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The G-Nigeria Day 2010 is in its 3rd day. Today is for the Computer Science students and is focused on Software and Tools. Google Technologies ranging from Google Maps, App Engine, Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and Gadgets are part of today's discussions. CS students have been very exciting and the sessions are interactive with lot of questions.
Yesterday, the focus was on Marketing Professionals and Entrepreneurs. The sessions began on how to advertise and make money using Google Adwords and Adsense with a successful story of a Nigerian Entrepreneur who emptied her annual inventory in just 2 months after using Google Adwords. Tracking your website to measure its performance and improve on the traffic is very relevant for your business; that's what the Google Analytics session discussed about.
The first day was for Developers which also discussed on Google technologies from Maps, App Engine, GWT and lots more.
Google is now focusing on Africa with the objective of improving the ICT and providing better opportunities for the continent. G-Nigeria Day is one of those initiatives.
Google technologies and their free and open source APIs is a big opportunity for the region as well. Get started from www.code.google.com to leverage on these opportunities.
You can also join any Google Technology User Group (GTUG) around you to learn more and stay informed about Google Technologies. Currently there are two GTUGs in Nigeria that you may join: Lagos-GTUG and Abuja-GTUG.
Event Pics
Digesting stuff from the G-Nigeria 2010 event.
ReplyDeleteWith Google's Africa strategy geared towards lower-end internet devices, and the launch of Google maps in 30 African countries last week (http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-maps-domains-in-29-african.html) it is time to bring as many Nigerian developers as possible into the possibilities & potentials of Google Economics.
The just concluded G-Nigeria 2010 conference in Lagos (http://sitescontent.google.com/gnigeriaday2010/) was an eye-opener and an indicator that Google is taking Africa serious in an Open Source way.
I'm fully committed to this initiative & I hope to see "Out of Africa, Something New" in the nearest future.
I'll do my best to be at the Abuja GTUG Event on the 13th of March & hopefully we can get a lot out of Google's strategic vision to empower Africans to overcome their peculiar Information Technology challenges
Grateful if l can have someone to invite me for the next Google 'event' in Lagos pls. kolaolusola@gmail.com
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