Google appoints Zimbabwean James Manyika as company’s Senior Vice President

NEW YORK-(MaraviPost)-The world leading internet search engine Google has appointed James Manyika as the company’s first senior vice president of Technology and Society.

Manyika will report directly to Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) CEO Sundar Pichai.

He will be working on the impact of technology on society, shaping the company’s views on topics, including AI, the future of work, sustainability and other areas that can make a significant difference.

“I’m thrilled that James Manyika will be joining Google’s leadership team,” says Pichai.

He’s spent decades working at the intersection of technology and society and has advised a number of businesses, academic institutions and governments along the way.”

Manyika has spent 28 years at McKinsey helping companies and governments (including technology leaders) make decisions based on economic and cultural trends.

The former University of Zimbabwe and University of Oxford graduate serves on the boards of research institutes at Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Stanford, and other high schools.

Source: TechZim

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.