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.