Google launches apps programme at Ibadan

Google Nigeria announced the launch of Google Apps Supporting Programs (GASP) for the University of Ibadan. The GASP initiative helps increase use of the internet and Google Apps in sub-Saharan African universities. With the launch, all students from the university will have access to a lifetime e-mail address stu.ui.edu.ng and up to 25 GB of storage space.

The programme provides the Google Apps for Education suite and strengthens the existing ICT services of participating universities through a combination of infrastructure grants, technical consulting and training.

Through the integration of Google’s tools into university processes and student life, GASP aims to increase productivity and offer world-class collaboration solutions to the academic world. Google Apps for Education has been deployed in over 100 universities across sub-Saharan Africa to hundreds of thousands of students and university faculties, including South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya and Uganda.