Google has quietly flipped the switch on a big AI rollout, and Kenya is right in the middle of it. The company’s more affordable Google AI Plus plan, which started as a pilot in Indonesia, is now available in 40 new countries, including 20 nations across Africa.

For Kenya, the deal is surprisingly sweet: instead of the usual KES 900/month, Google is offering AI Plus at KES 500 per month for the first six months. That’s cheaper than a standard Netflix plan, and arguably way more useful if you’re chasing productivity, creativity, or just curious about what Google’s latest AI can do.

What you get with Google AI Plus

This isn’t some watered-down version of Gemini. The Plus tier brings:

Gemini app access: chat with Google’s flagship 2.5 model, use Deep Research on 2.5 Pro, and even unlock limited video generation with Veo 3.
Flow & Whisk: fancy filmmaking and image-to-video tools powered by Veo 3.
NotebookLM upgrades: Google’s research assistant with more advanced audio overviews and notebooks.
Gemini in Gmail and Docs: AI writing and editing right inside the apps you already use.
200GB cloud storage: extra room for your photos, files, and Gmail.
200 monthly AI credits: to fuel your video-generation experiments in Flow.

In short, it’s Google’s way of letting you taste some of its coolest AI features without paying Silicon Valley-level fees.

How it stacks up against Pro and Ultra

Of course, if you want to go all-in, there’s Google AI Pro at KES 3,700/month and the extravagant AI Ultra at a discounted KES 23,000/month (normally KES 46,000). Pro comes with beefier AI credits, Jules the coding assistant, and 2TB of storage, while Ultra adds the bleeding-edge Deep Think model, YouTube Premium, and a massive 30TB of storage.

But for most people in Kenya, Plus looks like the sweet spot. It balances access to Google’s fanciest tools without draining your M-Pesa wallet.

Africa joins the AI party

Beyond Kenya, the expansion includes 19 other African countries namely Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In fact, 40 new countries in total are getting AI Plus, often at prices below $5/month (with some regions as low as $2.50). It’s clear Google is betting big on making AI accessible in emerging markets, where creativity is thriving but high subscription prices often lock people out.

If you’ve been itching to play with Google’s next-gen AI tools, from video generation to AI-powered Docs and Gmail, you no longer need to break the bank. For KES 500 a month, Kenya’s creators, students, and businesses now get a serious productivity upgrade at their fingertips.

And who knows? With Flow and Whisk in your pocket, the next big Kenyan short film or viral TikTok could very well be AI-powered and proudly made in Nairobi.