Google, Elba Foundation to give 100,000 African creators Gemini access

Google (part of Alphabet) and the Elba Hope Foundation, established by actor Idris Elba and his wife, have partnered to provide roughly 100,000 creators across five African countries with access to Google's AI assistant "Gemini" and other digital products. According to a Bloomberg report on July 1, 2026, the target countries are Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Sierra Leone, with total funding of about $1 million. The aim is to enable creators to produce high-quality content faster and more cheaply.