Category: Africa Development Center
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Young African Leaders Initiative and Microsoft Africa Development Centre partner to improve youth digital skills
The Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) and the Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership Centre East Africa (YALI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate to provide digital skills programs and solutions to young leaders in the region. According to the MoU, the ADC will provide YALI participants with capacity-building opportunities in digital skills…
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Meet the Microsoft ADC Game of Learners Season 4 Winner: Jambo Care
An innovation by four university students that translates the local dialect into English or Kiswahili to make it easier for doctors to diagnose patients’ symptoms remotely has emerged as the overall winner of the fourth season of the Game of Learners (GOL) competition. The solution, dubbed ‘Jambo Care,’ was developed by Team Ruby, which beat…
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Job ready JKUAT, Microsoft ADC curriculum to start in September 2023
The Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Department of Computing have reviewed the university’s Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Bachelor of Computer Technology curriculum to make them more relevant to industry demands. The new curriculum will impact the delivery of 128 units within the…
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Microsoft launches student hackathon, targets solutions for the health sector
University students from across Kenya and some parts of Africa can now apply to participate in season 4 of the Microsoft Africa Development Centre’s (ADC) Game of Learners (GOL) student hackathon competition. The GOL initiative provides an opportunity for African university students, aspiring software engineers, and solution builders to improve their technical and coding abilities…
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Microsoft collaborates with universities to improve their curriculum and facilitate direct hiring
Microsoft’s engineering arm, the Africa Development Centre is announcing a collaboration with Kenyan technology universities to review their curriculums and make them more relevant to industry needs as the centre ramps up its digital skilling efforts in the country. As part of the program, Microsoft ADC has partnered with the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture…
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Safaricom, Microsoft launch Digital Talent Program to address talent shortage
Safaricom is partnering with technology sector partners such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon(AWS) to launch the Digital Talent Program to address talent supply shortage and mismatch and create a sustainable talent pipeline to position Kenya as the leading hub for tech talent in Africa. The program plans to upskill 1,000 participants based on the digital…