South Africa, July 2 -- They follow on from Google's launch of a cloud for the Johannesburg region in 2025.

Here are the details of the new initiatives that Google, owned by Alphabet, announced at the first Africa Cloud Summit in Johannesburg.

* Google will establish a connectivity hub in South Africa's Eastern Cape, the first of four planned connectivity hubs on the continent.

* The facility will link Africa to Australia via the Umoja subsea cable and to India through a new route, strengthening internet resilience and capacity.

* Africa's first applied AI lab in Ghana will pair local startups with Google researchers and provide early access to its AI models.

* A more than $1m programme in partnership with UK actor Idris Elba's Akuna...