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Microsoft participates in Artificial Intelligence Week Middle East (AIWEEKME) 2019 showcasing the power of Microsoft AI (Artificial Intelligence). The 2nd edition of AIWEEkME took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Bringing together an ecosystem to understand how AI can transform their industries. Helping business leaders understand why their organizations
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Let's think differently and use IoT to solve local problems says Jack Ngaare, MD of Microsoft Africa Development Center, Kenya site. He was sharing insights on Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Internet of Things(IoT) during keynote address at the third East Africa IoT and AI Summit. Speaking to delegates at the
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Microsoft used its latest mixed reality capture technology to create an on stage human sized hologram. Well this isn't new. What is new this time around is that the hologram from the demo below was speaking Japanese. A language Microsoft CVP, Azure Marketing doesn't speak. Using mixed reality and Azure
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Microsoft is awarding new grants to fellow pioneers in the Middle East and Africa through a new partnership with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and the National Geographic Society The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) aims to create a world where both nature and humanity coexist in harmony. Over the past twenty years,
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Use AI to create an original piece of artwork and music to win a free trip to AI Expo in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town 12 June 2019 - In recent years, art-creating AI has pushed the boundaries of how we define art. This competition challenges the African AI
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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
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Microsoft executives Microsoft officially launched Lagos Africa Development Center site at an event in Nigeria. The Lagos team will develop Azure services that power new Augmented Reality experiences for Microsoft's mixed reality platform. An investment that will enable digital transformation to create sustained societal impact in Africa says Microsoft. Presidential Visit Earlier
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Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella showed off new intelligent conversational capabilities during his vision keynote address at Microsoft Build 2019. A breakthrough that will allow people to communicate naturally with computers. Watch Build Vision keynote with Satya Nadella here if you missed it. Have you tried having a normal conversation with
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AI Hack for FSI Microsoft is calling for proposal submissions to its AI Hack for FSI hackathon. The aim of the Hack is to showcase how Azure AI services can improve our lives and experiences through AI in the FSI industry (Financial Services Industry). It is also to facilitate the
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Microsoft is opening an engineering office to build Mixed Reality Cloud Services in Lagos, Nigeria. UPDATE: Microsoft announces software engineering team at its Africa Development Center site in Lagos will develop Azure services that power new Augmented Reality. Microsoft is increasing its investments on African soil. It is launching two
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