by Sylvester Addo | May 12, 2017 | Microsoft
Day 3 Keynote is here! Watch and follow Microsoft’s Developer Conference Build 2017 live.
Day 1 was Amazing. Intelligent clouds and AI were everywhere in all conversations. Day 2 blew people off their minds with some interesting features and announcements.
Today will feature a lot of technical deep dive sessions. There’ll be an online keynote event with John Shewchuk and Steven Guggenheimer. Event 06:40 PT. Time variation will mean 1330 GMT, 1430 WAT if you are in Lagos, 1630 EAT if you are in Nairobi and
1503 SAST if you are in Johannesburg.
Join us and follow for todays event. We’ll have announcements and more on the page.
Day 3 Keynote Live stream.
by Sylvester Addo | May 11, 2017 | 4Afrika, Microsoft Africa
Are you looking for a way to kick start your career? Looking to build some work experience in a thriving environment?
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. – 4Afrika
There are internship opportunities all across Africa from the initiative.
Do you live in Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Nigeria, Tunisia, Tanzania, Togo, Cote D’Ivoire, Uganda? Get to be an IT Support Tech, Sales or Marketing intern.
With this offer you will work for 6 months with a Microsoft partner on real projects. You’ll collaborate and learn from your colleagues. Got more question to ask about the Interns4Afrika program, check out the FAQ’s
Kindly click on the link which will take you to the Microsoft 4Afrika skills page. Search for your country and type of internship you’ll prefer. Sign up and fill away.
For Ghana folks kindly visit our earlier post on internship options in Accra.
All the best to you as you apply. If you do get in, come back and share the experience with us?
by Sylvester Addo | May 11, 2017 | General, Microsoft
Day 2 Keynote is here! Watch and follow Microsoft’s Developer Conference Build 2017 live.
Day 1 was Amazing. Inelligent clouds and AI were everywhere in all conversations.
Today’s keynote event with Terry Myerson, Microsoft EVP Windows and devices group will start at 0830 PT. Time variation will mean 1530 GMT, 1630 WAT if you are in Lagos, 1830 EAT if you are in Nairobi and
1703 SAST if you are in Johannesburg.
Microsoft will use the event to address Windows developers through keynotes, announcements and technical sessions.
Day 2 Keynote Live stream.
The Spirit of Creativity lives in us all – Terry Myerson
Headlines from the day 2 event include following announcements:
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Windows 10 next update is coming in the fall and is called the Windows 10 Fall creators Update.
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Story Remix App – Story Remix will help you find inspiration and explore new ways to create great stories – coming in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, and its a really cool app. You don’t have to be a pro to make really cool Stuff
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Introducing a new design experience – Windows Fluent Design System
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Introducing Windows – Timeline. The quickest way to get back to what you were doing. using Cortana + Microsoft Graph
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Cloud powered clip board
- There was a really big WoW from the Build 2017 crowd when the ⬇️ was announced. It even resonated on social media platforms.
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iTunes is coming to Win Store. Windows 10 & 10 S users will get the complete experience including apple music + support for iPhone
A quick recap of the event in under 2 minutes
So many new features coming in the next Windows 10 Update. The feel and look will also be another talking point. Day 3 is going to have more technical deep dive sessions into announcements. What from the announcements got your attention, care to share?
by Sylvester Addo | May 11, 2017 | Developer, General, Microsoft
Check out the experiences from Day 1 of Microsoft’s Developer Conference. Check out announcements on new and evolving technologies coming from Microsoft.
Day 1 of Microsoft Build 2017 began with Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO opening the event with the Keynote session. He shared on Microsoft’s vision for it’s technologies and how they see them impacting the world. Harry Shum, EVP Microsoft AI and Research spoke about how AI has the potential to disrupt every industry. Microsoft’s EVP Cloud & Enterprise, Scott Guthrie followed to share on the cloud and new Azure services.
Microsoft aims to empower every developer for a new era of intelligent
cloud and intelligent edge.
“Digital technology and its impact on every corner of our lives is profound today. Every part of our economies and our society, whether it’s precision agriculture or precision medicine, is being shaped by the advances in digital technology.
The opportunity for developers to have broad, deep impact on all parts of society has never been greater — and with all this opportunity comes enormous responsibility.- Satya Nadella ”
Here below is the keynote session and read more on the intelligent cloud and edge shared by Satya.
Watching Microsoft Senior Product Marketing, Laura Jones demo Cortana in a car(not a real car) on stage and how it was integrated in other services was a sight.
Microsoft’s EVP Cloud & Enterprise, Scott Guthrie came to share on how developers can leverage emerging tech to achieve more. He announced new Azure data and cloud services for developers to modernize existing apps. There was also news on new AI and Azure services to build intelligent apps with understanding and natural user interaction capabilities.
From Day 1 Keynote, developers here are some updates :
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Azure Batch AI Training is a new Azure offering
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Microsoft has the industry’s broadest offering of cognitive services with 29 of them now, and with unique customization options
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New Microsoft Graph APIs were made available to developers, including APIs from SharePoint and Planner
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Any developer can now publish for Microsoft Teams
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Visual Studio 2017 for Mac, out of preview and now generally available
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New MySQL- and PostgreSQL-managed services are joining Azure SQL Database to give developers expanded choice and flexibility
- Azure Cosmos DB was announced
- Azure IoT Edge
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Cortana Skills Kit is now in public preview
We look forward to bringing you more from the
day 2 keynote and event. Day 2 is going to have a lot of Windows talk and Mixed reality. Can’t wait!
Did you watch the event what from Microsoft got your attention tell us?
by Sylvester Addo | May 10, 2017 | 4Afrika, General, Microsoft Ghana
Are you talented, hard working, motivated and looking to develop business and technical skills? Do this whilst building up your career with a unique experience?
Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative is to develop affordable access, skills and innovation on the African continent. This year they celebrate their 4th year doing that.
The Interns4Afrika 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.
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With this offer you will work for 6 months with a Microsoft partner on real projects. You’ll collaborate and learn from your colleagues. Got more question to ask about the Interns4Afrika program, check out the FAQ’s
These are the opportunities available;
Job Summary
World-Class Skills is about Microsoft plans to develop a Self-sustaining, world-class education platform, both online and offline, to help Africans develop skills for entrepreneurship and improved employability and competitiveness.
Microsoft, in partnership with the host organization, offer you a unique opportunity to kick start your career. The internship program will provide you with a real-world work experience and new skills while working for a leading technology organization on the African continent.
A technical intern should have:
· Problem Solving skills
· LAN Knowledge
· Help Desk Experience
· Verbal Communication
· Operating Systems
· Phone Skills
. Customer Service
· Quality Focus
· PC Proficiency
· System Administration
Responsibilities
. Troubleshoot and resolve customers problems
· Deployment of Office365 solutions to customers
· Support Office365 tickets as opened in the helpdesk partal
· Provide training to customers on Office365 capabilities
· Support the marketing team on Office365 technical issues
· Sever administration
· Test and document software
· Database management
· All tasks concerning the installation, migration and support of a sever system
· Microsoft Cloud products installation and support
Job Summary
World-Class Skills is about Microsoft’s plans to develop a self-sustaining, world-class education platform, both online and offline, to help Africans develop skills for entrepreneurship and improved employability and competitiveness. Microsoft, in partnership with the host organization, offer you a unique opportunity to kick start your career. The internship program will provide you with a real-world work experience and new skills while working for a leading technology organization on the African continent.
A Marketing intern must have:
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Very good organizational skills
· Persuasive and know how to negotiate well
· Must be good with numbers
· Should be hardworking
· Passion for the marketing industry and its best practices
· Strong desire to learn along with professional drive
· Understanding of different marketing techniques
Responsibilities
· Manage the company’s social media profiles and presence, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and additional channels that may be deemed relevant
· Deploy company marketing resources
· Create shareable content appropriate for specific networks to spread both our brand and our content
· Monitor and engage in relevant social discussions, competitors, and/or industry, both from existing leads and customers as well as from brand new audiences
· Run regular social promotions and campaigns and track their success (e.g., Twitter chats, LinkedIn discussions, etc.)
· Drive consistent, relevant traffic and leads from our social network presence
· Search engine and store optimization
· Track, measure, and analyze all initiatives to report on social media ROI Customer service support
Job Summary
World-Class Skills is about Microsoft’s plans to develop a self-sustaining, world-class education platform, both online and offline, to help Africans develop skills for entrepreneurship and improved employability and competitiveness. Microsoft, in partnership with the host organization, offer you a unique opportunity to kick start your career. The internship program will provide you with a real-world work experience and new skills while working for a leading technology organization on the African continent.
A sales intern must have:
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Knowledge of Web and social media
· Creative and innovative pitching ability
· Excellent organizational skills
· Excellent written and oral communication skills
· Integrity
· Team player
· Boldness & persistence
· Flexibility
Responsibilities
· Company online and offline operations
· Outreach to target customers and partners
· Sales lead conversions
· Business growth
· Customer acquisition
· Customer retention
There actually isn’t much time left, so if this is you click on the links sign up and apply. All the best.
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