Google launches search for Mozambique
Google have announced on Google africa blog they have launched a search page for Mozambique.
“We are excited to announce the launch of our homepage for Mozambique: www.google.co.mz. This launch marks our 26th country home page in Sub-Saharan Africa, and our third for Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa - the others being Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe.”
This announcement comes hot on the heals of Algeria’s launch, i Wonder how long it will be before every single country in Africa is represented with a Google Startpage?
Mozambique is clearly not the fastest growing intternet population and has an Internet penetration of under 1% according to internet world statistics. In most countries in Africa, mobile penetration far exceeds internet penetration so should Google be following a slightly different strategy to have the biggest impact. Maybe they should be launching mobile services first.
What are your thoughts?
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Yeah, I’d go after mobile services first. Maybe they’re too americanized to notice, but phones/WAP are far cheaper here than in the States, and as such, will provide a bigger platform for their world domination.
~ Wogan