Bringing Google's best AI tools to university students across Africa, at no cost

Since the earliest days of Search and Youtube, learning has been core to Google’s mission.

With Gemini, we aim to equip the next generation with foundational AI skills and the most capable models to enable them to thrive in the classroom and prepare for the future workforce. We recently rolled out new Gemini learning features, and now, we're making our most advanced AI tools available to eligible university students across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, free of charge for one year.

Here’s more detail:

Eligible students ages 18+ in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe can sign up for a 12 month Google AI Pro Plan at no cost, which includes our most advanced AI tools:

• Expanded access to Gemini 2.5 Pro: Ask questions and upload images. Our most capable model provides quick homework and writing help.
• Deep Research: Save time with custom research reports, providing in-depth information from hundreds of sites and higher access to Deep Research on 2.5 Pro.
• NotebookLM: A one-of-a-kind thinking companion that helps organize your thoughts, now with even more audio and video overviews
• Veo 3: Transform text or a photo into a 8-second video with sound
• Nano Banana: Transform images in amazing new ways with higher access on 2.5 Pro
• 2 TB of storage: tons of space for your notes, projects, photos and papers on Google Photos, Drive and Gmail

Learn more and sign up for the 12-month Google AI Pro plan, at no cost, by December 9th.

Helping students get the most out of Gemini

AI can broaden and expand access to knowledge in powerful ways, helping anyone, anywhere learn anything in the way that works best for them. It’s not about just getting an answer, but deepening understanding and building critical thinking skills along the way. That’s why we built Guided Learning, a new mode in Gemini that acts as a learning companion guiding you with questions and step-by-step support.

With Guided Learning, students can work through things like complex math problems, structure arguments, get started on an essay, prep for a test, get homework help, test their understanding with interactive quizzes, and more.

Students are also exploring new uses for AI, unlocking more creativity and finding fun, helpful ways to integrate it in their everyday lives.

With our new image generation and editing model Nano Banana, students can reimagine photos and turn abstract ideas into striking, practical visuals. They can quickly mock up concepts like their ideal dorm room design, prototype a logo for a campus club, design a whiteboard concept for a group project, or virtually try on outfits for a presentation.

With Veo 3, students can transform text and images into high-fidelity, cinematic clips, accelerating creative work and allowing students to quickly mock up scenes for a film project or generate b-roll footage for a presentation.

Expanding access to AI-powered tools for educators

We recently introduced Gemini for Education, a version of the Gemini app built for the unique needs of the educational community, and made Gemini in Classroom available to all Google Workspace for Education editions free of charge with more than 30 new capabilities to help teachers plan more efficiently and create engaging content and resources.

We’re also partnering with universities around the world to help educators and students use tools like Gemini and NotebookLM to enhance efficiency, get more personalized support and foster AI literacy.

By giving students access to our most powerful tools, we’re equipping them with AI skills to boost creativity, spark curiosity, and enhance problem-solving skills. We can’t wait to see what the next generation of builders, artists and thinkers will do.