Google to provide software to two East African nations

Google to provide software to two East African nations

Search engine giant Google has signed deals with Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure and the Kenya Education Network (KENET) to supply software solutions to students and government workers.

The aim is to help them to get the same resources as people in developed nations get. The company would now provide resources through their Google Apps software.

With this, the web users involved in the program would get access to free communications tools including e-mail, calendars, word processer, spreadsheet and instant messaging.

Francoise Brougher, Google’s global director of business operations spoke on this deal: “We are really trying to get people in Africa to have the same level of service and the same level of access as we offer all over the world.”

Google offers their Apps both as a free and paid service. The users of paid service get more storage space and support from the company.