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What is Microsoft AI for Good?
What is Microsoft AI for Good? It is Microsoft's philanthropic initiative to empower people and organizations working around the world to protect cultural heritage, solve humanitarian ...
SMEs to recieve Microsoft support at Techpoint SME Clinic 2020
Microsoft will be empowering about two thousand micro, small and medium-sized businesses at Techpoint SME Clinic this year. 4Afrika, Microsoft's business and market development engi...
Google launches 1M USD pan-African fund to support digital literacy and online safety
Google announces fund to support online safety in Africa. Marking World Safer Internet Day Google though its philanthropy arm is launching a one million USD pan-African fund. To he...
A home for African developers and startups, Google opens Developer Space in Nigeria
Delivering on a promise, Google announces the launch of its first Developer Space on the African continent. The space similar to the Microsoft Reactor will serve developers, entrepreneurs a...
There’s not enough women-led tech startups, it’s costing us all
Women-led startups are only receiving 2% of all venture capital funding. A trend that needs to change if we are to achieve diversity in business. Muhammad Nabil, Partners and Startups Stra...
Microsoft names biggest problem to driving innovation in Africa
Making sure your resources are highly skilled, is what Microsoft executive, Kunle Awosika, notes will drive innovation in Africa. He made the remark addressing over three hundred delega...
Microsoft LEAP Apprenticeship program 2nd cohort kicks off in Nigeria
The second cohort of the Microsoft LEAP Apprenticeship program gets underway in Nigeria. With ten ladies from across Nigeria selected for the second edition of the program. The initiati...
Microsoft outfits new computer lab at Afrika Tikkun Zolile Malindi Centre of Excellence in Mfuleni, Cape Town
Microsoft South Africa has responded to the Afrika Tikkun Mfuleni center's need for a greater student-centric IT facility. By outfitting the Zolile Malindi Centre of Excellence in Cape ...
Microsoft unable to meet recruitment target for Africa Development Centre
Microsoft announced the Africa Development Center with plans to recruit about 100 full-time software engineers by the end of 2019. Latest details show the company is far from reaching t...
Futuristic Microsoft Israel campus set to launch this year
The new Microsoft Israel campus is set to officially launch this year. The campus will be located in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv and occupy about ten acres. The company made this announ...
Microsoft to launch Israel datacenter region in 2021
Microsoft will establish a new datacenter region in Israel in 2021. The Israel datacenter will start by offering customers Azure cloud services and followed later by Office 365 services...
Africa Tech Summit Kigali: AI in Africa and scaling startups, Microsoft
Over 600 industry leaders, entrepreneurs and investors across Africa will gather in Kigali, Rwanda for the annual Africa Tech Summit aimed at connecting the African technology ecosystem...
DynExcAfrica, Microsoft bring digital skills to girls in northern Cote d’Ivoire
DynExcAfrica brings digital skills training to girls in northern Cote d'Ivoire with support from Microsoft Philanthropies. The initiative dubbed DynExcAfrica STEM Tour, skilled six hund...
Microsoft Reactor Program comes to Abu Dhabi, welcomes 17 new startups
A home for global talent and ambitious innovators, Microsoft Reactor. Microsoft brings its startup and developer community hubs program, Microsoft Reactor, to the United Arab Emira...
Kenya and Tunisia student teams qualify for 2020 Microsoft Imagine Cup EMEA Regional finals
Student teams from Kenya and Tunisia qualify for the next stage of the 2020 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition. They are part of ten online regional semi-finalists from the Europe Middle...
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