Google Partner with UBA to Provide Free Internet to Customers

Google has partnered with United Bank for Africa (UBA) and 21st Century Technologies to provide free WiFi across 11 locations in Lagos State, Nigeria.

This is an extension of the Google Station initiative launched at the #GoogleforNigeria held last year.

Google said it will roll out the initiative in 200 locations in five cities across Nigeria by the end of 2019.

Google Station, a platform for providing free, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in public places, began in Lagos last year, and extended to Abuja in December in partnership with Backbone Connectivity Network.

This google-powered initiative would allow customers access to internet connectivity within the 11 branches and its environs, thereby facilitating their day-to-day businesses and activities, while ensuring unhindered connectivity.

The 11 branches where the hotspot will be located are: UBA Bank Road, 810-811 Bank Road, Daleko; UBA Matori, 21 Fatai Atere street; UBA Surulere, 152 Ogunlana Drive; UBA Allen, 13 Allen Avenue, Ikeja; UBA Tisco Plaza, Alausa; UBA Apapa, 11-13 Warehouse Road, Apapa; UBA Marina, 55 Marina, Lagos Island; UBA HQ, Broad Street, Marina; UBA Lekki Admiralty; UBA Oke Arin and UBA Aspamda Plaza, Trade Fair.

Google Nigeria’s Country Director, noted that the institutions remained focused on providing internet services to users for free.

She said, “With the help of our partners, we are offering high-quality internet access in heavily-trafficked areas like airports, markets, malls and bus stations throughout the country, especially in areas where there were no internet connections before.

“Even with the amazing progress on expanding mobile internet, we are finding that public Wi-Fi remains a crucial step in getting free, high quality internet to everyone,” she explained.

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18 thoughts on “Google Partner with UBA to Provide Free Internet to Customers”

Only in Lagos?

nice one. wish it would arrive in owerri soon

This will make d price of Internet service to drop once they move to other cities of the federation.

Just Lagos, not cool enough

Good one.. .

Nice one but the one they partner with coolink is uet to go round in Lagos
I hope they are not trying to drop coolink partnership

And it always has to be Lagos first..

ViVi

February 16, 2019 at 8:49 am

Would easier to run compared to other states i think

That’s really nice of Google.

Thier hotspot that couldn’t load a page, i guess coz so many people must have connected or the service is very poor. I hope it gets better

We only have few locations in Abuja. They should try and expand abeg

Those who live close to those area are lucky.

Meanwhile ntel is so tempting, their network is very fast now. streaming smoothly without breaking. Maybe because so many subscribers has abandoned it.