...latest example of how Google is delivering on the $1bn investment commitment made last year by company's CEO On this week’s Technext Global news roundup, Google has announced the launch of its first ever Google African cloud region in South Africa, while Twitter has rolled out its ‘Edit’ button for users in the US. If you missed this and other global tech stories this week, don’t worry, as we have got you covered with the roundup of the news making waves in the tech space. Here is the summary of the news: Google launches First African Google cloud region Twitter rolls out edit buttons for its Twitter Blue users in the US Amazon to support upcoming tech startups with $150m Google is redefining search engine Musk to settle twitter dispute out of court Google launches first African cloud region in South Africa Google has announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa, the very first on the continent. The news, which came at the second Google for Africa event, is the latest example of how Google is delivering on the $1bn investment commitment made last year by the company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. Google also announced that Equiano now runs through Togo, Nigeria, Namibia and South Africa, which is expected to deliver faster, lower-cost internet to the continent by connecting St. Helena, Togo, Nigeria, Namibia and South Africa with Europe. Other announcements by Google include: Google announced the launch of voice typing support for nine more African languages in Gboard, the Google keyboard (isiNdebele, isiXhosa, Kinyarwanda, Northern Sotho, Swati, Sesotho, Tswana, Tshivenda and Xitsonga). 24 new languages are now supported on Google Translate, including Lingala, which is used by more than 45 million people across Central Africa. To make Maps more useful, Google has also refreshed Street View in Kenya, South Africa, Senegal and Nigeria with nearly three hundred thousand kilometres of imagery. This helps people virtually explore and navigate neighbourhoods on Google Maps. They are also extending the service to Rwanda, meaning that Street View will now be available in 11 African countries. Google also announced the launch of Google Warmups, a machine-learning-powered tool that helps job-seeking candidates to maximize their career opportunities by enabling them to undertake mock job interview questions, with a view to improving their interview performance for the real-life application process. Twitter’s edit button finally reaches US subscribers Subscribers to popular social media platform in other parts of the world except the US may finally get their hopes up on getting the edit button they have been clamoring for, as the edit button finally reached subscribers in the US yesterday. This is coming after twitter announced some few days ago that its new ‘Edit’ button would launch to its paying subscribers in select market. The company disclosed that the service would start to roll out to its American audience via its Twitter Blue subscription. Previously, the edit button was being made available to Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand only. The edit button, a very much anticipated demand from Twitter’s user base, enables users to make changes to their tweets for up to 30 minutes after posting them. This feature can be used to, among other things, add hashtags, explain or rectify a mistake in a tweet, amend a small typo, and more. Amazon to strengthen tech startups with $150 million fund This week, Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Catalytic Capital, a $150 million commitment focused on investing in underrepresented builders in tech, according to TechCrunch reports. According to the release, the initiative will contribute to funds that support pre-seed and seed-stage businesses founded by Black, Latino, Indigenous, women, and LGBTQIA+ founders. Over the course of the following year, it is hoped that the funds would assist more than 10 funds and, as a result, more than 200 businesses. T...