Google Unveils Ghana AI Lab, Eastern Cape Connectivity Hub and Soweto Innovation Centre at Africa Cloud Summit

Google has announced a series of new African infrastructure, AI and skills projects at its first Africa Cloud Summit in Johannesburg — including the continent’s first applied AI lab in Ghana and a new connectivity hub in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. The commitments build on Google’s 2025 launch of its Johannesburg cloud region, a major step in its effort to serve African businesses, governments and developers closer to home. The company said it will establish a connectivity hub in the Eastern Ca