Google is targeting Kenya’s growing community of digital creators, media professionals and university students with hands-on training on how to use its Gemini artificial intelligence tools for research, storytelling, content production and learning.
The company hosted a Nairobi workshop dubbed “Tutunge na Gemini”, giving participants practical experience with Gemini tools for brainstorming, research, writing, editing, visual creation and content planning.
The event highlighted Gemini Omni and Nano Banana 2, which Google demonstrated for creating visual assets, rapid prototypes, product photography and promotional content. Participants also tested Gemini Live for conversational ideation and Gems for developing and refining customized workflows.
The push comes as generative AI moves deeper into creative and professional work, putting pressure on creators, publishers and students to develop practical skills in using the technology.
“AI is most useful when it helps people turn their ideas into meaningful work,” said Janet Kemboi, Google’s Head of Communications for Africa.
“Through Tutunge na Gemini, we are giving Kenya’s creators, media professionals and university students the opportunity to explore how Gemini can become part of their everyday creative and learning process — from developing an idea and conducting research to creating, refining and sharing a story,” she said.
Google also used the workshop to promote its Google AI Plus Student Offer, which gives eligible university students in Kenya access to advanced Gemini capabilities, including Gemini Omni, higher Gemini usage limits and 400GB of cloud storage across Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos.
Charles Murito, Google’s Regional Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy for the Middle East and Africa, said the offer was intended to reduce the cost of accessing advanced AI tools for African students.
“This workshop demonstrates our commitment to upskill African youth with the digital tools they need to succeed beyond the continent,” Murito said.
He said the program could help students at smaller public universities and technical colleges gain access to research and synthesis tools that may otherwise be constrained by institutional resources.
Beyond content generation, Google demonstrated Gemini’s broader capabilities around contextual assistance, personalization and agentic tasks, including helping users manage administrative work and schedules.
For creators and media professionals, those capabilities could shift AI’s role from a tool used for individual writing tasks toward a more integrated part of the production workflow.
The Nairobi workshop is part of Google’s broader effort to build practical AI literacy as generative AI becomes increasingly embedded in education, media and creative industries across Africa.
