 Google on Monday said it has renewed its commitment to support startups in Africa with a combined $6 million funding to start-up founders and female entrepreneurs in Africa. The managing director of Google's Sub-Saharan Africa said on Monday in his statement that it was part of the ongoing plans to double down on supporting Black startup founders. Gajah said that the program in collaboration with the Tony Illumilou Foundation will provide seed capital to 500 women entrepreneurs in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and selected Francophone countries. She said there was no better time to invest in women's economic participation on the continent than now. In entertainment news, Netflix has added acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg to its roster with a joint announcement on Monday of a deal for his Amblin Partners production company to supply multiple movies a year for several years. Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg is now on the Netflix roster. The streaming service struck a deal on Monday with Spielberg's Amblin Partners production company to supply movies over several years. The financial terms of the agreement were not made public. Spielberg is known for silver screen classics like E.T. The Extraterrestrial and Schindler's List. Spielberg continued to make movies for universal pictures under a separate agreement. But this new deal sets Netflix apart from its competitors like Disney Plus and Amazon. It also turns a page after years of tense relations between Spielberg and Netflix. Spielberg has argued movies seen on television should be considered for Emmys, not Oscars. He's also said he wants to preserve the experience of watching movies and theaters. But in a statement released after the deal, Spielberg said, quote, It was abundantly clear that we had an amazing opportunity to tell new stories together and reach audiences in new ways. Netflix does send some of its films to theaters for limited runs. This year it plans to release more than 70 to the big screen.