{"id":1217029,"date":"2022-10-05T22:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/05\/google-will-use-private-subsea-cable-to-launch-its-first-full-scale-cloud-region-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-10-05T22:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:14:36","slug":"google-will-use-private-subsea-cable-to-launch-its-first-full-scale-cloud-region-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/05\/google-will-use-private-subsea-cable-to-launch-its-first-full-scale-cloud-region-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Google will use private subsea cable to launch its first full-scale cloud region in Africa \u2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><em>To get a roundup of \u2019s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT,<\/em> <em>subscribe here<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Happy Wednesday! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Haje\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haje<\/a> is enjoying a well-deserved day off, but I\u2019m here to dive into some news with you. Let\u2019s join hands and jump in at the same time, shall we? \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristineMHall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christine<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The  Top 3<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cloudy day<\/strong>: Google\u2019s first cloud region in Africa launched in South Africa. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annienjanja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ulonnaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tage<\/a> write that this move \u201callows for the localization of applications and services\u201d and for businesses to more quickly deploy capabilities \u2014 for example, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duck, duck, goose<\/strong>: French food tech startup Gourmey took in $48 million of new funding to cook up its slaughter-free and lab-grown foie gras.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/romaindillet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Romain<\/a> has more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Show a little more, show a little less<\/strong>: Facebook is testing out a new feature with Reels to let users say how much or how little they want to see of certain things in their feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AiishaMalik1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aisha<\/a> reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Startups and VC<\/h2>\n<p>Headline included, I enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/psawers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul<\/a>\u2019s story today on Whistleblower Software, an aptly named company that took in a $3 million seed round to continue developing its product aimed at making it easier for workers to report corporate wrongdoings.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy five more:<\/p>\n<h2>Dear Sophie: Any tips for negotiating visa and green card sponsorship?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2099516\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2099516\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2099516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dear-sophie-immigration-maze-3.jpg\" alt=\"lone figure at entrance to maze hedge that has an American flag at the center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2099516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong> Bryce Durbin\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dear Sophie,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m currently on an F-1 student visa. I\u2019ll receive my bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science in December and will apply for OPT. I\u2019d like to stay and work in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any tips for negotiating visa and green card sponsorship? Anything else I should remember as I start contacting prospective employers?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shy Student<\/p>\n<p>Three more from the TC+ team:<\/p>\n<p><em>+<\/em><em> is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.<\/em><em> You can sign up here<\/em><em>. Use code \u201cDC\u201d for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Big Tech Inc.<\/h2>\n<p>A cybersecurity incident disrupted business at U.S. hospital chain CommonSpirit Health, causing it to take some of its information technology systems offline, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlypage_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carly<\/a> reports. It is not yet known what kind of incident it was or what, if any, personal information was taken in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s five more for you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How we doing?<\/strong>: It\u2019s been one year since Google\u2019s $1 billion pledge of support to Africa\u2019s digital economy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ulonnaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annienjanja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annie<\/a> do a little performance review.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M&amp;A action<\/strong>: Spotify acquires Kinzen, a content moderation tech company, in a move that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahintampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah<\/a> writes will address platform safety issues.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We take your sale and raise you one<\/strong>: Walmart is not letting Amazon\u2019s Prime Early Access Sale get the best of it and is countering with its own sale, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AiishaMalik1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aisha<\/a> reports.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This is only the beginning<\/strong>: Just as Elon Musk announced he was moving forward with the Twitter deal, a judge was granting the social media giant time to do some digging. A lot of twists and turns indeed, as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tayhatmaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor<\/a> put it. Also,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Alex<\/a> weighs in on how expensive Elon\u2019s Twitter buy is.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fight, for your right, to partAI<\/strong>: The White House is proposing an AI Bill of Rights, which \u201cmandates that AI systems be proven safe and effective through testing and consultation with stakeholders, in addition to continuous monitoring of the systems in production,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyle_l_wiggers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle<\/a> writes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get a roundup of \u2019s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Happy Wednesday! Haje is enjoying a well-deserved day off, but I\u2019m here to dive into some news with you. 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