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Google Launches Second Google News Initiative In Africa, Middle East And Turkey

Google Launches Second Google News Initiative In Africa, Middle East And Turkey

… Open call for projects that increase reader engagement and explore new business models

 

 

 

 

Google today announced the second Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge  (GNI) in Africa, Middle East, and Turkey.

This is the second GNI with an open call for projects that increase reader engagement and explore new business models for media.

The first Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge saw 21 projects in 13 countries receive funding last year. Awardees were from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Turkey, and the UAE.

In South Africa, Daily Maverick developed a “relevancy engine” for small and medium publishers to help them aggregate better reader insights to increase relevancy and increase subscriptions. Ringier Africa Digital Publishing in Nigeria was awarded funding to increase personalization across its platform using a blend of prediction, recommendation and local information pages to increase user engagement.

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Kenyan awardee Africa Uncensored is aggregating news from members of the public to produce at scale.

Applications open today and run until April 12. Established publishers, online-only players, news startups, publisher consortia and local industry associations are eligible to apply.

Interested organisations can apply here: https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com//innovation-challenges/middle-east-apply/

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“The selected projects will be funded up to $150 000, and up to 70 percent of the total project cost,” says Ludovic Blecher, head of innovation, GNI. “Funding is not available for editorial projects, but should instead be focused on reader engagement and exploring new business models. Google does not take any equity or IP in any projects or submissions. We are looking forward to seeing new ideas, projects and big bets come out of the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, a region rich with talent, potential and opportunity!”

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Applications must be made via the website and are open until Monday, 12 April at 23:59 GMT. There will be an online town hall on March 3 at 13.00 GMT with a live presentation on how to apply, with an opportunity to ask questions to the GNI team.

Angela Davies

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