Microsoft to invest US $100 million in Global Development Centre in Africa

Microsoft to invest US $100 million in Global Development Centre in Africa

UPDATE: Microsoft launches Africa Development sites in Lagos and Nairobi.

Microsoft corporation marks yet another milestone of investments and operations in Africa. In an event later today the global technology company will announce its first Development Centre in Africa. Its seventh globally. The Africa Development Centre will have two initial sites set to be located in Nigeria and Kenya. The global technology giant says it will be a long term investment in the region.

Yesterday, top Microsoft executives paid a courtesy call on the President of Kenya. Where they shared details of the project with the president. The executives shared that Microsoft plans to invest a combined expected investment of US $100 million over the first five years of operation.

Microsoft says through the Africa Development Centre it intends to invest in more cutting-edge solutions suitable for the region and the rest of the world.

This investment is an addition to Microsoft’s Enterprise-Grade Datacenters launched this year and it’s 4Afrika efforts in the region.

Stay with us as we bring you more details about the Africa Development Centre launch event in Nairobi. What are you thoughts on this, share them with us.

Microsoft to make big reveal in Kenya and Nigeria. What’s next for Microsoft in Africa?

Microsoft to make big reveal in Kenya and Nigeria. What’s next for Microsoft in Africa?

Kenya and Nigeria
Alex Kipman Introduces Hololens 2

Update: Microsoft announces Africa Development Center sites in Kenya and Nigeria

In a teaser post on Microsoft’s social pages, the company shared “Something great is coming to Nairobi, Kenya! and Something great is coming to Lagos, Nigeria!, Watch this space to learn more“. The big announcements are scheduled to be made on May 14th in Nairobi Kenya and the 17th in Lagos Nigeria.

Sebuh Haileleul, Country Manager Microsoft East and Southern Africa says “This is going to be a game changer” on the big reveal.

Stay tuned and we will bring you updates from the Big Reveal!

We will be following closely and will bring you updates on this from the events. Don’t forget to share your thoughts with us.

Microsoft is opening a Mixed Reality and AI engineering office in Lagos, Nigeria

Microsoft is opening a Mixed Reality and AI engineering office in Lagos, Nigeria

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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 development centers in Africa. With offices in Kenya and Nigeria. Early this month Microsoft’s planned Africa datacenters became a reality and went live in South Africa.
Last year in partnership with Techno Brain Limited Microsoft opened Africa’s first Software Testing Centre in Kenya. It also opened its first Africa customer service support center in Lagos, Nigeria in partnership with Tek Experts.

The latest announcement was highlighted by Alex Kipman, Microsoft’s technical fellow for AI and Mixed Reality. Alex is known as the man behind Microsoft HoloLens. A software engineering job posting on Microsoft’s career page gives more details about this.

The role description says Microsoft is launching a “Cognition Africa engineering team to build Mixed Reality Cloud Services”. And asks software engineers who meet the qualifications to apply.

Here’s what the job posting tells us about the Mixed reality and AI engineering office in Lagos.

We are launching a Cognition Africa engineering team to build Mixed Reality Cloud Services that bring those technologies to a wider range of devices. Do you want to join us on this journey? We are offering opportunities for passionate Software Engineers to help us build the team and suite of cloud services which bring these capabilities to the cloud“.

Alex Kipman in his tweet also says “looking forward to my first visit soon“. I want to believe we might have a HoloLens 2 showcase event in town soon. Microsoft unveiled the HoloLens 2 recently at the 2019 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Microsoft IT Technical Support Internship in Lagos, Nigeria

Microsoft IT Technical Support Internship in Lagos, Nigeria

In Kaduna, Nigeria? Microsoft 4Afrika Skills IT Technical Support Internship opportunity. 

 

 

Lagos

Are you looking to build some work experience in a thriving environment? Looking for a way to kick start your career? The Microsoft 4Afrika Skills IT Technical Support Internship in Lagos, Nigeria with a partner organization will offer you a unique experience. One that is dynamic and agile.

The Interns4Afrika internship program
offers talented young people a unique experience with a dynamic and agile technology organization on the African continent.
Whether you’re aspiring for a future in sales, marketing or technology,
this is your chance to kick-start your future
.  – Microsoft 4Afrika

The IT Technical Support Internship will offer work for 6 months with a Microsoft partner organization in Lagos, Nigeria on real projects. You’ll collaborate and learn from your colleagues, as you build work place skills and put yours to practice.

World-Class Skills is about Microsoft’s plans to help Africans develop skills
for entrepreneurship and improved employability and competitiveness. 

Microsoft says, as a leader in platform and productivity for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, “we believe in what people make possible. Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” 

Internship in Lagos, Nigeria 

Choose tracks in either Azure Infrastructure, Big Data, CRM and office 365. Your main tasks will include implementing Microsoft partner’s technology solutions at organisations within the region. Your involvement will also include solution design, architecture, implementation, solution testing and go-live phases.

You should be able to commit to completing full time internship in 6 months. You must have a right to work in Nigeria. And you can be retained by organization after the internship. Click for information and how to apply.

 

Have you had a previous experience? Are you going to apply? Talk to us in the comments.

Also kindly share, you might save or help someone’s career. ?. 

 

Feature image ?: Nigeria MSFT Imagine Cup 2016, Team Humane 

Join Microsoft at SMW Lagos for a Digital Transformation in the Digital Age conversation

Join Microsoft at SMW Lagos for a Digital Transformation in the Digital Age conversation

Join the SMW Lagos conversation on digital disruptions in the digital age sponsored by Microsoft.

SMW Lagos   

Microsoft’s 4Afrika and Nigeria teams will be hosting a Digital transformation session at SMW Lagos 2018 (Social Media Week Lagos). Social Media Week takes place February 26th to March 2nd 2018, an event promoting new media and technology. The panel will feature discussions on 4Afrika’s partnership with Tony Elumelu Foundation and using Digital Transformation to create opportunities for entrepreneurs. It’ll also see Microsoft Nigeria general manger, Akin Banuso and 4Afrika business development manager, Soromfe Uzomah discuss Digital Transformation. How Digital technology is changing industries, from manufacturing to health, retail, banking, agriculture and education. 
There will be other sessions featuring  speakers from Microsoft on various topics in relation to technology and its disruption.  

Microsoft say;

Digital technology is changing every industry we know, from manufacturing to health, retail, banking, agriculture and education. For African entrepreneurs, this provides exciting opportunities for innovation and new business models. But where do the best opportunities exist? What are investors most attracted to? And what skills and tools do you need to run a successful modern business?

This panel discussion will bring together experts from the technology, business and startup industry to explore how entrepreneurs can make technology work for them, saving time and money, and enabling them to compete in a digitally transforming business ecosystem. It further aims to address what skills entrepreneurs need to build a modern business that attracts investment

Follow us via our social media channels @Microsoftcaregh for  #SMWLagos conversations update.