#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

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Alex Okosi, the managing director at ‪@Google‬ Africa, who while he takes great pride in the fact that Google has trained over 6,500,000 Africans over the last four to five years in digital skills, is very aware of the many unique challenges the continent faces, from the high cost of data and infrastructure investments as well as the cost of handsets down.
4 Feb English South Africa Business News · Marketing

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