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Coming up, Google has picked South Africa for its first cloud region in Africa.

Gourmet has grabbed 48 million dollars to keep working on lab-grown

foie gras, and Facebook is rolling out new ways to customize what you see in your

feed. Tech Giant Google has announced the launch of a cloud region in South Africa, its first

in the continent playing catch-up to other top providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft

Azure, which made inroads into the continent a few years ago.

Google said it is also building dedicated cloud interconnect sites, which link users on-premises networks with Google's Grid in Nairobi, Lagos, and South Africa in its

quest to provide full-scale cloud capabilities for its customers and partners in Africa.

Google plans to tap its private subsea cable Equiano, which connects Africa and Europe to power the

sites.

Equiano has been under development since 2019 and has so far made four landings in Togo, Namibia, Nigeria and South

Africa.

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