Google Nigeria plans to reach more than 10 million Nigerians with free Internet access in five cities in Nigeria .
According to the company , the Wi-Fi will be available in 200 Google Stations across five cities in the country which includes Lagos , Kaduna , Port Harcourt , Ibadan and Abuja by 2019 .
This was made known on Thursday at the second Google for Nigeria event in Lagos .
Speaking at the unveiling of the Google Stations , the Google Nigeria Country Director , Juliet Ehimuan -Chiazor, said the initiative would address affordability and access to data as well as broadband penetration .
She said the free Wi-Fi was rolled out in partnership with an Internet Service Provider with extensive fibre network , 21 st Century , adding that the company was open to partnerships with other ISPs and telcos .
“ One of the challenges we found was access to data . Broadband penetration is low and are not reliable and there are challenges with affordability just allow many Nigerians benefit from the digital economy . We are very excited to be able to launch in collaboration with partners , ” she said.
She added , “ We are starting in Lagos with four sites and commitment is to expand to 200 sites across five cities in Nigeria by 2019 . There are opportunities that are available once people get online and are able to consume information .
Commenting on the initiative, the Vice President , Products Management at Google, Anjali Joshi , said the initiative would be scaled to other countries in Africa .
Details soon .
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