Google CEO visits Lagos computer village, Nigerians react (photo)

Google CEO visits Lagos computer village, Nigerians react (photo)

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Inc., Sundar Pichai landed in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, July 27, and said his team would be training 10 million Nigerians in the next five years.

CEO Pichai said this while highlighting the need for individuals and businesses to leverage the digital space and subsequently transition into a digital economy.

He announced his visit to computer village at Ikeja, Lagos on his Twitter page. Computer village is a popular spot to purchase electronic gadgets in Lagos state and has grown to almost mythic proportions as the go-to place electronic devices.

Below is his tweet:

Nigerians were quick to hop on the viral tweet with characteristic outspokenness, dropping advice and greetings for Mr Pichai.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Lagos Source: Reuters
Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Lagos Source: Reuters

Below are some of the responses he got and what Nigerians on social media have been saying about the Google visit to Nigeria:

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Legit.ng earlier reported Mark Zuckerberg's visit to Nigeria, from meeting with Andela, a company which the Zuckerberg-Chan initiative has invested about 24 million dollars in, to visiting with the kids at the coding camp.

Watch this video on one of the many inventions by a Nigerian below:

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Adrianna Simwa (Lifestyle writer) Adrianna Simwa is a content writer at Legit.ng where she has worked since mid-2022. She has written for many periodicals on a variety of subjects, including news, celebrities, and lifestyle, for more than three years. She has worked for The Hoth, The Standard Group and Triple P Media. Adrianna graduated from Nairobi University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in 2020. In 2023, Simwa finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques. You can reach her through her email: adriannasimwa@gmail.com

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