Google is offering free one-year subscriptions to its Gemini Advanced AI through the Google One AI Premium plan for university students in eight African countries. This initiative aims to integrate AI tools into the continent's tech ecosystem, targeting future developers and researchers.

• Google is providing free Gemini Advanced AI access to students in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
• The subscription includes Gemini 1.5 Pro, offering a 1 million token context window for processing large amounts of information, a Deep Research feature with citations, and a Guided Learning mode.
• The plan, valued at approximately KES 3,700 per month in Kenya, also bundles 2TB of cloud storage, access to NotebookLM, and Veo (a text-to-video generator).
• Additionally, Google is investing $9 million in African universities and research labs for AI-focused programs and implementing four new subsea cable landing points to enhance internet infrastructure.
• This move is part of Google's $1 billion investment in Africa, aiming to support the continent's youth and digital economy.