Category: Microsoft
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Minecraft Earth: Microsoft drops blocks on stage at Apple’s WWDC event
Microsoft demos new iOS specific Minecraft Earth features at WWDC. Microsoft demoed its latest creation in Minecraft; Minecraft Earth at Apple’s 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference(WWDC). The augmented reality (AR) game was announced last month and will be released on iOS and Android. Saxs Persson and Lydia Winters, Minecraft Creative Director and Mojang Brand Director were…
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Kenyan company, Upepo Technology, Receives Microsoft Grant for Innovation in Water
Upepo Technology recieves Microsoft AI for Earth grant. Upepo Technology Company Limited, a Kenyan technology firm has become the latest recipient of Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant. The award from Microsoft is to help the company extend its innovative developments. Upepo joins 21 other Microsoft AI for Earth grantees across Africa. Upepo Technology Company Limited…
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MEST, Microsoft announce 2019 Pan-African Tech Summit, MEST Africa Summit 2019
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…
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Microsoft Insider Dev Tour 2019 Africa events in Nigeria, Morocco, Mauritius, South Africa
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…
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Ghana Digital Roadmap Conference: Microsoft Windows Insider Chief, Dona Sarkar shares simple yet often overlooked insights on Digital Inclusion.
Dona Sarkar, head of the Windows Insider Program at Microsoft was a panel speaker at the Ghana Digital Roadmap Conference. She joined other panelist in discussing Automation, E-Government services and Data at the event held in Accra, Ghana. the only way digital transformation can happen is for universities, private sector and the government to work…
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Microsoft inaugurates Africa Development Centre in Nairobi, Kenya
Africa Development Centre Launch Today at a media event in Nairobi, Microsoft executives introduced a special development in Kenya. But more importantly for the African continent as a whole. Microsoft launched its first Development Centre in Africa; the Africa Development Centre. It will have two initial team sites located in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria.…