Microsoft Tech Community and Microsoft Student Partners invites students to participate in a hackathon event.
Labelled the Engineers Hack 2019. A 36-hour hackathon event opened to students of all institutions of higher education in Kenya.
The Engineers Hack will bring students together under one roof to build solutions to local challenges. Solutions to challenges in these area of society; Zero hunger, Proper Education, Affordable housing and Health care. Using emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, etc.. Selected hackathon participants will receive mentorship on how to build a business model for their products.
Got an idea? Register. 60 participants will be selected based on creativity, innovation and feasibility of their idea. Participants will receive training on Microsoft Azure AI platform. Learning Azure Cognitive-services, custom vision and Azure machine learning studio.
The event is taking place at at the Incubation center (DeHUB), Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri.
Adjudged winning teams of the hackathon event will receive prizes. The winning teams will also receive mentorship and an incubation opportunity at DeHUB.
Register to participate in the Engineers hack 2019 and invite your frends to join you for an amazing time. Have questions or want more details call 0715208670.
The fourth edition of MEST Africa Summit will be in collaboration with Microsoft. This year Microsoft partners with MEST in the event as platinum sponsors. The summit will explore the latest innovations in the African tech ecosystem. Mest Africa Summit 2019 will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from June 10th to the 12th.
The 3 day Pan-African Tech Summit will have keynotes, fireside chats, panel discussions and workshops. It will look to discuss key topics impacting entrepreneurs and investors in Africa’s technology space. Conversations will range from the impact of AI and machine learning on Africa’s workforce, the role of tech in cultivating a more energy-efficient Africa, ways data is being used to enable financial inclusion on the continent, how key sectors and innovations are contributing to the ecosystem, etc.
“At Microsoft we believe in empowering every organization and person to do more. The work that MEST does with innovators in Africa aligns perfectly with our mission to transform people’s lives through technology engagement.” – Chris Lwanga, Senior Director Software Partnerships, Microsoft
“As we gear up for this year’s Summit, we’re excited to welcome some of Africa’s most engaging entrepreneurs, partners, corporate leaders and ecosystem facilitators. We’re thrilled to partner with Microsoft, whose entrepreneur toolkit is helping developers across the continent more easily build impactful solutions. We look forward to diving deep into discussions around the innovations and solutions that are rapidly driving change on the continent.” – Aaron Fu, Managing Director, MEST
2019 MEST AFRICA CHALLENGE
MEST Africa Summit 2019 will also host the Mest Africa Challenge finals. Competing regional finalist will pitch to win the grand price of $50K in equity investment and the chance to join the MEST community. Finalist teams are from Ghana(OZE), Nigeria(Ampz_TV), South Africa(Snode Technologies), Kenya(Wayawaya Ltd) and Cote d’Ivoire(Seekewa).
Microsoft’s world wide developer focused event, Build is on the road again. Insider Dev Tour 2019 will be heading across the globe with stops in African cities. Last year the team made a stop in South Africa. This year the Insider Dev team expands it to cover more cities in Africa. The selected countries this year are Nigeria, Morocco, South Africa and Mauritius.
These events will look to bring you a crash course of the 3 day packed Microsoft Build 2019 event. The events are designed for developers of any level interested in building Microsoft 365 experiences.
Join a local event near you to get the latest in Microsoft 365 technology. There will be keynotes and demo sessions. Covering .Net Core, Microsoft Graph, Web development with NodeJS, Microsoft Developer tools, IoT Solutions and more. Through more code, demos and insights.
Event Sessions (varies by location)
Introduction to Microsoft Graph Services
Web Development with NodeJS and Microsoft Developer Tools
Embedded and IoT Solutions with Microsoft Windows IoT Core
Command Line / Terminal and Windows Subsystem for Linux
Coding your Future with the Windows Insider Program
Desktop Apps with the Microsoft Graph
UWP User Interfaces with the latest APIS and OSS libraries
Developing with the New Edge Browser
Desktop Apps with .NET Core
AI Platform / Machine Learning on Windows
Progressive Web Apps with the New Edge
NET Core 3.0
Build apps for Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Graph and Web Technology
Microsoft’s invite reads;
Get an inside peak into the future. Get insight you can use today. Join us for the Insider Dev Tour. You’ll enjoy an inside peek into some of tomorrow’s innovative dev tech, as well as practical information you can use today. Plus, you’ll gain valuable access to a peer network along with exposure to all-star devs from a wide range of tech disciplines.
Insider Dev Tour 2019 Africa events
South Africa
South Africa events will take place June 4th in Cape Town and June 6th in Johannesburg.
Microsoft’s premier developer conference Build 2019 is here with us. Get to hear about the latest in Microsoft technologies.
Watch Livestream
Join us follow the online viewing of Build 2019 conference. Event starts at these times world wide 8:30AM PT, 3:30PM GMT (4:30PM UK), 6:30PM EAT and 5:30PM SAT. Right after the Imagine Cup world finals. Get to hear what’s new and evolving in Microsoft world of technology. Microsoft says this year the developer event is focused on empowering developers of all kinds. The event is taking place from the 6th to 8th of May 2019 in Seattle.
This year’s event is focused on empowering developers of all kinds, from experienced computer scientists to tech beginners with big ideas. Join us here at 8 a.m. PT on Monday, May 6, to watch the World Championship of Imagine Cup, our global student technology competition. The Build keynote presentations will begin at 8:30 a.m. PT, when we’ll share the latest about Microsoft’s platforms and tools aimed at helping people build great things.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will lead the Build 2019 vision keynote followed by other technical keynotes. Satya Nadella will share with the developer community what Microsoft is doing to help them build great platforms and leverage its tools.
We will have all the announcements coming out of Build on this site. Do stay tuned and don’t forget to share what you are most excited about with us in the comments.
Join us watch the final show down of Imagine Cup 2019. Three teams representing Asia, Europe Middle East and Africa and the Americas regions will compete for the grand prize. Taking home USD100K and a mentoring session with Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella.
This year, Imagine Cup 2019 World Championship student developer team finalist will present their ideas at Microsoft Build. Yes, Imagine Cup finals is taking place at Microsoft’s 2019 Build developer conference. The finals will take place before Build 2019 keynotes begin. Event will be live at 8:00AM PT, 3:00PM GMT (4:00PM UK), 6:00PM EAT and 5:00PM SAT.
Watch 2019 World Championship Live
About the Teams
The three regional finalists are;
Asia Winner: Team Caeli, from Manav Rachna Institute of Research & Studies, India
Codess a Microsoft Women event is headed to Kenya with the first event taking place Tuesday, April 16, 2019. From 10 am at the Strathmore University campus in Nairobi, Kenya.
The event invitation reads;
Codess is coming to Kenya! You’re invited to network and hear from an inspiring panel of senior technical women. The event will be a great chance to meet new people, learn from one another and empower each other to think big every day!
Codess is an initiative by women at Microsoft. A community dedicated to sharing the stories of women in technology to promote gender diversity in the engineering field.
It aims to inspire female coders and help them achieve their professional goals. That is through networking events, mentoring, and sharing advice and experiences.
Women at Microsoft programs focus on sparking girls’ interest in technology careers and supporting women-focused initiatives and organizations.
