Sundai Pichai CEO Of Google Visits Nigeria And Launches Youtube Go - Checkout!

On 27th July 2017 Google CEO Sundar Pichai Visit Nigeria and also Attend Google For Nigeria event at Lagos State. Sundai Pichai brought along gifts and good news as the company launched a range of new products, including YouTube Go, an “offline first” version of the video sharing platform -YouTube- for users with slow internet connections.

YouTube Go will allow users preview and download videos, rather than stream, and essentially save on data costs. It's aimed at Nigerians because of the poor internet speed in the country. Although Beta Version Of Youtube Go was Launched in India Last Year, And Now Nigeria is The Second Country where the App is launched. It has been seen that Nigeria has some of the slowest internet speeds of the major economies in Africa. Google is betting on its new data-friendly version of YouTube to help local users navigate that problem.





Moreover Nigerian video content, led by the burgeoning Nollywood film industry and ‘Afrobeats’ pop stars, is extremely popular, but with slow and expensive internet access, some Nigerians limit their online viewing to the workplace where connections might be better according to executives at online video companies like IrokoTV, reports.

Take A Look Of Nigeria Internet Speed In Below Statistic

It’s certainly not lacking in potential. Even though Nigeria’s internet subscriber base has shrunk over the past year due to a regulatory clampdown on unregistered sim cards, the country still has over 91 million mobile internet users, according to regulators. However, that vast user base is largely undermined by unreliable connections across the country.

Nice Improvement And A Plus To Nigeria I guess, Or What Is Your Say?