Join Microsoft at the Africa Development Center meet and greet session

Join Microsoft at the Africa Development Center meet and greet session

Microsoft is inviting software developers to a meet and greet session this Friday 11th October 2019. Come, meet and engage with visiting software engineering team members form Microsoft HQ. As well as Microsoft Africa Development Center engineering team at the Microsoft office at 2pm in Nairobi.

The invitation reads;

You are Invited to the Microsoft Africa Development Center(ADC) meet & greet session.

With the ADC, Microsoft intends to establish a premier center of engineering. Where world class African talent can create innovative solutions for local and global impact. The Microsoft engineers at the ADC will use AI and machine learning across their work. From the computer vision algorithms that power mixed reality to the machine learning models that optimize software updates across the globe. The products are designed to enable seamless, data-rich and AI-infused computing from the cloud to the edge
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Software engineers from Microsoft headquarters in Redmond will engage with Kenya developers at the event.

Visit the event page to register and participate in the event. Don’t forget to share this with your friends or network.

Check out software engineers working at the Microsoft ADC in Kenya. 
Microsoft Women in Tech Launch, Strathmore University, Nairobi

Microsoft Women in Tech Launch, Strathmore University, Nairobi

Microsoft Women in Tech

Are you a female interested in becoming a software developer or already a developer? Microsoft Tech community Kenya invites you to the launch of its female community on October 5, 2019. 10 am at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya.

The invitation reads;

We will be launching the Microsoft Women in Tech community at Strathmore University, Nairobi Kenya.
Come ready to learn and network with successful ladies in the tech industry and know what is in store for you.

Join a platform of like minded people to learn, teach, mentor and network.

Click to register and plan to be at the launch event. Don’t forget to share this with anyone who might benefit from this.

Strengthening the place of women in technology

In recent months, Microsoft has announced various projects strengthening the place of females in technology. These include the Microsoft Leap hackathon and Codess Kenya event. Microsoft has also extended the Women In Software Engineering Mentoring Program into Africa.

So far, 30 female students are receiving coaching from fellow female engineers and executives. They will recieve in-person and virtual training and coaching over nine months. Thirty two women developers have also participated in the Microsoft LEAP Hackathon in Nairobi.

We look forward to updating this post with more details about how you can join the community after the launch event.

Microsoft Azure Training Day Lagos, Nigeria

Microsoft Azure Training Day Lagos, Nigeria

Microsoft is inviting developers and software architects to a one day training event in Lagos.

Microsoft is hosting a free one day Microsoft Azure Training Day event for developers and software architects. The training will be on migrating applications to the cloud.

The training is scheduled to take place 13th September 2019, 8am at the Microsoft Office in Nigeria. (6th Floor, Civic Towers Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island).

The invitation reads;

Join us at Microsoft Azure Training Day: Migrating Applications to the Cloud. A free, one-day event for developers and architects to learn the steps and decision-making process of a migration.
Assume the role of a member of the fictional Tailwind Traders’ cloud-migration team as it transitions a recent acquisition, Northwind, to the Azure cloud platform.
Please make sure to bring your laptops to the training

Topics will include migrating web applications and moving your database to Azure, deploying your application faster and safer and more.

Kindly click to register for more details and plan to be at the event.

Other reading:

Nigerian Software Developer Shares Her Experience At The Microsoft LEAP Hackathon.


Microsoft Launch Lagos Africa Development Center

October 2 Microsoft Event: Surface, Windows, Office, Mixed Reality and Gaming

October 2 Microsoft Event: Surface, Windows, Office, Mixed Reality and Gaming

Microsoft will host an event on October 2 and make some announcements. In such recent events, the company showcased new hardware as well as announced Windows updates. I’m not expecting this format to change even though Microsoft will mix things up.

The company sent out a “save the date” invite. With details being only date; 10.02.2019, venue; New York, NY and hashtag #MicrosoftEvent.

October 2

A mobile-first, cloud-first strategy
this is our focus for every device and every service that we launch at Microsoft.

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO

Last year the company announced a refresh of the family of devices and new accessories. The Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio and Surface Headphones.

October 2, 2019, Microsoft Event

I’m expecting Microsoft to announce new devices. A refresh of the Surface Pro, Laptop, Book and Surface Go devices to meet the latest hardware specifications. Fully adopting USB C as many have called for and expanding to new markets.

You will expect Microsoft to brief the media on what’s happening with HoloLens and the world of mixed reality.

Windows and Office will as in the past also get time to share new product updates and cross-device features.

You can also read what other Microsoft watchers think will happen at the event. Read what Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet and the guys at Windows Central have shared.

Let’s know what you think. What are you looking forward to seeing or hearing?

Microsoft Tech Community Kenya Ask Me Anything Session 1

Microsoft Tech Community Kenya Ask Me Anything Session 1

Do you want to know more about the Microsoft Africa Development Center? About internships, job offers and work culture at Microsoft? What skills do you need to be a software or hardware engineer at Microsoft? Do you have questions like these and many more?

Join Microsoft’s Partner Development Manager, Somet Kipchilat and Breadth and Community Manager, Lawrence Muthoga as they answer more of these. In the first ever Microsoft Tech Community Kenya AMA(Ask Me Anything).

Are you a student and interested in joining the Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) program? Or knowing more about the MSP program? MSP’s from across Africa will answer these during the call.

Want questions asked by the moderator during the AMA? Send them to admin@mstechcommunities.com .

The first virtual session takes place on 30th August 2019 at 1600hrs EAT. via a Skype call. Link to the event Skype call is bit.ly/mtc254ama (use this link to join the call on Friday August 30, 2019 at 4pm EAT, 3pm SAT, 1pm GMT)

Join Accra .Net User group for an Intro to Azure meetup

Join Accra .Net User group for an Intro to Azure meetup

Accra .Net user group community invites you to join them for the August meetup. The meeting themed INTRO TO MICROSOFT AZURE, will focus on Microsoft cloud platform Azure.

Intro to Azure

The invitation reads;

“Come join us as we demystify Microsoft Azure and learn how to develop modern cloud applications. from our seasoned and experienced speakers. Come connect, network, learn and share you love and passion for technology”

The Intro to Azure event will take place at 2 – 4 pm Saturday 31st August at NIIT. Click to register to be a part.

Topics include building modern apps in the cloud, demystifying Azure cloud computing, etc.

Next month the user group will host a .Net Conf meetup on September 28th. As part of the global event, highlighting new developments in the . Net and open source ecosystem. Click to find out more details here.