Google announced $1bn of investments in Africa’s digital transformation. Over the next 5 years, it will focus on improving connectivity, backing African tech startups and entrepreneurs, and renewing Google’s non-profit commitments on the continent. One of the initiatives is the Google sub-sea cable project stretching to South Africa, Namibia, and Nigeria. However, the tech giant’s investment plans have sparked a debate about whether Google should pay more tax in the African countries in which it operates.
Source : African Business Magazine
