The Lagos attendance register has received another great swell! Sundar Pichai, the Chief Executive Officer of Google is presently in Lagos for #GoogleforNigeria, an interactive session with the community in Lagos organized by Google.
Hello from Lagos! #GoogleforNigeria pic.twitter.com/m5OKp3QE40
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) July 27, 2017
Some hours after he made the announcement on Google, Pichai has made some interesting revelations at the event. Some were shared by attendees on Twitter:
#Breaking Google CEO, Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) is live at #GoogleforNigeria pic.twitter.com/j0idwHlOZj
— Techpoint Africa (@Techpointdotng) July 27, 2017
One key announcement today: DIrect Carrier Billing is coming to telcos in Nigeria soon, starting with MTN and 9Mobile #GoogleforNigeria
— Femi TAIWO (@dftaiwo) July 27, 2017
"We are also committing $20m in grants to high impact non-profits in Africa over the next few years" – @sundarpichai #GoogleforNigeria
— Techpoint Africa (@Techpointdotng) July 27, 2017
GBoard will now support Hausa, Igbo and Yorùbá typing on mobile phones. #GoogleForNigeria pic.twitter.com/9mIqXjVdoQ
— Kimani of Estol Africa (@cutekimani) July 27, 2017
And, the mother of it all! He was exposed to the small doctor’s “Penalty-t0-throwing” fever:
So Google CEO, Sundar Pichai also got into the Penalty groove. Small Doctor has blown. #GoogleforNigeria pic.twitter.com/KwT9BvyOwp
— Isime Esene (@IsimeEsene) July 27, 2017
As expected, there were celebrity touches to the event.
The one and only @adekunleGOLD opening the #GoogleForNigeria event! Lagos we are here pic.twitter.com/z5zgZAROMv
— Google in Africa (@googleafrica) July 27, 2017
#GoogleforNigeria @kunleafolayan Osheeey!!! pic.twitter.com/rgfD7Mi5fO
— Aniedi (@aniediudo) July 25, 2017
Recall that Pichai was recently appointed to the Google’s parent company, Alphabet’s board. Pichai has been running the Google division since August 2015, when the company decided to separate its different businesses and name the parent company Alphabet. Pichai oversees most of Google’s name-bearing properties, including search, cloud and maps. His purview also includes Android and YouTube.