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Women-led startups are only receiving 2% of all venture capital funding. A trend that needs to change if we are to achieve diversity in business. Muhammad Nabil, Partners and Startups Strategy Lead at Microsoft 4Afrika tackles the topic of diversity and what is needed to encourage more women to
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Microsoft Women in Tech Are you a female interested in becoming a software developer or already a developer? Microsoft Tech community Kenya invites you to the launch of its female community on October 5, 2019. 10 am at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. The invitation reads; We will be launching the Microsoft
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"Growing up as a woman in Kenya, there was a lack of female role models within STEM for me to engage with and learn from" says Wanjira Kamwere, program lead of WISE4Afrika. An initiative by Microsoft to inspire women to take up careers in technology. Microsoft through its 4Afrika engine
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In Rwanda Microsoft is supporting African Renewable Energy Distributor (ARED), a technology for social good company. That provides a one stop shop - mobile digital kiosk - platform offering digital services and connectivity to customers in Rwanda. ARED CEO, Henri Nyakarundi says "our solar kiosk platform revolutionizes the way
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Women innovators in Kenya, South Africa, the UAE to benefit from global expansion of Women in Cloud and IdeaGen Microsoft Cloud Accelerator Program. Team Fe Amaan showcase their innovation at Microsoft Imagine Cup Women innovators and technology entrepreneurs in Kenya, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates will soon get
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Codess a Microsoft Women event is headed to Kenya. With the first event taking place Tuesday April 16, 2019, from 10am at the Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. The event invitation reads; Codess is coming to Kenya! You're invited to network and hear from an inspiring panel of senior technical
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10 Ghanaian students were selected to take part in the WiSci STEAM Camp 2015 in Rwanda and Anne Marie Abban Demitrus shares her experience about the event. That was when my perspective totally changed. I have since developed a keen interest in the sciences and opened up to the limitless opportunities
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Microsoft Ghana's country manager Otema Yirenkyi will be speaking at the March meet-up of Women in Tech, which will take place at the iSpace Foundation Hub in Osu, Accra on the 5th of March 2015 at 6pm. Women in Technology Nights out are informal networking events focused on educating and enhancing
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