west
search
Afroic Logo Afroic Logo Created with Sketch.
search
sign in
Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic
search
sign in
Science & Tech
Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic Afroic Logo Created with Sketch. Afroic
Home Subscriptions

Categories

News Politics TV & Movies Music Sports Business Gaming Science & Tech Programming Health Food Culture Travel Education Properties Funny General
sign in
Install App
Guidelines · Contact Support
Terms · Privacy
© 2026 Afroic. All rights reserved.
Home Subscriptions

Categories

News Politics TV & Movies Music Sports Business Gaming Science & Tech Programming Health Food Culture Travel Education Properties Funny General
sign in
Install App
Guidelines · Contact Support
Terms · Privacy
© 2026 Afroic. All rights reserved.
  1. Home
  2. Science & Tech
  3. New Nigerian accent added to Google Maps
6
2
science & tech

New Nigerian accent added to Google Maps

twitter.com/udehch...

submitted about 7 years ago by taya

submitted about 7 years ago by taya

6
2
Share
Share
Copy link
save
save
Report
Advertisement
Add a comment
Sort by: New · Top
    YE
    Yemisi about 7 years ago
    Report

    This is really good. Google is really trying hard to customize their products to meet the needs of countries they serve which is commendable. Also, the fact that Nigeria is now being recognized more with regards to language is a plus. My only worry with this new Maps update is that there are still complaints of street names sounding off which was the same with the original voice. One would expect a voice sounding local will have all the names right. In any case, it's a work in progress and I believe subsequent updates should fix this.

      0
    • reply
    NE
    Network about 7 years ago
    Report

    First, there is no such thing as a Nigerian accent. However, I'd be unfair to not note here that Google is trying their best to better serve the Nigerian market albeit poor effort. As I listened to the demo, I couldn't help but hear a pretentious and made-up voice. I know this might stem from the difficulty in serving the entirety of the Nigerian accents. I, however, think that starting with the wazobia accent will be more accurately be a welcomed effort, even though it might not be better.

      0
    • reply

Related Posts

science & tech

Best Phones In The Future

myrichtech.com/best-p...
comment
nigeria forum/ science & tech

Lagos set to commence construction of largest tech hub in Lagos, says Sanwo-Olu

vanguardngr.com/2021/0...
comment
science & tech

Cars Designed and Made in Africa

youtube.com/watch
comment
science & tech

Ethiopia is set to launch its first satellite into space—with China’s help

qz.com/africa...
comment
ghana forum/ science & tech

Google to integrate Ghana's digital addressing into mapping system

ghanaweb.com/GhanaH...
comment
science & tech

Facebook launches its TikTok rival, Instagram Reels

axios.com/facebo...
comment
science & tech

Kenya Plans to Double Power Generation by 2022 as Economy Grows

bloomberg.com/news/a...
comment
science & tech

Agony of an African Programmer (2014)

iafrikan.com/2014/0...
comment
science & tech

The cities where you can access the fastest Internet in sub-Saharan Africa

techpoint.africa/2022/0...
1
science & tech

Africa’s internet economy is booming but it needs more homegrown software developers

qz.com/africa...
comment
science & tech

TikTok’s sister app LetsChat wants to become the WhatsApp alternative for Africans, but users aren’t convinced yet

techcabal.com/2023/0...
comment
zimbabwe forum/ science & tech

Zimbabwe wasn’t on Google Street View until this man volunteered to map it himself

youtube.com/watch
comment
science & tech

How Facebook took over the internet in Africa – and changed everything

theguardian.com/techno...
comment
science & tech

Human urine bricks invented by South African students

bbc.com/news/w...
1
science & tech

Sierra Leone's 'smart country' ambitions

dw.com/en/sie...
comment
science & tech

The young African innovators to watch in 2019

qz.com/africa...
comment
rwanda forum/ science & tech

Rwandan app gets top ranking on Google Play Store

newtimes.co.rw/techno...
comment
ghana forum/ science & tech

Teaching kids robotics in Ghana

cnn.com/videos...
comment
science & tech

Is this African teenager a future coding superstar?

bbc.com/news/b...
comment
science & tech

The flying car is here – and it could change the world

bbc.com/future...
comment
science & tech

Hear about investing in African tech at Disrupt SF with Marieme Diop, Wale Ayeni and Sheel Mohnot

techcrunch.com/2019/0...
comment
science & tech

Make real online money in 2022 by giving opinions

comment
science & tech

What are Africa’s super app candidates up to these days?

techcabal.com/2020/0...
comment
science & tech

Bringing light-speed internet to Sub-Saharan Africa

blog.x.company/bringi...
comment
malawi forum/ science & tech

My Journey to Tech - Episode 1: Year 2000

tech.jacobmziya.xyz/my-jou...
comment

Sign in to Afroic

or
Forgot?

Don't have an account? Sign up

Create your Afroic Account

or

Already have an account? Sign in