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Microsoft to host maiden Xbox Game Studios Game Camp in Africa

Microsoft’s Africa Transformation Office (ATO) is announcing a two-day Xbox Game Studios Game Camp in Africa. To empower African creators to realize their potential in the gaming industry through unique learning experiences from industry leaders. The conference will run from July 15th – 16th, 2023. The two full days events

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Here is how Microsoft, IFC are digitising agribusinesses and supporting small-scale farmers in Africa

Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office (ATO), has announced a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support digital transformation in Africa’s agricultural sector. In a session during the Adaptation and Agriculture Day at COP27 in Egypt, the IFC and Microsoft highlighted the partnership that aims to deliver digital agriculture

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Microsoft AI for Good Lab comes to Kenya, Egypt

Microsoft is announcing plans to build a new team of data scientists on the ground in Africa to work to improve climate resilience, by setting up AI for Good Labs in Nairobi, Kenya, and Cairo, Egypt. This will be the company's first global expansion of the AI for Good Lab.

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GitHub Sponsors is now available to open source developers in Africa

GitHub announces the availability of GitHub Sponsors in 30 new regions including six located in Africa. The GitHub initiative is now available to open source developers and organizations in Kenya, Gambia, Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia and Morocco. Developers and creators located in these countries can start receiving financial support for

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Microsoft Surface Pro 8 now available in Egypt

Microsoft Egypt is announcing the general availability of the Surface Pro 8 in the Egyptian market. Organizations in Egypt will be able to purchase the latest Microsoft Surface Pro from local authorized Microsoft device partners. The devices are built to be modern and designed to enhance productivity, promote innovation and

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Cairo ICT 2021, Microsoft showcases innovations in Cloud, AI, Security, and modern work

Cairo ICT 2021 is underway in Egypt and Microsoft is taking the opportunity to showcase its latest technological innovations in the areas of the Cloud, AI, Security and modern work. It is also showing off the latest Surface products, the Surface Pro 7+, Surface Laptop Go and Surface Go 2.

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Microsoft to award 1K graduates with DX technologies scholarship

Microsoft is partnering with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt, to launch a Digital Transformation (DX) technologies scholarship to build the capacities of 1,000 graduates. The scholarship aims to refine the skills of graduates and qualify them to contribute to the tech renaissance in Egypt. It will

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Microsoft opens 2nd Surface market in Africa as devices arrive in Egypt

Microsoft is expanding its Surface devices market in Africa as it opens a new market in Egypt. The company is officially launching Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop Go and Surface Go 2 for organizations in Egypt. This will increase the Surface market in Africa to two with South Africa being

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Egypt to accelerate justice delivery at Economic Courts with Microsoft digital justice platform

The Egypt Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) Economic Courts (EC) will be able to provide quicker and more accessible justice to Egyptians using the Microsoft Dynamics 365 based digital justice platform. This is a collaboration between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Microsoft Egypt and local Microsoft partner, Link

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Egypt Education Ministry signs agreement with Microsoft to create digital educational environment

Egypt's Ministry of Education announces it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Egypt to provide a digital educational environment for students and teachers. This is part of its efforts to ensure the safety of all educational system members. Whilst ensuring learning continues across the country as the world grapples with

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