO25thr6tkYXUFcYuAHThgxsnhKKMQngI3AHSnF4ERs45TSMWBjA8jiWrWGrnjYqTVvPancXrMDtCn8gP1NfcPfdmdJ3uQpofM0pYBarmj5G2BuzjqHPD-33KRkYWQCDJWmiO8iM8HilZhp5pnWyyvloE1Kf/s3001/FR%20ypp-next_infographic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3001" data-original-width="2251" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgj4xsUSOoqZzPxsyC1CMP_rSuhivsO25thr6tkYXUFcYuAHThgxsnhKKMQngI3AHSnF4ERs45TSMWBjA8jiWrWGrnjYqTVvPancXrMDtCn8gP1NfcPfdmdJ3uQpofM0pYBarmj5G2BuzjqHPD-33KRkYWQCDJWmiO8iM8HilZhp5pnWyyvloE1Kf/s320/FR%20ypp-next_infographic.png" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br />Lorsque le Programme Partenaire YouTube a été créé, il existait un seul format de création sur la plate-forme (la vidéo horizontale standard) et une seule source principale de revenus (les annonces). Aujourd'hui, les créateurs ne cessent de repousser les limites de l'expression artistique dans des Shorts verticaux de 15 secondes, des vidéos de 15 minutes ou des diffusions en direct de 15 heures. De plus, ils développent leur activité en s'appuyant sur diverses sources de revenus allant du financement par les fans aux partenariats avec des marques.<br /><br /><br />YouTube propose actuellement <a href="https://blog.google/intl/fr-ca/produits/lunivers-youtube/10-facons-de-generer-des-revenus-sur-yt/">10 façons</a> de gagner de l'argent à ses plus de deux millions de partenaires. Et pour continuer sur notre lancée, nous allons élargir l'accès au Programme Partenaire afin de permettre à davantage de créateurs et d'artistes de générer des revenus sur YouTube grâce à différents formats de création.<br /><br /><br />Début 2023, les créateurs publiant principalement des Shorts pourront demander à rejoindre le Programme Partenaire YouTube lorsqu'ils compteront 1 000 abonnés et enregistreront 10 millions de vues de Shorts sur 90 jours. Les nouveaux partenaires profiteront de tous les avantages offerts par le programme, y compris des différentes sources de revenus telles que les annonces sur les contenus longs et le <a href="https://blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/helping-creators-diversify-their-revenue/">financement par les fans</a>. <br /><br /><br />Nous souhaitons également soutenir les créateurs plus tôt dans leur parcours sur YouTube, qu'ils proposent des vidéos de speedruns ou des tutoriels de maquillage tendance. Pour cela, nous allons ajouter un niveau au Programme Partenaire YouTube dont les critères d'éligibilité seront plus souples. Les créateurs pourront ainsi bénéficier d'un accès anticipé aux fonctionnalités de financement par les fans, telles que les Super Thanks, les Super clavardage, les Super Stickers et les Abonnements à la chaîne. Afin de récompenser les créateurs quel que soit le type de format qu'ils produisent (vidéos longues, Shorts ou diffusions en direct), nous allons fixer des seuils spécifiques qui leur permettront de rejoindre ce niveau en 2023. Nous vous communiquerons prochainement plus d'informations à ce sujet.</div><div><br /></div><div><br />Notez que nos <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en">critères</a> existants ne seront pas modifiés. Il est toujours possible de demander à rejoindre le Programme Partenaire YouTube après avoir atteint 1 000 abonnés et 4 000 heures de visionnage. Les changements apportés permettent seulement de refléter la diversité de notre communauté qui s'agrandit de jour en jour. Les créateurs peuvent choisir l'option de qualification qui convient le mieux à leur chaîne, tandis que nous assurons le même niveau de protection des marques pour les annonceurs. Pour en savoir plus, cliquez <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12475004">ici</a>. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">De nouvelles façons de générer des revenus grâce aux Shorts</span></b><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-fsF9iJFzZ8r3ouOGisrTjCu-GaZhV2c0JukAliRXv2IckPmzBZX1Ti4MLvO5z8YEgNFr_AmBS1_JinxdwyrZt2nup8H57JBeSgqNKpKzc6G3whWSY44CScis2cW6BzMj5PKsm1OemXETsgXSaBnp_FD8YrsJ8iSmN4-Trv1nDTZHjou5BCgFZCZ/s662/YouTube%20blogpost.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="334" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-fsF9iJFzZ8r3ouOGisrTjCu-GaZhV2c0JukAliRXv2IckPmzBZX1Ti4MLvO5z8YEgNFr_AmBS1_JinxdwyrZt2nup8H57JBeSgqNKpKzc6G3whWSY44CScis2cW6BzMj5PKsm1OemXETsgXSaBnp_FD8YrsJ8iSmN4-Trv1nDTZHjou5BCgFZCZ/w246-h488/YouTube%20blogpost.gif" width="246" /></a></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-65f3fb66-7fff-3208-ddf9-012eaf261716"><div><span><br /></span></div></span><span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div></span><br /><br />La popularité des courtes vidéos a explosé sur YouTube. Avec 30 milliards de vues par jour et 1,5 milliard d'utilisateurs connectés par mois, ce format favorise la créativité partout dans le monde, et ce quel que soit le sujet ou le secteur concerné. Pour commencer à récompenser les créateurs de ce nouveau type de contenu, nous avons créé un fonds Shorts temporaire qui roule depuis un certain temps. Mais nous allons bientôt appliquer notre nouveau modèle économique de partage des revenus à YouTube Shorts.<br /><br /><br />Voici quelques informations à ce sujet :<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>À partir de début 2023, les créateurs participant au Programme Partenaire YouTube (actuels et futurs) deviendront éligibles au partage des revenus sur les Shorts.</li><li>Sur YouTube Shorts, les annonces sont diffusées entre les vidéos dans le flux Shorts. Chaque mois, les revenus issus de ces annonces seront additionnés et utilisés pour récompenser les créateurs Shorts. Ils leur permettront également de couvrir les coûts liés aux licences musicales.</li><li>Les créateurs conserveront 45 % de la part de ces revenus attribuée aux créateurs, distribués en fonction de leur pourcentage du total des vues de Shorts. Leur part des revenus restera la même, qu'ils utilisent ou non de la musique.</li></ul><br /><br />Cette toute nouvelle approche nous permet de récompenser tous les créateurs du Programme Partenaire YouTube qui participent à l'expérience Shorts, et pas seulement ceux dont les vidéos sont ponctuées d'annonces. De plus, puisque certains des Shorts les plus marquants et les plus dynamiques incluent de la musique, nous allons simplifier l'attribution des licences pour que les créateurs n'aient pas à se demander s'ils peuvent utiliser ou non des titres.<br /><br /><br />Nous estimons que la majorité des bénéficiaires du fonds Shorts généreront davantage de revenus grâce à cette nouvelle stratégie élaborée pour le long terme. Plutôt que de proposer un fonds fixe, nous misons sur le modèle de partage des revenus qui a boosté l'économie des créateurs et permis à ceux-ci de profiter du succès de la plate-forme. Le partage des revenus générés par les annonces entre les Shorts est un moyen supplémentaire de gagner de l'argent. Il s'ajoute à notre suite complète de produits, qui nous a permis de verser plus de 50 milliards de dollars à des créateurs, des artistes et des entreprises multimédias au cours des trois dernières années.<br /><br /><br />Nous allons également déployer les Super Thanks en version bêta auprès de milliers de créateurs Shorts. Cette fonctionnalité sera entièrement disponible l'année prochaine. Les spectateurs pourront l'utiliser pour montrer qu'ils apprécient un Short, tandis que les créateurs pourront interagir avec leurs fans via les commentaires Super Thanks achetés, qui seront mis en surbrillance. Enfin, nous allons rapprocher les marques et les créateurs Shorts grâce à YouTube BrandConnect.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Faire évoluer la bande-sonore de YouTube</span></b></div><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0h6QRd-j4BIdNAd5HuZ13g74ugqOmGUKWazXpckYXElMe24zF-kHS8qrukOO_13pGuREjry2HQX54EwMchxzI76HW4pGpPtVASqbrLx1MhhEdDKTikUVfuMbMHPDt9vtArl0ecx_XNv53vhCIXOWVU0NNDHmO4YL02gZwzNruDP1YM30bnX0744Eo/s1000/image4.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="568" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0h6QRd-j4BIdNAd5HuZ13g74ugqOmGUKWazXpckYXElMe24zF-kHS8qrukOO_13pGuREjry2HQX54EwMchxzI76HW4pGpPtVASqbrLx1MhhEdDKTikUVfuMbMHPDt9vtArl0ecx_XNv53vhCIXOWVU0NNDHmO4YL02gZwzNruDP1YM30bnX0744Eo/w326-h571/image4.png" width="326" /></a></div></div><br /><br />La musique est indispensable aux Shorts et à YouTube. Au fil du temps, nous avons vu des créateurs <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM">redonner vie à des classiques</a> ou <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk">propulser un tube national au sommet des classements internationaux</a>. Cependant, en raison de la complexité de l'attribution des licences musicales, la plupart des contenus longs qui incluent de la musique (y compris cette vidéo d'entraînement que vous n'avez jamais terminée) ne génèrent pas de revenus pour les créateurs. Pour remédier à cela, et afin bâtir un pont entre l'industrie de la musique et les créateurs de notre plate-forme, nous allons repenser la façon dont la musique peut être incluse dans les contenus.<br /><br /><br />C'est dans cette optique que nous allons lancer Creator Music. Cette nouvelle page YouTube Studio permettra aux créateurs YouTube d'accéder facilement à un catalogue toujours plus large de titres sous licence, qu'ils peuvent utiliser dans leurs longues vidéos. De plus, il sera désormais possible d'acheter à un prix raisonnable des licences permettant d'utiliser des titres de haute qualité dans des contenus sans que cela affecte leur potentiel de monétisation. Ainsi, les créateurs toucheront la même part de revenus que celle qui s'applique aux vidéos sans musique.<br /><br /><br />Les créateurs qui ne souhaitent pas acheter de licences immédiatement auront la possibilité d'inclure des chansons dans leurs contenus, et de partager les revenus générés par ceux-ci avec l'artiste et les titulaires des droits d'auteur associés. Creator Music, actuellement disponible aux États-Unis en version bêta avant son déploiement dans d'autres pays en 2023, offrira de son côté une procédure simplifiée pour les créateurs : ceux-ci pourront consulter instantanément les conditions d'utilisation des titres qu'ils auront <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12475004?hl=fr#creatormusic">sélectionnés</a>.<br /><br /><br />Nous sommes convaincus que Creator Music nous permettra de multiplier les collaborations intéressantes entre créateurs et artistes, les nouveaux titres populaires ajoutés dans les playlists de spectateurs ainsi que les opportunités pour les artistes de se faire un nom, tout en continuant à verser de l'argent aux créateurs. <br /><br /><br />C'est grâce à nos créateurs que nous avons pu assister à l'émergence de tout nouveaux marchés sur notre plate-forme. Depuis 2007, notre approche consiste à les placer au cœur de notre modèle économique et de notre succès partagé. Nous avons hâte de découvrir ce qui verra le jour sur YouTube dans les 15 prochaines années.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Amjad Hanif, vice-président des produits destinés aux créateurs, YouTube</div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-56994038656318072462022-09-06T09:51:00.001+00:002022-09-07T08:19:08.852+00:00Meet Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in Africa 2022 Startups<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Africa is home to 17% of the world's population, yet </span><a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/05/how-clinical-development-can-meet-africas-unique-health-needs/#:~:text=Although%20clinical%20research%20can%20improve,of%20the%20Citeline%20TrialTrove%20database." style="text-align: justify;">fewer than 4% of clinical trials</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> are conducted on the continent.. Melissa Bime, CEO of Cameroonian startup </span><a href="https://infiuss.com/" style="text-align: justify;">Infiuss Health</a><span style="text-align: justify;">, saw this as an opportunity to leverage technology to connect researchers with volunteers for clinical trials and research across Africa. Infiuss Health, which received the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in Africa in 2021, is one of a handful of African healthtech firms attempting to make healthcare more accessible and inclusive while simultaneously supporting the region's developing digital economy.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAtNpwbKLpzM4E-n8DH2OyOnVToQPB7ru2v5yf1W4OaIxTqw3mbBo6bUUwbnn66l_7X9kCpCJ4kpvGMvXK1s6rYddGI5hUe6YXCHI3tzpv89FEYwmI3yv-pwLm5sPNS5R56owvEW7GuyQwGlnnjp9OkEOrlLGWKdi32Kp8S1dmo6jLl9P7HMR5r_n/s512/unnamed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="512" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAtNpwbKLpzM4E-n8DH2OyOnVToQPB7ru2v5yf1W4OaIxTqw3mbBo6bUUwbnn66l_7X9kCpCJ4kpvGMvXK1s6rYddGI5hUe6YXCHI3tzpv89FEYwmI3yv-pwLm5sPNS5R56owvEW7GuyQwGlnnjp9OkEOrlLGWKdi32Kp8S1dmo6jLl9P7HMR5r_n/w1281-h428/unnamed.jpeg" width="1281" /></a><br />Over <a href="https://nextbillionusers.google/our-research/africa-developer-community-2021/#">$4 billion was invested in African companies in 2021</a>, a 2.5-fold increase over 2020, and the upward trend of <a href="https://thebigdeal.substack.com/#:~:text=%F0%9F%A7%A8%201%20billion%20USD%20in%207%20(yes%2C%20seven!)%20weeks">hundreds of millions in </a>funding bodes well for 2022. <a href="https://thebigdeal.substack.com/p/3-billion-reasons-to-stay-positive?utm_medium=email">More than $3 billion has been raised by African companies </a>in 2022 despite the economic slump, proving that investors have faith in the vital work being done by African startups and that far more might be accomplished with the right support.<br /><br /><br />Since introducing the <a href="https://goo.gle/BFFAfrica">Google for Startups Black Founders Fund</a> in Africa in 2021, we've supported 50 startups from nine African countries that have gone on to raise over $87 million and created 518 jobs.<br /><br /><br />We are now pleased to announce that 60 additional startups have been selected as beneficiaries of the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in Africa 2022! This cohort represents 10 African countries , with Botswana joining the program for the first time. Selected startups will receive $100,000 in non-dilutive cash awards, paired with up to $200,000 in Google Cloud credits per startup. The startups will also receive ongoing hands-on business and technical mentorship from Google’s network of mentors and facilitators, learning the best practices on a range of topics from artificial intelligence, organizational culture, people management, to growth strategies and more.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFVYqiGXL0--FhhIPB9osPYO2ufwUhWaUijWaA20NOR3rC096sZ55pg0adjlGNkIkTx8X7gHYArkmQ334JHjXGWy7NipWGo72NMGT_7yk9L5FpqJp8pklpX14MJgqozr8v80yCU2EMeCBpnkbteisW21zmkJopHwfx4p7eWyys5YDVp898qLPsP54/s1200/BFF%20Logos%20Landscape.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFVYqiGXL0--FhhIPB9osPYO2ufwUhWaUijWaA20NOR3rC096sZ55pg0adjlGNkIkTx8X7gHYArkmQ334JHjXGWy7NipWGo72NMGT_7yk9L5FpqJp8pklpX14MJgqozr8v80yCU2EMeCBpnkbteisW21zmkJopHwfx4p7eWyys5YDVp898qLPsP54/w821-h429/BFF%20Logos%20Landscape.gif" width="821" /></a></div><br /><span><br />Meet this year’s recipients of the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in Africa:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://agrikool.com/">Agrikool</a> (South Africa): Agrikool is an agritech platform that connects farming producers and buyers to a fair and reliable market. </span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://ajua.com/">Ajua</a> (Kenya): Ajua is an end to end operating system for SMEs to build a credible online presence, get feedback on their business and manage the relationship with their customers</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.awabahng.com/">Awabah</a> (Nigeria): Awabah is a digital pensions platform for Africa's workforce</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.bag.work/">BAG Innovation </a>(Rwanda): BAG Innovation is a virtual and gamified platform that offers real-time access to experiential learning for University students and recent graduates </span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.bailport.com/">Bailport</a> (Rwanda): Baliport is a cross-border, multi-currency payment platform focused on enabling Intra-Africa & Africa Outbound money transfer through Blockchain</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://beegroup.cm/">Bee</a> (Cameroon): Bee finances motorcycles to drivers while also providing training and access to jobs.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://bookingsafrica.com/">Bookings Africa </a>(Nigeria): Bookings Africa enables Africa's gig workforce to digitize and monetize their skill by connecting clients efficiently and transparently to skilled talent across Africa.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.brastorne.com/">Brastorne</a> (Botswana): Brastorne connects the unconnected in Africa, enabling rural villagers to have access to the digital world without smartphones or data.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://builtaccounting.com/">Built</a> (Ghana): Built enables access to business and financial tools for Sub-Saharan African small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://builtaccounting.com/">BuuPass</a> (Kenya): BuuPass is a travel startup - building digital rails for Africa’s intercity transport industry and supporting bus, train & flight transportation</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://cauri.money/">Cauri Money</a> (Senegal): Cauri Money is a cashless remittance platform helping African migrants move money from around the world into mobile wallets in Africa. </span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://clafiya.com/">Clafiya</a> (Nigeria): Clafiya connects individuals, families, and businesses to health practitioners - enabling access to convenient, quality, and affordable, on-demand primary care from their mobile phones</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://clinicpesa.com/">ClinicPesa</a> (Uganda): ClinicPesa provides an easy-to-use platform where low-income users can set aside funds as low as $0.30 daily dedicated towards healthcare and get access to healthcare loans</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://cova.africa/">COVA</a> (Cameroon): COVA are a digital insurance platform that enables partner businesses to easily and seamlessly deliver insurance products to their users</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://creditais.com/#/">CreditAIs</a> (South Africa): CreditAIs provide credit scoring tools for micro-businesses and individuals that do not fit the existing traditional credit scoring models</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.dohyangu.ke/">DohYangu</a> (Kenya): DohYangu enables end consumers in Africa to shop FMCG products & get cashback rewards at various retail stores, saving up to 25%</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://easymatatu.com/">Easy Matatu </a>(Uganda): Easy Matatu provides a mobile platform that allows commuters to book and pay for scheduled rides on vetted and inspected minibuses</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://ouredenlife.com/">Eden Life</a> (Nigeria): Eden Life provides an operating system for receiving and rendering essential services in Africa - focused on offering food, cleaning, laundry, and beauty services to our customers.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://estateintel.com/">Estate Intel </a>(Nigeria): Estate Intel provides reliable data to businesses that are investing or operating in the African real estate space. </span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://eversend.co/">Eversend</a> (Uganda): Eversend is a neobank, providing critical financial products in Sub-Saharan Africa - including cross-border financial services.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.exuus.com/">Exuus</a> (Rwanda): Exuus empowers informal saving groups with a digital ledger, digital wallet, decentralized social credit score, and instant micro-loans to both groups and individuals.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://flexfinance.ai/">Flex Finance</a> (Nigeria): Flex Finance helps businesses in Africa manage approval workflow, access credit, issue corporate cards to employees and make disbursements all from one platform.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://wwww.flexpay.co.ke/">FlexPay</a> (Kenya): FlexPay are a merchant-embedded digital savings platform that rewards customers for saving up for purchases - a save now buy later (SNBL) solution at checkout</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://gamr.africa/">Gamr</a> (Nigeria): Gamr is an eSports tournament aggregation platform, helping African gamers discover tournaments they can play and get rewarded.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://garrilogistics.com/">Garri Logistics </a>(Ethiopia): Garri Logistics matches shippers looking to move cargo with vehicle owners and drivers, while finding optimal route pairings to reduce empty miles.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.haul247.co/">Haul 247</a> (Nigeria): Haul247 is a logistics platform that connects manufacturing companies and farmers with trucks and warehouses</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.healthlane.co/">Healthlane</a> (Cameroon): Healthlane provides advanced comprehensive health screening and personalized plans, biometric monitoring, genetic analysis, in-person and virtual visits with top-rated doctors </span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://healthtracka.com/">Healthtracka</a> (Nigeria): Healthtracka is a platform that allows users access on-demand healthcare services in the comfort of their homes.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://hervest.ng/">HerVest</a> (Nigeria): HerVest offers a highly secured, women-focused financial platform that enables women to participate in key financial services, with a focus on female farmers</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.kapsuletech.com/">Kapsule</a> (Rwanda): Kapsule is a data as a service company that helps healthcare providers, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies to make better decisions.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://www.raino.co.ke">Keep IT Cool </a>(Kenya): Keep IT Cool is a fast-growing social enterprise that leverages technology to strengthen the African aquaculture and poultry Value Chain through cold chain and storage.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.kudigo.com">KUDIGO</a> (Ghana): KUDIGO offers an omni-channel digital commerce platform to empower micro and small businesses in Africa</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://www.kyshi.co">Kyshi</a> (Nigeria): Kyshi provides multi-currency accounts and remittance services to and from Africa. </span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://www.asilimia.co.ke">Leja</a> (Kenya): Leja is an Android/USSD application enabling African micro-entrepreneurs to digitize all their business transactions and manage all their finance in one place.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://www.lifebankcares.com">LifeBank</a> (Nigeria): LifeBank leverages technology to provide value in multiple segments (production, marketplace and distribution) of the healthcare supply chain such as blood, oxygen and medical supplies.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://www.mapha.co">Mapha</a> (South Africa): Mapha provides delivery as a service to businesses in peri-urban & township areas.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.norebase.com/">Norebase</a> (Nigeria): Norebase provides a single digital platform and technology tools for entrepreneurs and businesses to start, scale, and operate in any African country and the United States.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://www.onehealthng.com">OneHealth</a> (Nigeria): OneHealth is an online pharmacy & healthcare platform that provides access to medicines, healthcare information, and solutions (Laboratory services & Doctors) to the last mile patient.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.pesachoice.com/">PesaChoice</a> (Rwanda): PesaChoice bridges the gap in liquidity for low-middle income earners across the continent and drives access to financial services.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.pindo.io/">Pindo</a> (Rwanda): Pindo is a cloud communication platform for businesses, optimized for developers.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://pivo.africa/#/">Pivo</a> (Nigeria): Pivo is a credit focused digital bank for trade, supporting businesses across Africa</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.qshop.ng">QShop</a> (Nigeria): QShop is an easy to use DIY e-commerce platform designed to help small and medium-sized businesses scale and sell better online.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.rekisa.co.za/">Rekisa</a> (South Africa): Rekisa helps businesses create their eCommerce websites and we also help them with various digital marketing activities</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://scrapays.com">Scrapays</a> (Nigeria): Scrapays is creating an operating system infrastructure for the recycling value chain in developing nations.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://goshiip.com">Shiip</a> (Nigeria): Shiip leverages web, mobile and API technology to connect individuals & businesses to delivery services in and out of Africa</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.solutech.co.ke/">Solutech</a> (Kenya): Solutech helps field sales teams sell more and efficiently by leveraging powerful insights while providing FMCG companies with real-time data for day-to-day and strategic decision-making.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://spleet.africa/">Spleet</a> (Nigeria): Spleet leverages a ‘Rent Now, Pay Late’ model to drive our mission to ensure that every African can afford a space to live in.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://stearsng.com">Stears</a> (Nigeria): Stears is a financial intelligence company providing subscription-based content & data to global professionals. Our mission is to build the world's most trusted provider of African data.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="http://www.synnefa.io">Synnefa</a> (Kenya): Synnefa is building Africa's first mini-farm ERP connected to IoT sensors that provide soil data which we combine with farmer activity data to create a farmer experience score that we pass on to financial partners to use on their credit score</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.pelebox.com/">Technovera</a> (South Africa): Technovera has developed Pelebox- a Smart Locker Dispensing System that enables patients to collect their repeat chronic medication in under 30 seconds</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.terawork.com">TERAWORK</a> (Nigeria): TERAWORK is an online freelance marketplace focused on matching freelancers to service buyers.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.tibu.africa/">TIBU Health</a> (Kenya): TIBU Health is an omnichannel HealthTech company connecting patients to healthcare services and professionals at a time and location of their choosing.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://topset.app/">Topset Education</a> (Nigeria): Topset Education is an edtech platform that makes quality education accessible to Africans everywhere</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.topupmama.com/">TopUp Mama </a>(Kenya): TopUp Mama enables restaurants in Africa to purchase food supplies, access financial services and manage their business.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.wellahealth.com/">Wellahealth</a> (Nigeria): Wellahealth provides technology and financial tools to healthcare providers and patients to enable affordability and accessibility of healthcare in emerging markets.</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.xente.co/">Xente</a> (Uganda): Xente is a digital financial platform with in-built spend management to support businesses across Africa</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.zanifu.com/">Zanifu</a> (Kenya): Zanifu enable SMEs purchase inventory and pay later</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://www.zayride.com/">ZayRide</a> (Ethiopia): ZayRide is a customer centric on-demand taxi service offering fast, convenient service throughout local areas in Ethiopia</span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-363865fd-7fff-61c8-a9db-bb6af2ea421c"><a href="https://tryzuberi.com/">Zuberi</a> (Ghana): Zuberi is a fintech platform based out of Accra, built to provide financial products and services to salaried workers in a way they have never experienced before</span></li><li><span><a href="https://zuri.health/">Zuri Health </a>(Kenya): Zuri Health provides affordable and accessible healthcare services to patients across Sub-Saharan Africa via mobile app, website, Whatsapp chatbot and SMS service. </span></li></ul></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Posted by Folarin Aiyegbusi, Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa<span id="docs-internal-guid-56ef3655-7fff-f8f2-8bcb-7c39bb5aa679"><div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><div><br /></div> ==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-48139286905878056372022-08-17T13:37:00.019+00:002022-08-17T17:50:48.492+00:00Giving African languages more Latin font choices<p>
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African languages are underrepresented in digital communications because
there are few open source Pan-African
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/font">fonts</a> that
contain all of the letters and
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/diacritic_accent_marks">diacritics (or accent) marks</a>
that are essential for accurate spelling of African languages.<br /><br /><br />Proper
spelling is vital for communication and language survival, not simply for
school tests and competitions. Educational institutions and people require
fonts that indicate accurate spelling for each language so pupils may write
properly. If students see the same word written with various punctuation
marks, they may never learn how to spell. Without consistent spelling,
students might mistake similar-looking words with distinct meanings.<br /><br /><br />These
are some examples of words in African languages with similar spellings and
different meanings:<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-1dbd3c94-7fff-9fae-78ba-1f8da31bfd63">fɔ (to say) and fo (to greet) in Bambara</span>
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<li>motó (head) and mɔ́tɔ (fire) in Lingala</li>
<li>ọ̀tá (enemy) and ota (bullet) in Yoruba</li>
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<br />However, spelling is just part of the problem. With few fonts with
Pan-African language support, African publishers used non-<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/unicode">Unicode</a>
fonts or their own
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding">custom encodings</a>
in printed materials such as textbooks and newspapers. When publishing moved
online, users who didn't have a certain font encoding installed on their
computer or device, saw gibberish or boxes instead of the correct letters
when reading online publications. <br /><br /></span>
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<span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Birth of a font for African languages</span></b><br />To bring a new font choice to digital Africa, Google Fonts
commissioned
<a href="http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-54437.html">Denis Moyogo Jacquerye</a>
(as a language consultant) and
<a href="http://www.laurameseguer.com/">Laura Meseguer</a> (as a
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/type_designer">type designer</a>) to expand the
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Questrial?query=questrial#about">Questrial font</a>
to include all letterforms in African languages using the Latin writing
system. Questrial is a modern style font for body text and headers on a
website and is fitted with past characteristics of great
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/typeface">typefaces</a>, making it very readable in any context.<br /><br />Born in Lubumbashi,
Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DRC), to a Congolese
mother and a Belgian father, Jacquerye became an expert in African language
typefaces after encountering technical restrictions. When he only found a
few fonts to type Lingala words on a computer, Jacquerye made a digital
keyboard for African languages using the Latin writing system for the
<a href="https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/">DejaVu font project</a>. <br /><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How
to expand a font to make it Pan-African</span></b><br />Since the original
Questrial typeface didn’t have
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/letterform">letterforms</a>
for African languages, Messeguer had to design new ones. She also changed
the overall letter
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/spaces">spacing</a>.
Jacquerye guided Messeguer on how to change her new letterform designs.
<br /><br /><br />These are some examples of the “before” and “after”
letterforms showing Meseguer’s original designs and the modified ones.
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<br /></span><b>1. J Crossed-tail ʝ</b><br />This letter represents a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_implosive">palatal implosive consonant</a>, represented by the ʄ IPA symbol.<span><br />
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<span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><i>The before image shows the wide uppercase and lowercase letters
with oval-like loops. The after image shows more narrow uppercase
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<br /></span><b>2. Ɲ (“n” sound) and Ŋ (“eng” sound)</b><br />The “eng” sound is similar
to the “ng” in the English words "sing" or "singer".<span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><i><span face="Questrial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meseguer’s initial designs for the upper and lower case </span><span face="Questrial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ɲ, Ŋ, ɲ, and ƞ letterforms </span></i></span>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><i><span face="Questrial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After images for the uppercase and lowercase </span><span face="Questrial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ɲ, Ŋ, ɲ, and ƞ </span><span face="Questrial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">letterforms</span></i></span>
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<br /><br /><br />#1 Ɲ, uppercase n with left hook and large-n form<br />#2
Ŋ, uppercase, with the African large-n form<br />#3 ɲ, lowercase of Ɲ, with
left hook<br />#4 ƞ, lowercase of Ŋ with descender
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<br /><br />The availability of Questrial and other Pan-African Latin fonts
on computers and devices makes content more accessible for people who may
struggle with small sized text on printed materials. Low-vision readers can
read text on a device or computer and zoom in and enjoy content without
straining their eyes and getting headaches.<br /><br /><br />The task of
bringing more African languages online is just beginning. Google Fonts is
excited at how much is being accomplished through Questrial. The font is
available on
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Questrial">Google Fonts</a>. To
use Questrial in Google Docs and Google Slides, select “More” in the Fonts
menu and type “Questrial” in the search bar. The font supports African Latin
and has full coverage of Vietnamese, in addition to all European
languages.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Posted by
Susanna Zaraysky, Google
Fonts Content Strategist <br /><br /><i><a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto">Google’s Noto font</a> has 16
scripts that serve 266 languages spoken in Africa. Some of these languages
didn't originate in Africa, such as Gujarati.</i><br /><br /><br /></span>
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<br /><span h2="" id="Français" style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><b>Offrir plus de choix de polices latines pour les langues africaines avec
Questrial, disponible en alphabet latin panafricain</b></span> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEmcNk7wn6BGu7foL44XUuqAGk1tnR9BmOJ7jYylMVpAzja8y_C_suWVpvx3Mgj0eFgDdlLj9b0Ak5hmO4M9Q4qJ23ZlSIV7Fg1K-Xxs0jGW9K65kypDBYAEnArl7BDbaSUslIHwwet3SjJgPvmo_eynnjGX8sRX89d58WqT7OVq_kaaWy1gwkMSV/s1999/image2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="La police Questrial est disponible en alphabet latin africain et vietnamien, soit près de 1350 nouveaux glyphes" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1999" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEmcNk7wn6BGu7foL44XUuqAGk1tnR9BmOJ7jYylMVpAzja8y_C_suWVpvx3Mgj0eFgDdlLj9b0Ak5hmO4M9Q4qJ23ZlSIV7Fg1K-Xxs0jGW9K65kypDBYAEnArl7BDbaSUslIHwwet3SjJgPvmo_eynnjGX8sRX89d58WqT7OVq_kaaWy1gwkMSV/w675-h338/image2.png" width="675" /></a><br /><br />Les langues africaines sont sous-représentées dans les
communications numériques, car peu de
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/font">polices</a>
panafricaines Open Source contiennent toutes les lettres et
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/diacritic_accent_marks">signes diacritiques (accents) </a>essentiels pour pouvoir écrire sans faute d'orthographe dans ces langues.<br /><br /><br />Écrire
sans fautes ne sert pas qu'à briller lors des concours d'orthographe et des
dictées, mais est essentiel pour communiquer dans une langue et la préserver.
Tout comme les individus, les établissements d'enseignement ont besoin de
polices qui représentent l'orthographe de chaque langue afin que les élèves
puissent écrire correctement. Un même mot peut être écrit avec différents signes
de ponctuation et les élèves risquent de ne jamais maîtriser son orthographe.
Par ailleurs, en l'absence d'orthographe, ils pourraient confondre des mots qui
se ressemblent, mais qui ont des sens différents.<br /><br /><br /><br />Voici
quelques exemples de mots africains ayant des sens différents, mais dont les
caractères se ressemblent :<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>fɔ (dire) et fo (accueillir) en bambara</li>
<li>motó (tête) et mɔ́tɔ (feu) en lingala</li>
<li>ọ̀tá (ennemi) et ota (balle) en yoruba</li>
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<br />L'orthographe ne représente toutefois qu'une partie du problème. Compte
tenu du manque de polices compatibles avec les langues panafricaines, les
éditeurs africains ont eu recours à des polices incompatibles avec l'<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/unicode">Unicode</a>
ou à des
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding">encodages personnalisés</a>
dans les ouvrages imprimés, tels que les manuels scolaires et les journaux. Lors
du passage à l'édition numérique, les publications en ligne affichaient du
contenu vide de sens ou des cases au lieu des bons caractères, sauf si les
lecteurs avaient installé au préalable, sur leurs ordinateurs ou autres
appareils numériques, une police proprement encodée et supportant les caractères
nécessaires au rendu du texte.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Concevoir une police pour les langues
africaines</span></b><br />Pour mener à bien le projet d'une nouvelle
police répondant aux besoins de l'Afrique connectée, Google Fonts a demandé à
<a href="http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-54437.html">Denis Moyogo Jacquerye</a>
(consultant linguistique) et
<a href="http://www.laurameseguer.com/">Laura Meseguer</a> (<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/type_designer">dessinatrice de caractères</a>) d'adapter la
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Questrial?query=questrial#about">police Questrial</a>
pour qu'elle inclue l'ensemble des lettres des langues africaines utilisant
l'alphabet latin. Questrial est une police de style moderne conçue pour le corps
de texte et les en-têtes de sites Web. Elle offre des caractéristiques
semblables aux plus grandes
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/typeface">polices de caractères</a>, afin d'être lisible dans n'importe quel contexte.<br /><br /><br /><br />Né à
Lubumbashi au Zaïre (actuelle la République démocratique du Congo ou RDC) d'une
mère congolaise et d'un père belge, Denis Moyogo Jacquerye se spécialise dans
les polices de caractères pour les langues africaines après avoir fait face à
des contraintes techniques en la matière. Lorsqu'il constate que seules quelques
polices permettent de saisir des mots en lingala sur ordinateur, Denis Moyogo
Jacquerye conçoit un clavier numérique pour les langues africaines basé sur
l'alphabet latin du projet de police
<a href="https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/">DejaVu</a>.
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<br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Développer une police dans une optique panafricaine</span></b><br />La police Questrial d'origine ne comportait pas de
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/letterform">lettres</a>
utilisées dans les langues africaines. Laura Meseguer a donc dû les créer de
toutes pièces. En outre, elle a modifié l'<a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/spaces">espace</a>
entre les lettres. Les nouveaux glyphes ont aussi bénéficié des
recommandations de correction de Moyogo Jacquerye.<br /><br /><br />Voici
quelques exemples de caractères avant et après leur modification (ébauches de
Laura Meseguer et versions modifiées) :<br /><br /><br /><b>1. J à queue croisée ʝ</b><br /><br /><br />Cette lettre correspond à une
<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonne_occlusive_injective_palatale_vois%C3%A9e">consonne occlusive injective palatale</a>, représentée par le symbole ʄ dans l'alphabet phonétique international
(API).<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL46t086niuzXtTeQEeZALmdAdOkervXN-g1_SwKw--NPKBR7MDA1LQ49DP6shNApQmNVLZe4dQOxCArTIcEkwSgCGfFVO1ineMR8B9x4gKSM6j55atqJG7hC9AIIy2XEPLZJEsF22H-dz4etD9C6puCKF4Lo_rx_de06va96yqaoZwhyPqBEEZ9s/s512/1st%20image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Image avant/après modification des lettres majuscule et minuscule J à queue croisée, sur fond jaune" border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="512" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL46t086niuzXtTeQEeZALmdAdOkervXN-g1_SwKw--NPKBR7MDA1LQ49DP6shNApQmNVLZe4dQOxCArTIcEkwSgCGfFVO1ineMR8B9x4gKSM6j55atqJG7hC9AIIy2XEPLZJEsF22H-dz4etD9C6puCKF4Lo_rx_de06va96yqaoZwhyPqBEEZ9s/w739-h473/1st%20image.png" width="739" /></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><i>Images de la majuscule et de la minuscule ʝ avant modification (majuscule large, boucle de la minuscule ovale) et après modification (majuscule plus étroite, boucle de la minuscule plus arrondie)</i></span>
<br /><br /><br /><b>2. Ɲ (son "n") and Ŋ (son "ng")</b><br /><br />Ŋ se
prononce comme "ng" dans l'interjection "bing" ou le mot "parking".
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<i style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Créations d'origine de Laura Meseguer pour les lettres majuscules et
minuscules Ɲ, Ŋ, ɲ et ƞ</i>
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<br /><br />Image nº1 : Ɲ (majuscule en forme de grand n avec crochet à
gauche)<br />Image nº2 : Ŋ (majuscule en forme de grand n africain)<br />Image
nº3 : ɲ (minuscule de Ɲ avec crochet à gauche)<br />Image nº4 : ƞ (minuscule
de Ŋ avec jambage)<br /><br />—<br /><br />Grâce à Questrial et aux autres
polices panafricaines disponibles en alphabet latin sur tout appareil
numérique, le contenu devient plus accessible aux lecteurs qui auraient du mal
à déchiffrer un texte imprimé en petit corps. Le numérique donne aussi aux
lecteurs atteints de déficience visuelle la possibilité de zoomer sur le
texte.<br /><br /><br />La mission visant à développer la présence de contenus
numériques en langues africaines ne fait que commencer. Google Fonts est ravi
des progrès réalisés grâce à Questrial. Cette police est disponible sur
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Questrial">Google Fonts</a>. Pour
utiliser Questrial dans Google Docs et Google Slides, sélectionnez "Autres
polices" dans le menu des polices, puis saisissez "Questrial" dans la barre de
recherche. Outre les langues européennes, cette police inclut l'alphabet latin
africain ainsi que l'intégralité des caractères vietnamiens.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Publié
par Susanna Zaraysky, experte
en stratégie de contenu, Google Fonts
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inclut 16 alphabets utilisés dans 266 langues parlées en Afrique.
Certaines de ces langues ne sont pas originaires de ce continent, comme le
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</div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-39116814260793770692022-08-16T12:53:00.000+00:002022-08-16T12:53:40.453+00:00Supporting Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Africa<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-136b9565-7fff-d5f1-1f52-3d1e2c946c71">Language is what connects us to each other and the world around
us. While Africa is home to a third of the world's languages, technology is
not yet available for many of its languages. This is an important challenge
to tackle because language is more than a vehicle for communication. It is
also a marker of identity, belonging, and opportunity. This is why we want
to make sure you can understand and be understood, in any language of your
choosing. It's a significant technical challenge to make this dream a
reality, but we’re committed to and working towards this goal.</span><span><br /><br /><br />One
of the challenges everyone faces in this space is the scarcity of machine
readable language data which can be used to build technology. For many
languages, it is difficult to find or it simply does not exist. Diversity
gaps in Natural Language Processing (NLP) education and academia also narrow representation among language
technologists working on lesser-resourced languages. Democratizing access to
underrepresented languages data and increasing NLP education helps drive NLP
research and advance language technology.<br /><br /><br />As part of our
continued
<a href="https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-africa/google-for-africa/">commitment and investment in digital transformation</a>
in Africa, Google teams have been working on programs to advance language
technologies that serve the region, such as: adding
<a href="https://blog.google/products/translate/24-new-languages/">24 new languages to Google Translate earlier at I/O</a>
(including Bambara, Ewe, Krio, Lingala, Luganda, Tsonga and Twi), researching how to
<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03067">build speech recognition in African languages</a>, and supporting local researchers through initiatives like
<a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-org/closing-data-gaps-lacuna-fund/">Lacuna Fund</a>. Community initiatives <a href="https://ai.googleblog.com/2015/09/crowdsourcing-text-to-speech-voice-for.html">launched in India</a>
expanded to Africa, resulting in open-sourced crowdsourced datasets for
speech applications in
<a href="https://research.google/tools/datasets/nigerian-english-tts/">Nigerian English</a>
and <a href="https://openslr.org/86/">Yoruba</a>, and new
<a href="http://rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/cs-vocalize">community initiatives</a>
and workshops like <a href="https://rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/explore-ml-with-crowdsource">Explore ML with Crowdsource</a> are gaining momentum in multiple African countries. We also hosted
our
<a href="https://africa.googleblog.com/2022/05/google-research-enhances-its-ai-growth.html">first community workshop in the field of NLP and African languages</a>
in our growing AI research center in Ghana, which is also looking into how
to advance NLP for African languages.<br /><br /><br />One more recent
example of our language initiatives in the continent comes from a
partnership with Africans to invest in African languages and NLP technology:
in collaboration with <a href="https://zindi.africa/">Zindi</a>, a social enterprise and professional network
for data science we organized a series of Natural Language Processing (NLP)
hackathons in Africa. The series included an
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCWR86Net-s">Africa Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) workshop</a>
and three hackathon challenges centered on model training for speech
recognition, sentiment analysis, and speech data collection.
<br /><br /><br />The interactive workshop aimed to increase awareness and
skills for NLP in Africa, especially among researchers, students, and data
scientists new to NLP. The workshop provided a beginner-friendly
introduction to NLP and ASR, including a step by step guide on how to
<a href="https://youtu.be/gKN2wYwldrI">train a speech model</a> for a new
language. Participants also
learned about the challenges and progress of work in the Africa NLP space
and opportunities to get involved with data science and grow their careers.
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<br /><br /><br />In the
<a href="https://zindi.africa/competitions/google-asr-hack-series-africa-asr-data-challenge">Intro to Speech Recognition Africa Challenge</a>, participants collected speech data for African languages and trained
their own speech recognition models with it. This challenge generated new
datasets in African languages, including the open-source datasets released
by the challenge winners in
<a href="https://github.com/laleye/FongbeSpeechDataset">Fongbe</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/Aminah92/English-Wolof-Research-Repository/tree/main/ASR/Data%20Files">Wolof</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/solomonkimunyu/ASR-data---Zindi-7th-place-solution">Swahili</a>, <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/6705861#.YrSecXjP1H5">Baule</a>,
<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/6591186#.YqmTtH9Bxth">Dendi</a>,
<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/6595625#.YqmUCn9Bxtg">Chichewa</a> and
<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6721683">Khartoum Arabic</a>, which
enables further research, collaboration, and development of technology for
these languages. <br /><br /><br />We partnered with
<a href="https://www.datasciencenigeria.org/">Data Scientists Network</a>
(DSN) to organize the
<a href="https://zindi.africa/competitions/google-asr-hack-series-west-africa-asr-challenge">West Africa Speech Recognition Challenge</a>, which according to Toyin Adekanmbi, the Executive Director of DSN, gave
participants an “immersive experience to sharpen their skills as they
learned to solve local problems”. Participants worked to train their own
speech-recognition model for Hausa, spoken by an estimated 72 million
people, using
<a href="https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/en">open source data from the Mozilla Common Voice platform</a>.<br /><br /><br />In the
<a href="https://zindi.africa/competitions/swahili-social-media-sentiment-analysis-challenge">Swahili Social Media Sentiment Analysis Challenge</a>, held across Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, participants
<a href="https://github.com/ZindiAfrica/Natural-Language-Processing-NLP/tree/main/Competition-Solutions/Text/Google%20NLP%20Hack%20Series:%20Swahili%20Social%20Media%20Sentiment%20Analysis">open sourced solutions</a>
of models that classified if the sentiment of a tweet was positive,
negative, or neutral. These challenges allowed participants with similar
interests to connect with each other in a supported environment and improve
their machine learning and NLP skills. <br /><br /><br />Our focus to
empower people to use technology in the language of their choice continues
and, across many teams, we are on a mission to advance language technologies
for African languages and increase NLP skills and education in the region,
so that we can collectively build a world that is truly accessible for
everyone, irrespective of the language they speak.
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Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-39340247234288685052022-08-10T13:59:00.001+00:002022-08-10T14:09:03.146+00:00Announcing the Redefining Womanhood online exhibition on Google Arts & Culture<div><span style="color: #666666;">Editor's note:</span></div><div><i><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="color: #666666;">Towela 'Kams' Tembo, a photographer and African Leadership Academy alumnus, contributed today's post. She writes about the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/african-leadership-academy">Redefining Womanhood exhibition</a> on Google Arts and Culture, which pays tribute to the 20,000 South African women whose efforts set the groundwork for today's young women's empowerment.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>-----</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>In South Africa, the month of August is dedicated to remembering the 20,000 women who marched in 1956 in opposition to the pass restrictions enacted by the Apartheid regime, which restricted the freedom of movement for black women. The march to Pretoria's Union Buildings was a movement unto itself. To this day, it remains a magnificent depiction of women who not only stood up to injustice, but also set a clear mission for the overall equal rights of all women in society's many political, economic, and social threads.<br /><br /><br />Women like Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa, and Sophia Williams-De Bruyn, who led this march with determination that roots us, are the cornerstone upon which the empowerment of today's young women rests.<br /><br /><br />Though the <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/african-leadership-academy">Redefining Womanhood</a> exhibition focuses on young African women, it is anchored on generations of African women who gave birth to this vision and, in fact, gave birth to us. <br /><br /><br />Since the launch of the live virtual exhibition in March, we have invited the audience to pause to reflect on the efforts of our 30 young African women artists who share this goal, but also to highlight the work that remains ahead of us.<br /><br /><br />Their artistic agency to embody, embrace, and emulate various aspects of womanhood is shown through unique, <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/search/exhibit?p=african-leadership-academy">curated stories</a> and over <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/african-leadership-academy">200 artworks</a>. As we celebrate the work of women - both young and old - on this special day, we would like to host you in our powerful online exploration of activist photographs, videos of moving interpretive dance pieces, and skilled musical performances created by the young women at the African Leadership Academy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNes-S5W8LZIHxUDeyk-P4gQOjlHqNGhR1Ba7AQt7QB3oQAQMmiEXbn9Px-ziR7V54ncl7drl9peYh5wfKmYYNI0W9mxl8SfTIazZlZp8nkutmnj76w-PMkL0qao3-Vg9rZCwKUK3AcqBsZwbXtxdUoaceVGPD1nEdhZ6OKzzlsBssD7ieNmuhkqR/s512/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="512" height="721" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNes-S5W8LZIHxUDeyk-P4gQOjlHqNGhR1Ba7AQt7QB3oQAQMmiEXbn9Px-ziR7V54ncl7drl9peYh5wfKmYYNI0W9mxl8SfTIazZlZp8nkutmnj76w-PMkL0qao3-Vg9rZCwKUK3AcqBsZwbXtxdUoaceVGPD1nEdhZ6OKzzlsBssD7ieNmuhkqR/w885-h721/unnamed.png" width="885" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;">Yassmine Boulam, Lost, 2021</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Painting</b><br /><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/story/NAVRVDmj8N7f4g">Yassmine Boualam</a> takes us on a journey of self-discovery through her art, and the therapeutic aspect of painting which guided her journey of finding peace within herself. For fellow artist, <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/story/wgUR2FZQN80Emg"> Daniella Nanziri</a> painting is used to communicate the body-image issues young women face today while simultaneously celebrating beauty once loathed. In both cases, the artists’ creativity as well as intentionality in women empowerment is evident in their self-reflection as the driving force behind the canvas.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5BWHiiPLIZRerJOMhhpl5rcel5hFTZR916FBltwArL5kvTAHcP0LxNNd5Jbkmct9PkngitzL4XQkJ5SjSAHlNpuQRglxAN_o9IeBVMWAVnYNKLpYmMZkJQ6Eg-2YFsmMavMet5PafQ6OXqDi051j8tHbRcK4lQPqw4KeI35K9BQP_LRH28MWRfiy/s512/unnamed%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="512" height="769" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5BWHiiPLIZRerJOMhhpl5rcel5hFTZR916FBltwArL5kvTAHcP0LxNNd5Jbkmct9PkngitzL4XQkJ5SjSAHlNpuQRglxAN_o9IeBVMWAVnYNKLpYmMZkJQ6Eg-2YFsmMavMet5PafQ6OXqDi051j8tHbRcK4lQPqw4KeI35K9BQP_LRH28MWRfiy/w1080-h769/unnamed%20(1).png" width="1080" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;">Tracey Keza, Hijabs and Hoodies — 1, 2019</span></div><br /><br /><b>Photography</b><br />As a photographer myself, photography has always been an incredible tool in probing our place in the world and how we relate to each other. I was inspired by the stories and themes other ALA graduates courageously pinned in their submissions. For example, Rwandan-based photographer Tracey Keza, in her series <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/story/2QWRud_FsUV3vQ">Hijabs and Hoodies</a>, uses portraiture to zoom into identity politics, culture and conservation, beautifully profiled in the story <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/story/kgUx7cQz9_cRjQ">We Will Not Be Silenced</a> . For me, sharing a photo series titled <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/asset/colourism-shades-of-africa-towela-kams-tembo/bgGMLP83ADJcGQ">Colorism: Shades of Africa</a> that brought to the surface the prevailing social pandemic of colourism and its effect on different girls (and boys) in Africa and beyond signified stories that I believe are of vital importance to our youth and society.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJnxN4Xdx9W9kBQopFE9GupZ9Bri8aRpGpIkarwGjHxzzIybWR1-RLOaLD5s5mPIuZZRpum6ONDtroJ3izX1ih2U94fJzgQ4b2rHOLPaAFEOBR-KvXBRxhAp8dLLnzeLyP7OeYL4t7P__TEgKBz8qNAfsVY6xfWudyZKlfGUE41zZ3V3GPROXg3hb/s512/unnamed%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="512" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJnxN4Xdx9W9kBQopFE9GupZ9Bri8aRpGpIkarwGjHxzzIybWR1-RLOaLD5s5mPIuZZRpum6ONDtroJ3izX1ih2U94fJzgQ4b2rHOLPaAFEOBR-KvXBRxhAp8dLLnzeLyP7OeYL4t7P__TEgKBz8qNAfsVY6xfWudyZKlfGUE41zZ3V3GPROXg3hb/w1073-h520/unnamed%20(2).png" width="1073" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;">Makenna Muigai, Still from the film </span><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/asset/experience-makenna-muigai/dAFY5Z54Je-n_g" style="font-size: small;">Experience</a><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;">, 2021</span></div><br /><br /><b>Sound</b><br /><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/story/CQVxw4VZTfDsng">Makenna Muigai</a>’s <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/asset/experience-makenna-muigai/dAFY5Z54Je-n_g">Experience</a> film is a profound example of the cathartic effects of violin sounds - the highs and lows therein - that act as a metaphor for the peaks and valleys of womanhood itself. Taking their own spin on the power of music, <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/story/CQVxw4VZTfDsng">Erika Kimani & Tanaka Chikati</a> both use the ‘Mbira’, a Zimbabwean instrument traditionally played by men, as a gateway into the past which triggers an intense recollection of memories and explores the theory of reincarnation. By doing this, all three women create an agenda for their art - one that pays homage to their personal encounters with womanhood.<br /><br /><br />Get inspired by many more young creative women on our <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/preview/partner/african-leadership-academy">African Leadership Academy page</a> now available on <a href="http://g.co/womeninculture">Google Arts & Culture</a> and on the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-arts-culture/id1050970557">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.cultural&hl=en_US&gl=US">Android</a> App.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #444444;">Posted by Towela ‘Kams’ Tembo, African Leadership Academy graduate</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjec4utJxehtoLtuHQMWRvVBxW0gAfsTSIpq77JbpUbALsj2rzGt_EozaGNm5ZemrGa1UUqZCU-6kakQ4DTlLjND_wOlY3ae7cPOJc6ddw43OMByI4hH4vezF_R73zXvywbxWUjA98Rcr0WhLakrLY5JN6MP4i9lL7f4C7bYxB4eVjDkFgBbWHkJ6bB/s691/Towela%20Kams%20-%20Headshot%20(Portrait).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="691" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjec4utJxehtoLtuHQMWRvVBxW0gAfsTSIpq77JbpUbALsj2rzGt_EozaGNm5ZemrGa1UUqZCU-6kakQ4DTlLjND_wOlY3ae7cPOJc6ddw43OMByI4hH4vezF_R73zXvywbxWUjA98Rcr0WhLakrLY5JN6MP4i9lL7f4C7bYxB4eVjDkFgBbWHkJ6bB/w69-h69/Towela%20Kams%20-%20Headshot%20(Portrait).jpg" width="69" /></a><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> ==== </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-59079543829024939142022-08-01T12:10:00.003+00:002022-08-16T12:49:47.976+00:00Supporting Small Businesses and Youth-led Startups in Africa<p>
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">Editor’s note: </span></i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><a href="https://au.int/en/he-albert-m-muchanga" target="_blank">H.E Albert Muchanga, </a>African Union Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism,
Industry, and Minerals, contributed today's piece. He writes about a new
relationship between the African Union Commission and Google aimed at
supporting small enterprises and youth-led startups across the
continent.</i></span>
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Last week, during the 13th African Union Private Sector Forum in Lusaka, Zambia,
I had the pleasure of signing a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the
African Union Commission with Google to commemorate our commitment to accelerate
digital transformation across the 55 member nations. As the first agreement of
its nature between the African Union Department of Economic Development, Trade,
Tourism, Industry and Minerals and a U.S. corporation, we hope that this new
partnership will enable us to accomplish two goals: first, to empower small and
medium-sized enterprises, and second, to establish policies that will promote
business growth for private sector development in all of Africa.
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Public Policy Director for Sub-Saharan Africa Charles Murito signing an
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<br /><br />A dynamic SMB and startup landscape drive the tech ecosystem in
Africa and entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth. Across the
continent, small and medium businesses (SMBs) can comprise roughly 80% of
the workforce. In Nigeria and Kenya for example, SMBs contribute to 84% of
all local jobs and in<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/middle-east-and-africa/how-south-african-smes-can-survive-and-thrive-post-covid-19">
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over
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and they employed over half of Africa’s software developers. Simply put,
these startups and SMBs are the backbone of African economies. They are
resolving some of Africa's most pressing challenges, including the inability
of isolated communities to access healthcare, the lack of work prospects for
women, and the ability to securely send and receive money. These
entrepreneurs and startups have the potential to expand the African internet
economy to
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by opening up opportunities to reach new customers via e-commerce with
better access to technology and digital training.</span>
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<span><br /><br />Last week, at the AU Private Sector Forum, government
officials, civil society experts, and private sector representatives focused
on establishing meaningful ways to support youth, given that Africa has the
world’s youngest, fastest-growing, and most urbanized workforce. Africa will
be home to one-third of the world's young (aged 15 to 35) by 2050. The
future of the world’s workforce will clearly come from Africa, and we are
pleased that our collaboration with Google is enabling us to better support
them.</span>
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<span><br /><br />Youth entrepreneurs and women-led firms were given a master
class on how to effectively present their creative business concepts in
order to get investment. A startup pitch competition to uncover Africa's
Next Unicorn (a company valued at $1 billion) was also conducted.
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<br /><br />Moving beyond the Forum, the collaboration with Google will
allow youth-led startups and small and medium enterprises across Africa to
identify new markets,
<a href="https://smallbusiness.withgoogle.com/intl/en-ssa/online-presence-guide/#!/">bring their businesses online</a>, access financing opportunities, and pitch for success through programs
such as the
<a href="https://events.withgoogle.com/google-hustle-academy/">Hustle Academy</a>
and the
<a href="https://startup.google.com/accelerator/africa/">Google for Startups Accelerator</a>
program.</span>
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<span><br /><br />In 2017, Google launched its Grow with Google initiative with a
commitment to train 10 million young Africans and small businesses in
digital skills. To date, Google has trained over 6 million people across 25
African countries, with over 60% of participants experiencing growth in
their career and/or business as a result. Our hope is that this
collaboration with the African Union will help to expand the reach of these
programs to the 55 member states.</span>
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<span>From a policy perspective, robust collaboration between the private and
public sectors is critical to ensuring that African entrepreneurs thrive,
not only in our home countries and regions, but in the global marketplace.
This is why we are also working together with Google to develop policies,
such as national startup and SMB legislation, to create a regulatory
environment that will sustain economic growth by turning African countries
into
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and advance Agenda 2063 aspirations to create the Africa we want.</span>
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<b>H.E Albert Muchanga, African Union Commissioner, Economic Development, Trade,
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<br /><span h2="" id="Français" style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><b>La Commission de l'Union Africaine lance une collaboration sur la
transformation numérique<br /></b></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i>Mot de l’éditeur: Son Excellence
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6796894934389505998/5907954382902493914#">Albert Muchanga</a>, le commissaire de l'Union africaine pour le développement économique, le
commerce, le tourisme, l'industrie et les minéraux, a contribué à l'article
d'aujourd'hui. Il écrit sur une nouvelle relation entre la Commission de
l'Union africaine et Google visant à soutenir les petites entreprises et les
startups dirigées par des jeunes à travers le continent.</i></span>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>----</b><br /></span><br /><br />La semaine
dernière, lors du 13e Forum du secteur privé de l'Union africaine à Lusaka, en
Zambie, j'ai eu le plaisir de signer un protocole d'accord au nom de la
Commission de l'Union africaine avec Google pour commémorer notre engagement à
accélérer la transformation numérique dans les 55 pays membres. En tant que
premier accord de ce type entre le Département du développement économique, du
commerce, du tourisme, de l'industrie et des minéraux de l'Union africaine et
une société américaine, nous espérons que ce nouveau partenariat nous
permettra d' atteindre deux objectifs : premièrement, donner aux petites et
moyennes des entreprises de grande taille, et deuxièmement, établir des
politiques qui favorisent la croissance des entreprises pour le développement
du secteur privé dans toute l'Afrique.<br /><br /><br />
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Photo du commissaire de l'UA Albert Muchanga et du directeur des affaires
gouvernementales et des politiques publiques de Google pour l'Afrique
subsaharienne, Charles Murito, signant un accord de collaboration
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Un paysage dynamique de PME et de startups est le moteur de l'écosystème
technologique en Afrique et l'entrepreneuriat est un moteur clé de la
croissance économique. À travers le continent, les petites et moyennes
entreprises (PME) peuvent représenter environ 80 % de la main-d'œuvre. Au
Nigeria et au Kenya par exemple, les PME contribuent à 84 % de tous les
emplois locaux et en<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/middle-east-and-africa/how-south-african-smes-can-survive-and-thrive-post-covid-19">
Afrique du Sud</a>, les PME contribuent à 52 % du PIB du pays. En 2021, les startups ont levé
plus
<a href="https://nextbillionusers.google/research/africa-developer-community-2021/#">de 4 milliards de dollars</a>
et elles ont employé plus de la moitié des développeurs de logiciels
africains. En termes simples, ces startups et PME sont l'épine dorsale des
économies africaines. Ils résolvent certains des défis les plus urgents de
l'Afrique, notamment l'incapacité des communautés isolées à accéder aux soins
de santé, le manque de perspectives d'emploi pour les femmes et la capacité
d'envoyer et de recevoir de l'argent en toute sécurité. Ces entrepreneurs et
startups ont le potentiel d'étendre l'économie Internet africaine à
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en ouvrant des opportunités pour atteindre de nouveaux clients via le commerce
électronique avec un meilleur accès à la technologie et à la formation
numérique.<br /><br /><br />La semaine dernière, lors du Forum du secteur
privé de l'UA, des responsables gouvernementaux, des experts de la société
civile et des représentants du secteur privé se sont concentrés sur la mise en
place de moyens significatifs pour soutenir les jeunes, étant donné que
l'Afrique possède la main-d'œuvre la plus jeune, la plus dynamique et la plus
urbanisée au monde. L'Afrique abritera un tiers des jeunes du monde (âgés de
15 à 35 ans) d'ici 2050. L'avenir de la main-d'œuvre mondiale viendra
clairement d'Afrique, et nous sommes heureux que notre collaboration avec
Google nous permette de mieux les accompagner.<br /><br /><br />Les jeunes
entrepreneurs et les entreprises dirigées par des femmes ont reçu une classe
de maître sur la manière de présenter efficacement leurs concepts commerciaux
créatifs afin d'obtenir des investissements. Un concours de lancement de
startups pour découvrir la prochaine licorne africaine (une entreprise évaluée
à 1 milliard de dollars) a également été organisé.<br /><br /><br />
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Photo des participants de PME dirigées par des jeunes et des femmes à la
Masterclass de Google.
</div></span><br /><br /><br />Au-delà du Forum, la collaboration avec Google permettra
aux startups et aux petites et moyennes entreprises dirigées par des jeunes à
travers l'Afrique d'identifier de nouveaux marchés,
<a href="https://smallbusiness.withgoogle.com/intl/en-ssa/online-presence-guide/#!/">de mettre leurs entreprises en ligne</a>, d'accéder à des opportunités de financement et de présenter leur réussite
grâce à des programmes tels que
<a href="https://events.withgoogle.com/google-hustle-academy/">Hustle Academy</a>
et
<a href="https://startup.google.com/accelerator/africa/">le programme d'accélération Google Pour Startups</a>. <br /><br /><br />En 2017, Google a lancé son initiative Grow with Google
avec l'engagement de former 10 millions de jeunes Africains et de petites
entreprises aux compétences numériques. À ce jour, Google a formé plus de 6
millions de personnes dans 25 pays africains, et plus de 60 % des participants
ont ainsi vu leur carrière et/ou leur activité progresser. Notre espoir est
que cette collaboration avec l'Union africaine contribuera à étendre la portée
de ces programmes aux 55 États membres.<br /><br /><br />D'un point de vue
politique, une collaboration solide entre les secteurs privé et public est
essentielle pour garantir la prospérité, non seulement dans nos pays d'origine
et régions, mais sur le marché mondial. C'est pourquoi nous collaborons
également avec Google pour élaborer des politiques, telles que la législation
nationale sur les startups et les PME, afin de créer un environnement
réglementaire qui soutiendra la croissance économique en transformant les pays
africains en
<a href="https://www.blog.google/documents/94/The_Digital_Sprinters_FINAL.pdf/">Sprinteurs Numériques</a>
et fera progresser les aspirations de l'Agenda 2063 pour créer l'Afrique que
nous voulons.<br />
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<b>H.E Albert Muchanga, African Union Commissioner, Economic Development,
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Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-66043282766686643452022-07-28T10:05:00.001+00:002022-07-28T10:05:16.442+00:00Innovation success in Middle East, Africa and Turkey<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f6221bd-7fff-ef41-d556-2b288d7e1e51">We <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/seeking-news-innovators-middle-east-turkey-africa/">announced</a> the third GNI Middle East, Turkey and Africa Innovation Challenge in February, as part of our ongoing commitment to spur innovation in news and journalism throughout the globe, as well as the creation of new business models. This year, like in prior years, news innovators have stepped forward with several fascinating projects displaying innovative thinking.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.citizen.digital/wananchi-reporting">WANANCHI Reporting</a>’s new interactive platform will allow Kenya's unserved and underprivileged to become active participants in telling and/or re-telling their tales from diverse, but rich perspectives.<br /><br /><br />In an industry first initiative, Nigeria-based <a href="https://www.thecable.ng/">TheCable</a> intends to create the country's first disability-inclusive news application, along with assistive technologies that will make it the go-to destination for those with vision impairments, hearing issues, and many other limb challenges.<br /><br /><br />South Africa-based <a href="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/">Daily Maverick</a> aims to solve the pervasive problem of audience engagement for news publishers by developing a suite of tools that will increase engagement rates with high-impact content.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br />These 3 projects are some of the 34 announced today as part of the 3rd Google News Initiative (GNI) <a href="https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/info/innovation-challenges/funding/middle-east-turkey-africa/">Innovation Challenge for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa</a>. <p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegtKc1Azo1mo1wd5nbzHlm6EfM3QDyatOD1BR8-7h5yup-_0ISSWLQCDcsbLu8W4u-KcL3lxjmrxhGkXt0qIPTV2GWOKvSIdyokzIaVC6soA3FwWbOy71Oy_Ycgyli4qeGVOhc8F9PDWMQGJKv4SfeVsKKvTbmZNWYtOF9lejW6N2Coc5dlR2uZ1B/s512/unnamed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><img alt="Picture shows a group of 5 people who make up the team at the Dubawa Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development who will automate radio fact-checking." border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="512" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegtKc1Azo1mo1wd5nbzHlm6EfM3QDyatOD1BR8-7h5yup-_0ISSWLQCDcsbLu8W4u-KcL3lxjmrxhGkXt0qIPTV2GWOKvSIdyokzIaVC6soA3FwWbOy71Oy_Ycgyli4qeGVOhc8F9PDWMQGJKv4SfeVsKKvTbmZNWYtOF9lejW6N2Coc5dlR2uZ1B/w619-h412/unnamed.jpeg" title="Success! 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The team at the (</span><a href="https://dubawa.org/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dubawa Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) who will automate radio fact-checking.</span> </i></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><br /><br />The <a href="https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/innovation-challenges/">GNI Innovation Challenges</a>, part of Google’s $300 million commitment to help journalism thrive in the digital age, have seen news innovators step forward with many exciting initiatives demonstrating new thinking. <br /><br /><br />The 3rd Middle East, Turkey and Africa Innovation Challenge received 425 applications from 42 countries – a 27% increase in overall applications. After a rigorous review, a round of interviews and a final jury selection process, 34 projects were selected from 17 countries to receive $3.2 million in funding.<br /><br /><br />This Innovation Challenge saw a significant increase in applications from news organizations undertaking fact checking activities: an increase of 118% when compared to previous Innovation Challenges in the region. Proposed projects which use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) also showed significant growth (92%), reflecting a trend across the news ecosystem to embrace cutting edge new technologies and data.<br /><br /><br />The call for applications listed five criteria: impact on the news ecosystem; innovation; diversity, equity and inclusion; inspiration; and feasibility – and the chosen projects clearly demonstrated all five. Here’s a selection of the successful recipients (you can find the full list on <a href="https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/innovation-challenges/selected-projects/?region=Middle%20East,%20Africa,%20Turkey">our website</a>):<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><a href="https://dubawa.org">Dubawa, Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development</a> </b>from Nigeria, an online-only publisher, will introduce automated radio fact-checking.</li><li><a href="http://majarra.com"><b>Majarra </b></a>from the UAE will apply AI and ML to use readers’ data to better help them navigate their website and be more inclusive to female subscribers.</li><li><a href="https://minorityafrica.org"><b>Minority Africa</b></a> from Uganda is designing and implementing a web distribution application that will make it easier for newsrooms publishing under a Creative Commons license to have more control of their work.</li><li><b><a href="http://www.quotethiswoman.org.za">Quote This Woman</a>+</b> from South Africa will build a tool to provide women+ (identified as women, people living with disabilities, LGBTQI+, rural and religious minorities)</li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f6221bd-7fff-ef41-d556-2b288d7e1e51">sources to newsrooms and journalists to diversify sources in news coverage. </span></li><li><a href="https://dipnot.tv/"><b>Dipnot</b></a> from Turkey, a TV company, will create COM+: a multi-screen OTT platform for curated news in Turkey.</li></ul>The successful recipients will be embarking on their projects later this summer and will share their learnings with the wider news ecosystem.<div><span style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><b>Posted by Ludovic Blecher, Head of Innovation, Google News Initiative</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div> ==== </div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-58720289071066418992022-07-26T20:32:00.004+00:002022-07-26T20:32:46.911+00:00Meet The YouTube Music Foundry Class of 2022<div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-7be184d9-7fff-fc46-1727-f9656549b1cb"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today, YouTube Music is glad to introduce the Foundry Class of 2022, with 30 new artists joining our global artist development program.</div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-9c1a5ba0-7fff-2527-ed75-2e32b11e386c"><br /><br /><br />Since its beginnings – in 2015 as a workshop series and in 2017 as an incubator dedicated to independent music – it’s been Foundry’s mission to help artists get to “the next level,” with the resources to navigate a rapidly evolving music business. Over the years, we’ve seen how that progress takes no one path. To thrive, independent artists must constantly take on new challenges, shift course, and reinforce their sense of self-belief. <br /><br /><br /><br />The journeys of independent artists may be winding, but they don’t have to be lonely. Turning an audience into a real community of fans is an enormous feat, requiring courage and allies as much as talent. Foundry artists receive seed funding invested into the development of their content and dedicated partner support from YouTube as they grow on their own terms.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br />“The advice I received as part of Foundry helped me build a super strong foundation on which to build the next 5-10 years of my visual output and career,” said UK pioneer Shygirl, after graduating from Foundry’s <a href="https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-music-announces-largest-global-class-date-27-independent-artists-joining-program/">2021 class</a>. When artists have stability, culture everywhere wins. “Foundry helped corridos tumbados to be more known on a global level and helped me take the Mexican flag to the most important stages all over the world,” said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5NTdiW7LZs">2020 alum </a> Natanael Cano.</span></div><div><span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvXti6wFWI-0NfBM42M9dTBk6c1Wxg3GunrzAhirb9SAFJTRO3zZHYLMPdFetlUbwH-auRIu0VKTBKjJapvmRkHTSP0BnKT9zNtU7nNZqw8ghrRKuXgShVFDqaQH9W8HPEMBw8Js8DhohjzbC2FMOIklqKAI0fpWQoJn-GKVH9Ed1R9A_w-kqJxPj/s512/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvXti6wFWI-0NfBM42M9dTBk6c1Wxg3GunrzAhirb9SAFJTRO3zZHYLMPdFetlUbwH-auRIu0VKTBKjJapvmRkHTSP0BnKT9zNtU7nNZqw8ghrRKuXgShVFDqaQH9W8HPEMBw8Js8DhohjzbC2FMOIklqKAI0fpWQoJn-GKVH9Ed1R9A_w-kqJxPj/w460-h460/unnamed.png" width="460" /></a><span><br /><br />To date, Foundry’s annual artist development classes and ongoing release support campaigns have supported more than 250 independent artists, with alumni including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwXHNRJSgQ9CTimLYOpRWJg">Arlo Parks</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOf6pX571cKC0rhOZqv2y7Q">beabadoobee</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-cg5RahETrjGu-r8zjYCQ">Dave</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-J-KZfRV8c13fOCkhXdLiQ">Dua Lipa</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-iCk5rSuWnAb_VT9Hzs3w">Clairo</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AbQ6Mvj9iVw6fX82HclRA">ENNY</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_95MpNlRz9x7JmsXBClZA">Eladio Carrion</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHDQ83jgF1crd6XXzSmIA">girl in red</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAkIMkEaa9sZmjcy7mfd5lQ">Gunna</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/JapaneseBreakfast">Japanese Breakfast</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCApPPpJ4d3ueW38lArwiWoA">Kenny Beats</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW2_ESwKrYgSjqQjrR09n0g">Natanael Cano</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiVLSJ2MpNteP1oLYfu0VTw">Omar Apollo</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGF6zfD2gwLuke95X3CKFQ">Rema</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVI-gmqb3PhWwecTigx8P7Q">Rina Sawayama</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQt9awGIFZeldFsATZNeJag">ROSALÍA</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSpnyV4h2tmp7G_mwyjrUMg">Saba</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZIsRAM07-9XlA2ciwwvLA">Snail Mail</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWfi5ELXGAe-DCA6cOP3aNw">Tems</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFj28TzEfGGQCPSDZEsXgmQ">Tokischa</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4oP3QkSqWEagemIwTVRrWA">Tenille Arts</a> and more.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This year, we saw a 4X increase in Foundry applications, and the Class of 2022 is the program’s largest to date, with 30 artists representing 15 countries. Working with devoted teams and across genres, each artist in the class uniquely represents the spirit of independence. For YouTube’s global music team, it’s an honor to champion their work and potential, every step of the way.<br /><span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uOLlwgeiYdc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p></span></span><span><span><br /></span>Meet the Foundry Class of 2022 below and check out a playlist of songs from the class <a href="https://yt.be/music/Foundry2022">here</a>.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpGY0LFTKiu1yy7gbfxncbA">Amari' Noelle</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/AshleyCooke">Ashley Cooke</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC53p7Cv-9d-8AbOUzsyIavg">ART</a> (DE)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXjjQVgqZckkySwv6GUex5Q">ÀVUÀ</a> (BR)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHB3KMZ3GQulpgtiln_yvGw">BabyTron</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8GmeiLd5xjh2j5VmdePWQw">BIBI</a> (KR)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfrbVDBEq-wcYC4rUzEosA">Black Sherif</a> (SSA)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2UO0govQTgAyYoOWdIstyg">Bruses</a> (MX)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTBI7E3Rgm7jHJwM4nx-bTQ">Danielle Ponder</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm8y3BJcrk1zFlxiyzx-ZKw">French The Kid</a> (UK)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYwSw3OIB_QwFy7tbC9-LsA">Genesis Owusu</a> (AUS)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2YAHYLNWH31UA7eXRzcXQ">Haru Nemuri</a> (JP)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3EFZRGITcQwdyCE_ap0UA">Joeboy</a> (SSA)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdCC_XvZ-4U-gUPF6xapsIA">Jossman</a> (CO)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQTIYdqvdJ-751PRDXLMkw">Kader Diaby 4Real</a> (FR)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8x9G3TZVSlbNkrUhB97kyA">Kaike</a> (BR)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvJlxpFGQIiEG8jNYGLeuDw">Kayan</a> (IN)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/MagdalenaBay">Magdalena Bay</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/mehro">Mehro</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Nemahsis">Nemahsis</a> (CAN)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC12pvUigay6HUfridCaJgkw">Noor Chahal</a> (IN)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVRc-wzS0_EZhIDdiPmDHg">Obongjayar</a> (UK)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKzazVrTAZwzLEEKyu6YGwA">RIMON</a> (NL)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/RoxaneBruneauoff">Roxane Bruneau</a> (CAN)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQmb_JheJrlEPkWoELKIMIg">Skiifall</a> (CAN)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SNOWTHAPRODUCT">Snow Tha Product</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpjPHsSaBfe-tEutC5XJVlw">Sudan Archives</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDf0DcvRNzdkK7L_Mchu12g">Thuy</a> (US)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZmwUDJ4yCqrTgHcnA8ncmQ">TSHA</a> (UK)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeQMZ68wcb97NCCKiI2KxnQ">Yoss Bones</a> (MX)</li></ul><div><br /></div>Posted by Naomi Zeichner, Artist Partnerships Lead<div><span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div> ==== </div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-22554996099366159982022-07-18T10:09:00.002+00:002022-07-18T10:09:24.487+00:00How Gen Z connects with their faith and spiritual community <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7760167-7fff-6943-df22-4a0db8d7ab57"><i><span style="color: #444444;">Despite growing up in the Catholic faith, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sissgugu/?hl=en">Gogo Nobelungu</a> was always drawn to African spirituality. With a family background of healers who practised in different lineages, Gogo - who also goes by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/105550348623280/posts/who-is-sis-gugumy-name-is-sis-gugu-gogo-nobelungu-and-i-am-a-spiritual-healer-kn/105559178622397/">Sis Gugu</a> - eventually accepted her calling to use her gift of healing people across the world. As studies suggest Gen Z are doubling down on spirituality, with many young people turning to platforms like YouTube to find camaraderie and community. We spoke to Sis Gugu about leveraging the power of digital fraternities to connect with other spiritual followers, how she responds to naysayers and why her first YouTube video was an overnight success.</span></i></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdLu8X2o5md12XOcjqTM-FzrfdxMrWdzCTOqmxjat1YX2CJgb931DsFUGegrM8HbqtGl5O_qtJoH_IfNeJ90o1ycBSq3_5liy_hSX0Uah0HkF6qcwm9OQCBsHY6wxzj8vzuho0in4fw8M77_UF-eJkmaSO_LdZ4u_T_fHxReZ5vQLA6Ybp32F1HGA/s1018/IMG_4662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="828" height="703" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdLu8X2o5md12XOcjqTM-FzrfdxMrWdzCTOqmxjat1YX2CJgb931DsFUGegrM8HbqtGl5O_qtJoH_IfNeJ90o1ycBSq3_5liy_hSX0Uah0HkF6qcwm9OQCBsHY6wxzj8vzuho0in4fw8M77_UF-eJkmaSO_LdZ4u_T_fHxReZ5vQLA6Ybp32F1HGA/w571-h703/IMG_4662.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><br /><p></p><b>As a new content creator discussing spirituality, how has YouTube given you a platform to build your profile? </b><br />If I’m honest, I wasn’t always ready to embrace the ‘content creator’ title. My online presence has really been a result of me just speaking my mind because I’m such an opinionated spirit. I already have a devoted following on Instagram but my followers were constantly asking me to jump onto YouTube, so it was a no brainer. <br /><br />I knew I was onto something after posting my first YouTube video which gained over 20,000 views in less than a week. This was a huge turning point and was really the driving force behind me finally making the leap into becoming a full-fledged content creator. I think people resonated with the video because it gave them a real and personal insight into my spiritual journey. When it comes to talking about African spirituality, I always wanted to challenge what we were taught about traditional religion. It’s important to use my digital platform to have these honest conversations where we can interrogate everything and ask hard questions. That’s why it was critical to enter into a space like YouTube with its huge global reach; especially since I found out that many of the people who enjoy and consume my content live outside of South Africa. <br /><br /><br /><b>How do you use digital or social platforms to grow your brand and online community? </b><br />I like to create a safe space where there’s no judgement as I engage with people from all ages, religions and walks of life. This is super important with an often divisive topic like religion so a friendly and welcoming atmosphere gives my followers the freedom to speak freely. I am always looking for creative ways to connect with my followers so I decided to use Instagram to discuss a particular topic every other week. I use Twitter Spaces and IG Live to directly connect with them in real-time; that helps bring followers to my account frequently. I think it’s that consistency that gives them the reassurance to keep returning for my content and that has really helped grow my following.<br /><br /><br /><b>Have you used Google’s tools, programmes or training to help your brand grow and be discoverable online?</b><br />I’m not really tech-savvy so I’ve been on a learning curve with YouTube especially, learning how to use the platform effectively to grow. After seeing the overnight success of the first video, I realised the importance of developing my video skills so I can have a more professional and slick production. I figured the first video performed so well without any planning, so imagine the reach I’ll have once I actually have a YouTube strategy! I will definitely take advantage of the YouTube training to structure my videos in a more compelling way and establish my credibility as a content creator to continue growing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuOxoMcKxI9UZqj3ocMyqfTY4kidLnpjCektgcj-YXVgrKA2zbGdf4Y1gJIJ8E0__ZyRv2YrkGKduT6pQ7jtNwsqZofIm6qbyGvPXp5gZGnO9WyMhCyUxdo3-b8RjMxXvBo_Q2dye1-87bWY2FZM2qhyY5zDRgkkzjJQhdgVMJbIPPMTSkfkorCkU/s1012/IMG_4659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="828" height="674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuOxoMcKxI9UZqj3ocMyqfTY4kidLnpjCektgcj-YXVgrKA2zbGdf4Y1gJIJ8E0__ZyRv2YrkGKduT6pQ7jtNwsqZofIm6qbyGvPXp5gZGnO9WyMhCyUxdo3-b8RjMxXvBo_Q2dye1-87bWY2FZM2qhyY5zDRgkkzjJQhdgVMJbIPPMTSkfkorCkU/w552-h674/IMG_4659.jpg" width="552" /></a><br /><br /><b>Have you faced any resistance/scepticism when sharing your faith/spirituality?</b><br />I was always aware of the trolling that I would receive online and that is just a negative by-product of becoming a content creator. Instead of rising to the bait, I use these as teachable moments where I can confront them and challenge their criticism, whilst fostering more open debate. I respect everyone's religion and I believe we can all take something from each one. I think all religious communities can co-exist and that's why I thrive at being a teacher because I don't belong to any one religious group. <br /><br /><b><br />Describe how your friends have responded to your calling as a spiritual leader? </b><br />In South Africa, we all come from different tribes with different beliefs and my friendship group is quite mixed. Some are traditional Christians, whilst others are agnostic or atheists. Since I grew up Catholic, many of my Christian friends didn’t <br /><br />quite understand my spiritual calling. The great thing is that now I’ve been doing this work for a few years so they’ve come to accept my spirituality and we can have heated debates where we just agree to disagree and then move on.<br /><br /><br /><b>Explain what you mean when you got your calling and what you were called to do?</b><br />I strongly believe that at least one person from every family is chosen to lead with a specific gift from the lineages that we come from. A calling is a gift that is passed down from different generations and becomes a duty for that person to have the strength & knowledge to take it forward to the generations that follow and it is not solely restricted to being a healer. A calling in my opinion varies from being a healer, farmer, businessman / woman etc and they all come from our ancestors and what they left us with so that we can carry the gifts down to the generations that follow. All gifts are different and my calling is to be “umthandazi” , (clairvoyant or messenger through the use of water and prayer) because my family is made up of sangomas, herbalists and pastors.<br /><br /><br /><b>Describe what a Sangoma is for those not native to South Africa?</b><br /></span>Through reading and learning, I’ve learnt that a sangoma according to <a href="https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/Sangoma.html">Bionity</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_healers_of_Southern_Africa">Wikipedia</a> is “A practitioner of herbal medicine, divination and counselling in traditional societies of Southern Africa. They perform a holistic and symbolic form of healing, with the use of bones and medicine, embedded in the beliefs of their culture that ancestors in the afterlife guide and protect the living.”<br /><br />I am inspired by many Sangoma’s as they are highly revered in South Africa, and the community has worked hard in preserving and protecting our culture.<span><br /><br /><br /><b>How is a Sangoma different from a medium or clairvoyant?</b><br />In my opinion, it is all interlinked and can sometimes cause confusion. It all depends on what you are called for and how you are required to practice. Some people work directly with a creator or higher power such as God, some people work with their ancestors together with God. Noting that people have different creators and gods. So, higher powers aren't the same in that some have strict religious practice, while others are led by “the universe” and others are led by “umvelinqangi”, who is also the creator for many in the black society.<br /><br />What tells us apart, is the medium in which we practise from, however, we all have a higher power.<br /><br />Clairvoyant - has an ability to see future events and how they correlate with the past or present. They may have different mediums of where they receive their information from, in my case, my base will always be my ancestors who show me visions for people. I use water and a white candle to receive the visions. Whereas for others, their base may be statues, cards, crystals, memos etc. A clairvoyant may also be on the line of what we would call a psychic.<br /><br />Medium - is able to connect with a deceased person directly or on a one-on-one basis where they can have a full-on conversation with one specific deceased human. <br /><br />The difference? While a medium can have a conversation with a deceased person one-on-one, others (like me) can only communicate with a tribe through visions. Which is not the same thing - there is a fine line because, for example, I don’t have abilities like “Hollywood Medium, Tyler Henry”. I can only tell you what will happen in the future and can also connect past events with present journeys. I work completely differently, therefore, I am not a medium. While they interlink, I would say my strength is in clairvoyance. I also can not heal through bones and medicine, therefore I am not a sangoma.<br /><br />This may all seem as though they are all the same thing, but it all varies into so many different practices such as those who are prophets, izanusi, herbalists etc. Our gifts are multi-faceted and they are all separated by the specific calling that each person has. Basically, we are all called for different duties, by different powers and for different purposes, with the aim to be of help to others.<br /><br />It is important for people to understand their specific callings. I implore individuals to research and learn on each gift because our historical background is a huge masterclass with different positionings and intentions, for different outcomes. You can never have all the answers from one read because one size does not fit all in the class of spirituality. Your family will also have most of the answers that you may require for your specific gifts.<br /><br />How can one understand their calling? I personally learn from dreams, visions and senses. That’s how I am able to decode and receive messages. By “senses”, I mean that I am able to smell, see, hear or feel things that are about to happen. Whether it be a client coming to my house with a severe leg problem, before I meet them, I will have sharp pains in my leg and will know to discuss that in the session. Sometimes I can smell or hear - for example a car accident (fire, clutch, screeching sounds). It is a very interesting & scary world because you have to learn to discern and help according to what your ancestors show you in those visions.<br /><br />As a healer or spiritualist, it’s also important to be transparent with what your strengths are so that you don’t present yourself as something you are not and or mislead others.<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh975_egLXuYxqj-vPQqW6zQMlky22oRt2NP_gu3cXRpRKEmFMQTQ3q_GZtKR1X_M0ylyuZtS8HWf3etmCGNhHY0XyGicyXkoYMpfVhhCzTvQSVxUqJXZsBX6YY3zRS8_lK_PHMSD2ar7EPNN9uaShhfVBLAAfeZTVQaVfLWhad1QFByTRm8mGmZ6hH/s1009/IMG_4660.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="828" height="666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh975_egLXuYxqj-vPQqW6zQMlky22oRt2NP_gu3cXRpRKEmFMQTQ3q_GZtKR1X_M0ylyuZtS8HWf3etmCGNhHY0XyGicyXkoYMpfVhhCzTvQSVxUqJXZsBX6YY3zRS8_lK_PHMSD2ar7EPNN9uaShhfVBLAAfeZTVQaVfLWhad1QFByTRm8mGmZ6hH/w547-h666/IMG_4660.jpg" width="547" /></a><br /><br /><b>Do you think African spirituality isn’t given the same visibility as traditional religions like Christianity or Islam?</b><br />There’s a common misconception that spirituality on the continent is somehow primitive or uncivilised, so we really need to unpick that colonial narrative. Whilst we have a lot of work to do, there’s small progress being made. For example, the recent winner of<a href="https://www.dstv.com/mzansimagic/en-za/show/big-brother-mzansi"> Big Brother Mzansi </a>(South Africa), <a href="https://www.news24.com/truelove/exclusive/bbmzansi-winner-mphowabadimo-on-breaking-stereotypes-about-sangomas-in-the-big-brother-house-20220406#:~:text=After%20three%20seasons%2C%20Daveyton%2Dborn,of%20the%20Big%20Brother%20franchise.">Mphowabadimo,</a> is actually a traditional healer. That on its own is huge and I’m glad she is unapologetic about who she is because she’s an inspiration to our generation. This provided an acceptance as well as an awareness of spirituality and I’m glad we're starting to become more accommodating of different cultures. My hope is that all religions will be given equal visibility. That’s why it’s important for healers to get the support of global brands such as Google, who can promote, celebrate and champion us. I think once people can see that the big brands are taking notice of what healers do, people will really start paying attention. The time for our traditions and cultures to be perceived as ‘taboo’ are over - we are light workers.<br /><br /><b><br />How are you challenging the perception of what a spiritual healer looks like?</b><br />I certainly don’t fit the “stereotypical” or “prayer warrior” perception of what a spiritual healer looks like. When I started out, I was constantly attacked for my appearance and it created a broader essence of doubt in terms of my credibility. However, I am proud of my look and whether I wear coloured wigs, nails or lashes, I’m still able to resonate with my followers. It’s important for people to see me as more than a healer; I’m an ordinary person with real emotions and desires. My spirituality doesn’t take away from my style or my extravagant nature. When I meet people in person, they always remark that they didn’t expect a healer to be funny or cool. Fortunately, there’s more representation happening right now so I hope I won’t be the exception, but the norm.<br /><br /><b><br />How does this work affect your mental health and how do you cope with that?</b><br />So I've had to literally give myself breaks to avoid being so overburdened. I know I’m not a superhero so I can’t save everyone, despite wanting to. Religion and spirituality can weigh heavily on our mental health - both physically and mentally. My breaks consist of digital detoxes where I stay off social media and put my goals on ice temporarily to ease some of the pressure. Other times, my Gobela (spiritual teacher), Gogo Nomakhosi, welcomes me into her home so that I can restart and be obedient to the duties that continue to resurface - it’s a constant journey of learning and growing and I am blessed to have a supportive family too.<br /><br /><b><br />What would be your advice for young people hoping to engage with spirituality?</b><br />We know that there have been huge significant generational shifts and Gen Z is much more likely to question everything rather than follow in blind faith. They are becoming much more open-minded to finding a version of spirituality that works for them and often that means stumbling onto YouTube to find healers like me. I hope I can help them embrace and lead their own spirituality. Everyone is looking for a healer to guide them, but spirituality is not group work, it's about individuality that comes from within and finding your own way. My biggest hope is for us to co-exist because truthfully if we can not be African in Africa, where else are we supposed to be African? Find comfort in your own light - dear African child.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><i>Posted by Siya Madikane, Communications & Public Affairs Manager, Southern Africa, Google.</i><div><span><div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div> ==== </div>Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-45080956655935468972022-06-27T10:00:00.001+00:002022-06-27T10:00:37.730+00:00Supporting Marginalised People’s Craft with Carakana<div>While incarcerated at Langata Women’s Prison in Kenya, I discovered a craft which would change my life forever. I had been in prison since 2009 where I was serving time for robbery. I missed my two boys and sister terribly and it was a very difficult time for me. <br /><span class="byline-author"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZjKnHMglMxfyhjqYnjyEdnZjFpTPK0Q_5BFZueEbjn-yCw1MCTwLwRT37uUIBO8t7O3B7isIqGAG7XaJV-68-u3hzZJu8CWfASOrYo-6zy_OLHRFpPmk5XznJQynTCYIHzvgHlKvqCUrdvW9Yu0JlO7nFI2a43hIhb9kQhFdG1wtkuamzIXkML98/s512/unnamed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="466" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZjKnHMglMxfyhjqYnjyEdnZjFpTPK0Q_5BFZueEbjn-yCw1MCTwLwRT37uUIBO8t7O3B7isIqGAG7XaJV-68-u3hzZJu8CWfASOrYo-6zy_OLHRFpPmk5XznJQynTCYIHzvgHlKvqCUrdvW9Yu0JlO7nFI2a43hIhb9kQhFdG1wtkuamzIXkML98/s320/unnamed.png" width="291" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 6pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Portrait of Caroline Wanjiku taken while she </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 6pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was serving time at Langata Women’s Prison in Nairobi, Kenya</span></p><br /></span><br /></div><div>In 2016, Her Excellency Mama Rachel Ruto, the spouse to the Deputy President, visited Langata Prison where, we learned, she would be teaching us a new skill. I was excited that such a prominent person cared about incarcerated people like me and was looking forward to learning a new craft. However, I was also wary as there had been previous projects run in the prisons which took advantage of us and didn’t pay us for our work. I soon enrolled in the Carakana programme, and was taught Cross Stitch by Her Excellency Mama Rachel Ruto and the team from Carakana.<span class="byline-author"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rKhaUAWeOp6JxrhYHmqL3wehd5UKvdNW9Bc8EBmqB4EaMnjBIfCVtUBU6WYbPoAXKD5a7-gW1lxF9dkqUWwmQtOSpp6BQ1yGDdQjidLKrJIKv_gr-3lVs1cXtIBySI_h4Tg1u2OMdf7DGwVWkRFqK_pSfWwLSuU--KXohOJIsS7-aST8qSFGA3uj/s512/unnamed%20(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="512" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rKhaUAWeOp6JxrhYHmqL3wehd5UKvdNW9Bc8EBmqB4EaMnjBIfCVtUBU6WYbPoAXKD5a7-gW1lxF9dkqUWwmQtOSpp6BQ1yGDdQjidLKrJIKv_gr-3lVs1cXtIBySI_h4Tg1u2OMdf7DGwVWkRFqK_pSfWwLSuU--KXohOJIsS7-aST8qSFGA3uj/w528-h371/unnamed%20(2).png" width="528" /></a></div><p></p></span>Cross-stitching is very intricate and is one of the oldest forms of embroidery. It uses number codes on a grid of squares marked on a piece of cloth to guide on thread colour and sowing direction, resulting in a pattern of threading that reveals an embedded picture or other artistic representation that would otherwise not be visible to the naked eye. <br /><br /><br />I have come a long way since 2016 and my first lesson, and I have created a number of beautiful art pieces. The money paid to me for my work helped me to pay school fees for my two boys and my sister and enabled me to care for my upkeep while in prison.<span class="byline-author"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja806lmbslFx1Ff8Jp_LPZYgcTxsoFgfsRpPN9LP3_RfHEHvyamVPyGKj0l5NA9xzASS1AfqZHYwZRcrB726f8debAedAJql2psiErolFVzNmmxK2W2TpzjXf2VcVW1RmmrPxBGTvEkD8zFcVh364WSohZm1F0RGSdAFMQX3pStLT5UoyvxIQWEqne/s512/unnamed%20(3).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="512" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja806lmbslFx1Ff8Jp_LPZYgcTxsoFgfsRpPN9LP3_RfHEHvyamVPyGKj0l5NA9xzASS1AfqZHYwZRcrB726f8debAedAJql2psiErolFVzNmmxK2W2TpzjXf2VcVW1RmmrPxBGTvEkD8zFcVh364WSohZm1F0RGSdAFMQX3pStLT5UoyvxIQWEqne/w578-h327/unnamed%20(3).png" width="578" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About Carakana Documentary, from the collection of Carakana on Google Arts & Culture (</span><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/about-carakana-documentary-brian-kanene/GwGEHag5-C7YQA" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">link</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></p><br /></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While the financial empowerment that cross stitching has given me and the beauty of the end product are of huge importance, these are not the only reasons I did it. When I was incarcerated, cross stitching brought my fellow inmates and I together. During the times we worked together, we got to share our experiences and found the space and time to help each other in our difficult circumstances. This helped to occupy our minds more with our focus on the stitching and our sense of community and less with the anxious thoughts of our separation from our families and the fate of our court cases. During the night, my sleep came a lot easier after a full day of focused stitching.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79SBfPn7ITqJH9SFutGuFApDQ_ro5O8vWsxTYFuLauE6z2hXJOEC82Zxw5T_t8slIOrCedh8ssCaoETkwXz1s1B1KwIgxHzYbGJMeJDQrMMr9lga2RCGQz8NuVz_3GBG-h2_D9teRWC8L1tL8XfyQPfSXUG_gHcKnCs2rMgo528BhrPUDwa8l7nQP/s512/unnamed%20(4).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="512" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj79SBfPn7ITqJH9SFutGuFApDQ_ro5O8vWsxTYFuLauE6z2hXJOEC82Zxw5T_t8slIOrCedh8ssCaoETkwXz1s1B1KwIgxHzYbGJMeJDQrMMr9lga2RCGQz8NuVz_3GBG-h2_D9teRWC8L1tL8XfyQPfSXUG_gHcKnCs2rMgo528BhrPUDwa8l7nQP/w591-h316/unnamed%20(4).png" width="591" /></a></div> <br />In 2020 I was released from prison and joined my two boys at home. With the money I saved while in prison I am running a small business. I have Carakana to thank for the life that I am now enjoying. <br /><br /><br />I am humbled and privileged to have my work, and that of my colleagues, profiled on <a href="http://g.co/arts">Google Arts & Culture</a> with <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/cross-stitch">Carakana</a> and hope that my story will inspire others. To learn more, visit <a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/cross-stitch">here</a> or download the Google Arts & Culture app for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.cultural&hl=en_GB">Android</a> or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/google-arts-culture/id1050970557?mt=8">iOS</a>.<br /><br /><br />Posted by Caroline Wanjiku, business owner and Carakana beneficiary<br /></div><span class="byline-author"><div><span class="byline-author"><br /></span></div></span>==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-71898247282517314642022-06-23T09:46:00.001+00:002022-06-24T09:28:20.500+00:00Google helps African SMBs embrace ecommerce <div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-ecbd1b10-7fff-0c1f-5508-d55b991676ff">On 27 June, the world marks
<b><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/micro-small-medium-businesses-day">Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day</a>.</b> It's a day worth celebrating, particularly in Africa, where small companies are the main drivers of jobs and economic growth. But it also serves as a reminder that small businesses need support to thrive, particularly in the aftermath of the challenges they've endured in the previous two years.
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businesses (SMBs) across Africa and therefore want to help them achieve
their business goals and have an array of digital tools, training, and
support channels they can use. We've been expanding on that commitment this
month with events and activities geared at assisting African SMBs in taking
the next step in their ecommerce journey.
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first ecommerce-focused International Small Business Month event,
<a href="https://youtu.be/eHD-MaPgMUY">held this week</a>. The
one-hour virtual event aimed at helping small business owners improve their
knowledge of ecommerce trends in Sub Saharan Africa included key sessions,
talks and speeches from speakers from LSETF, KEPSA, MTN, Yoco, Sendy, and
Bumpa, an ads marketing masterclass, and announcements about new Google
tools and products to support SMBs in Africa.</span>
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<span><br /><br /><b style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Dedicated Hustle Academy cohorts</b><br /><a href="http://g.co/hustleacademy" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Hustle Academy</a>, our free week-long bootcamp intended to help small and medium-sized
businesses get the skills they need to thrive, will host two
retail-focused cohorts aimed at on helping small businesses owners
acquire the skills to scale and grow their retail operations. We have
also been collaborating with local partners such as
<a href="https://getbumpa.com/" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Bumpa</a>,
<a href="https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/help/3981/About_Us" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">BidorBuy</a>,
<a href="https://paystack.com/" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">PayStack</a> and
<a href="https://jiji.ng/about.html" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Jiji</a> who provide free web
presence maintenance to assist African SMBs in achieving long-term
online success. <br />
</span></span><br /><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>New digital marketing and e-commerce certificate</b><br /> In partnership with the well-known open online course provider <a href="https://www.coursera.org/">Coursera</a>, we have designed an online professional certificate course in digital marketing and e-commerce for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and have made available 1,000 scholarships to Africans who desire to enroll. The certificate program is the most recent in a series of efforts targeted at preparing participants for entry jobs.Find out more at<a href="#" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </a><a href="https://rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/ecommerce-certificates" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">g.co/grow/ecommercecertificate<br /></a><b><br /> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBOkqygwCbLu7WDZJ20cvuLqlsAj-ZE_a5xv5HwJNS9zUiM2sLEJlM2aN_DUJO0LHq4UyIItuH5zaro0HO6VH8uD4oCvsC6AIqKuA5yfx0UJ2DZnqG81GfxloYPM2iYuEKSHZ5CKOA2CSigVnpt2craxQplymzfofJD4zk9LJhFvL7m5kIj3eNVtZ/s893/career%20cert.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="893" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBOkqygwCbLu7WDZJ20cvuLqlsAj-ZE_a5xv5HwJNS9zUiM2sLEJlM2aN_DUJO0LHq4UyIItuH5zaro0HO6VH8uD4oCvsC6AIqKuA5yfx0UJ2DZnqG81GfxloYPM2iYuEKSHZ5CKOA2CSigVnpt2craxQplymzfofJD4zk9LJhFvL7m5kIj3eNVtZ/w707-h367/career%20cert.png" width="707" /></a></div><br /><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>New Local Opportunity Finder tool</b><br /> To help local businesses be more discoverable on Google Search, we created the <a href="https://smallbusiness.withgoogle.com/intl/en-ssa/tools/local-opportunity-finder">Local Opportunity Finder tool</a>, which analyzes a Google Business Profile and makes personalized recommendations to business owners on how to enhance the way their business profile looks to consumers when they use Google Search. Find out more at g.co/lof/ssa <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5r0xTB-H56PJv1XA7XBwnikTgQx9d20JQIOfSu0iU9utwe5Lcl-AuD9vjmouVWB702v1646wZIhtvC2521tDCoNvxCOu2xNTlFfiJvcyDPmQ1xExfD-x67HzamfhRZl_TPeh0A3jxRpgXwqGPaUDEcOl5WCUh--tFFWjgaghmjGdZTcnzP8GUClLr/s878/Local%20opportuntity%20finder.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="878" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5r0xTB-H56PJv1XA7XBwnikTgQx9d20JQIOfSu0iU9utwe5Lcl-AuD9vjmouVWB702v1646wZIhtvC2521tDCoNvxCOu2xNTlFfiJvcyDPmQ1xExfD-x67HzamfhRZl_TPeh0A3jxRpgXwqGPaUDEcOl5WCUh--tFFWjgaghmjGdZTcnzP8GUClLr/w687-h461/Local%20opportuntity%20finder.png" width="687" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> For the SMBs that can take advantage of it, this ecommerce explosion represents a significant opportunity. As<a href="#"> a study by McKinsey points out</a>, it not only allows SMBs to transcend the limits of brick and mortar stores but also to reach new markets more efficiently. <br /> <br /><br /> As exciting as it’s been to witness the growth in African ecommerce over the past couple of years, it’s even more exciting to think about how much more room for growth there still is. <br /> <br /><br /> We’re excited to be on this journey, and to be providing support to business owners on the continent.<br /><br /><br /><br /> By Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, Regional Head Brand and Reputation, Africa - Google </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-83393136944552554172022-05-25T11:36:00.003+00:002022-05-25T16:22:33.612+00:00Google Research enhances its AI growth in Africa<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj1NZgCJu0pO3Ylk_lk4-az-1aAume62zfCFCDs5FdI23hrgMXUlAjGWalnobIj5ctT4ECScKboB9Szm2-SgT97Mus1LJT4Kk6kYn6Ud3tVH6wIwOfxQqzulT2lacfDSMm4_BxcoYL0uSeu4BLRoqhRpdeb9qYwrHEy5LUMKtNKUBT3GUi9dzwCxt/s1534/5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1534" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj1NZgCJu0pO3Ylk_lk4-az-1aAume62zfCFCDs5FdI23hrgMXUlAjGWalnobIj5ctT4ECScKboB9Szm2-SgT97Mus1LJT4Kk6kYn6Ud3tVH6wIwOfxQqzulT2lacfDSMm4_BxcoYL0uSeu4BLRoqhRpdeb9qYwrHEy5LUMKtNKUBT3GUi9dzwCxt/w723-h394/5.png" width="723" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-cb455c0e-7fff-3cda-c2f1-fc7b204d0d0d">When we launched our first African AI research centre <a href="https://www.blog.google/around-the-globe/google-africa/google-ai-ghana/">in Ghana in 2018</a>, we did so with the aim of fostering the continent’s growing capabilities in the field, to deliver innovative solutions that will benefit both Africa and the world, working with local universities and research centres, as well as working with policymakers on the potential uses of AI in Africa. <br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span>Since its launch, the team at the Accra-based Research Centre has engaged in significant AI work, including mapping <a href="https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-africa/using-ai-to-map-africas-buildings/">Africa’s built environment</a> using <a href="https://ai.googleblog.com/2021/07/mapping-africas-buildings-with.html">satellite imagery and machine learning</a>, which allowed to quadruple the number of African buildings on Google Maps, bringing the number up past 250-million. The team also released the <a href="https://sites.research.google/open-buildings/">Open Buildings Dataset</a> last July - which being used by various organisations such as the UN. In other works, the team uses machine learning and Google's unique capabilities to advance support of Sub-Saharan African languages, reduce the harms of locusts, adapt our existing <a href="https://blog.google/technology/ai/expanding-our-ml-based-flood-forecasting/">flood forecasting systems</a> to respond to the special challenges of the continent, and more. <br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span>At our Google for Africa event last October, our CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced a <a href="https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-africa/google-for-africa/">plan to invest $1 billion</a> over the next five years to support Africa's digital transformation. As a continuation of that commitment, last month we announced a <a href="https://africa.googleblog.com/2022/04/were-hiring-for-our-first-product.html">new product development center</a> in Africa, to be located in Nairobi. The product development center will help to create products and services for people in Africa and the world.<br /><br /><br />We are also working on applying Google Translate to more languages in Africa. Earlier this month, Google announced it is adding <a href="https://blog.google/products/translate/24-new-languages/">24 new languages to Google Translate</a>, 10 of which are African languages. This will help more people on the continent access more of the internet and use it to its full potential. <br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Expanding our commitment</b><br />Last week, we made several exciting announcements aimed at expanding our commitments. We inaugurated our new office in Ghana, which will allow us to grow our in-country team. We are accelerating our growth in Accra and are expanding our Research AI residency program, which is designed to jump start research careers. We also underlined our commitment to growing our presence in the ecosystem through making our site a community hub for in-person engagements with the community. Last week we hosted our first community workshop in the field of NLP and African languages and a panel with Ghanaian entrepreneurs working on sustainable development goals. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1TAKybzbKLPuyeRPt4vVCECYxSqQuW7vs0mT4tO1zxRiqkiNzTnYrwagev9tX9LGCMCZQ7N3izcJzPKozbcA8rpKg2HdVWcZohqDuUtsRFEj7Zjx9zYYGyO5NTyQX1w-JK1bHOgAF6nuhhOSMhsFeLJTwLnkSlkQxXO7JoNTu0PtNejKDw_LrKv2/s1454/photo%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1454" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1TAKybzbKLPuyeRPt4vVCECYxSqQuW7vs0mT4tO1zxRiqkiNzTnYrwagev9tX9LGCMCZQ7N3izcJzPKozbcA8rpKg2HdVWcZohqDuUtsRFEj7Zjx9zYYGyO5NTyQX1w-JK1bHOgAF6nuhhOSMhsFeLJTwLnkSlkQxXO7JoNTu0PtNejKDw_LrKv2/w752-h377/photo%201.png" width="752" /></a><br /><br />In addition to the new office, we’ve also made several investments aimed at growing research talent in Africa. We announced <a href="https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/scholarships/generation-google-scholarship-emea/">Generation Google Scholarships</a> in 2022 for female computer science students and students in related technical fields at universities in Africa and last week we hosted young students as part of our global <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_uhyeulv4">Mind the Gap</a> program of encouraging students towards science and technology.<br /><br /><br />Back in 2018, I visited Rwanda for the launch of the African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (<a href="https://aimsammi.org/">AMMI</a>) program at the African Institute for Maths and Sciences (AIMS), with support from Google as one of the founding partners. AMMI is a one-year program which has successfully been run in Rwanda, Senegal and Ghana, and with graduates taking on continued graduate studies or taking positions in the industry, <a href="https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-africa/how-abigail-annkah-using-ai-improve-maps-africa/">including</a> at our Research Center in Accra. We are happy to continue our funding support.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW9LK1oZIAxHnsWpHvfa1GCAJUaCUaQwF3XiLXgcEIgP9lIRG47U96AT1BJ01fnKG3-QUHD5xjA1AhgZl5hnF6Y2UtaQhhxHQUqQz384fomESQYnglO3f2eR135YRuWH4CijqT2SF15i5Qst0sjnpHPxykqYpXBDiQi0T4t61yQ90s6T7eryXpR9e/s1464/4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1464" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieW9LK1oZIAxHnsWpHvfa1GCAJUaCUaQwF3XiLXgcEIgP9lIRG47U96AT1BJ01fnKG3-QUHD5xjA1AhgZl5hnF6Y2UtaQhhxHQUqQz384fomESQYnglO3f2eR135YRuWH4CijqT2SF15i5Qst0sjnpHPxykqYpXBDiQi0T4t61yQ90s6T7eryXpR9e/w726-h486/4.png" width="726" /></a><br /><br />Last week we announced signing the first Master Sponsored Research Agreements in Africa, with Kwame Nkrumah University in Ghana (KNUST) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Ghana (AIMS) to enable research and leadership sponsored programs developing young tech-talent in Africa. I also got to visit the AIMS Ghana Campus as well as University of Ghana, meeting faculty and students, where once again I was reminded of the great talent and potential that exists in Africa.<br /><br /> <br /><br />In the decade-plus that Google has had a presence in Africa, we’ve witnessed first-hand the incredible potential for what people can do with the internet and technology. AI is undoubtedly the next frontier of that relationship and we’re excited to play an ongoing role in its African growth journey. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Posted by Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering & Research </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Google Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> ==== Google Africa Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561427154312192918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796894934389505998.post-11039840005508822322022-05-17T11:15:00.001+00:002022-05-17T11:28:58.222+00:00Step into the Meroë pyramids with Google<div>
When you think of pyramids does your mind wander to the Pyramids of Giza in
Egypt or the Mayan Temples of Guatemala? Great civilizations built each of
these pyramids and inscribed their stories onto the walls of them, offering
glimpses into their daily life. <br /><br /><br />The Pyramids of Meroë in Sudan,
while lesser known, are no different. Today, you can <a href="https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/meroe/" target="_blank">explore these stunning pyramids</a>, which are a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Google Arts &
Culture.<br /><br /><br />Over 200 pyramids were constructed in Meroë, the third and
final capital of the Kushite Kingdom, an ancient African civilization that
ruled the lands of Nubia for over 3000 years. Now you can take a virtual walk
through the Pyramids of Meroë and explore the inscriptions using Street View’s
panoramic imagery. You can also learn more about the Kushite Kingdom, their
royalty and the architecture behind the pyramids in an immersive web
experience that’s available in a range of languages including Arabic, English,
French, German and Spanish.</div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaUMkR5VmscmOslt518AyULsNyqM3aOyuxVIJDSSPMvv--QXm238pp15w4Nl4VlbfqJ8fXmHpEa8iyswOO9UamQOVbewbgzMcrRKbRlu7yfmF0iVnkK1FXCEDkfYWb7Zrgb9Kcivj49t8q6gJ4qMYNu_DQNVd97Li4p80W6DwKuOp7gSb1tCu7ag5/s774/Pyramids%20of%20Meroe.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="774" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaUMkR5VmscmOslt518AyULsNyqM3aOyuxVIJDSSPMvv--QXm238pp15w4Nl4VlbfqJ8fXmHpEa8iyswOO9UamQOVbewbgzMcrRKbRlu7yfmF0iVnkK1FXCEDkfYWb7Zrgb9Kcivj49t8q6gJ4qMYNu_DQNVd97Li4p80W6DwKuOp7gSb1tCu7ag5/w705-h437/Pyramids%20of%20Meroe.gif" width="705" /></a></div>
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If you want to get even more up close and personal, you can visualize the
pyramids using augmented reality — no matter where you are. You can also
listen to acclaimed Sudanese-American poet Emi Mahmood share evocative
rhymes that are a beautiful ode to her homeland and to this project that
shares Sudan’s rich heritage with others.<br /><br /><br />We’ve also
partnered with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNESCO) to
bring you more information about <a href="#">Meroë,</a>
<a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/TwXxqqM0fv95uQ">Gebel Barkal and Napatan region</a> and Sudan’s
<a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/story/BgVB4ZNIrRqjpQ">Sanganeb Marine National Park</a>.<br /><br /></p><p>Are you ready to explore? Visit
<a href="http://g.co/meroe">g.co/meroe</a>. <br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Posted by Mariam Khaled Dabboussi, Product Marketing Manager, Google</p><div class="article-meta__author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><br /><br /><span face=""Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #202124; font-size: 14px;"> ====</span></div>
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