--- title: African tech companies are ditching Google for a small... description: African tech companies are switching from Google Workspace to Zoho, an Indian competitor, to reduce costs. Zoho offers similar products as Google but at a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/african-tech-companies-are-ditching-google-for-a-small-indian-competitor-m2kjicsaw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: African tech companies are ditching Google for a small Indian competitor | daily.dev og:description: African tech companies are switching from Google Workspace to Zoho, an Indian competitor, to reduce costs. Zoho offers similar products as Google but at a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/african-tech-companies-are-ditching-google-for-a-small-indian-competitor-m2kjicsaw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/m2kJiCsaW.png og:image:alt: African tech companies are ditching Google for a small Indian competitor og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # African tech companies are ditching Google for a small Indian competitor **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 6 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary African tech companies are switching from Google Workspace to Zoho, an Indian competitor, to reduce costs. Zoho offers similar products as Google but at a lower price. Zoho has been expanding its presence in Africa by hiring local staff, introducing payment options in local currencies, and partnering with local business communities. While Zoho has seen early success, it needs to strengthen its branding and engage with the local tech community to compete with larger rivals like Google and Microsoft. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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