Google is hiring staff for its first African product development centre, in Nairobi
Business Insider SAThe new Google logo is displayed at the Google headquarters on September 2, 2015 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe product development centre based in Kenya is aimed at bringing together African minds and building solutions to African problems to help the people of the continent, and globally.
The development centre is based in Nairobi, Kenya, with the majority of the job vacancies to be in the East African capital; with two vacancies in South Africa and Nigeria. Google hopes that the centre will become the space where creative solutions are made that promote growth in the future. The initiative aims to develop products and services that will be used in Africa and globally.
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