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- 13 Jul 2017
Microsoft Ends Search, Announces Akin Banuso as New GM for Nigeria
Microsoft has announced the appointment of Akin Banuso as the new General Manager for Nigeria. A seasoned technology professional and thought leader within the technology ecosystem, Banuso will lead…
- 11 Mar 2013
Banuso Harps on Open Innovation for Growth in ICT Business in Nigeria
Mr. Akin Banuso, Enterprise Business manager of Dell, has said that the rise of open standards, frameworks and architectures, and a shift from proprietary models will give way to new solutions with…
- 9 Apr 2020
(Opinion) How educators can help stem the tide of cyberbullying
By Akin Banuso, Country Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, It’s perhaps one of the great paradoxes of our time – the opportunities that technology presents come with complexities that can be difficult to…
- 23 Jun 2021
CNN Explores How Microsoft is Planning to Upskill Five Million Nigerians
In the latest episode of Marketplace Africa, CNN’s Cyril Vanier met Akin Banuso, the Country General Manager for Microsoft Nigeria-Ghana, to discuss how the tech giant is driving digitisation across…
- 25 Sept 2020
Microsoft Lauds TD Africa’s Tech Experience Iniative, Says Centre will Fast-track Nigeria into Tech-driven Future
The launch of the Tech Experience Centre, a mega technology project that will see Nigeria play host to cutting-edge technologies from the biggest global brands, has been described as a laudable…
- 27 Dec 2017
NITDA, Microsoft Ink MoU for Local ICT Innovation, Adoption
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Microsoft Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen Information and Communications Technology (ICT)…
- 10 Oct 2018
Microsoft drives financial inclusion with AI at DSN Boot Camp
Microsoft on Wednesday said that its Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, Azure, will help Nigeria achieve its goal of reducing the financial exclusion rate to 20 percent by 2020. Mr. Akin…
- 24 Sept 2017
Microsoft Links Digital Transformation to Good Governance
By peter oluka Microsoft Nigeria in collaboration with Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) have reiterated its commitment towards…
- 2 Apr 2016
Dell Launches First Virtual Reality Enabled Dell Precision Workstations
End to end ICT solutions provider, Dell is formalising its commitment to the future of Virtual Reality, with the unveiling of a set of new Virtual Reality-ready solutions that are optimised…
- 1 Sept 2016
Converged Infrastructure: Dell Unveils New Systems, Solutions
‎Dell, on Thursday at VMworld® 2016‎, ushered in the next phase of the multi-billion dollar converged systems market with the introduction of the Dell Validated System for…
- 1 Oct 2016
Dell, Intel Future Workforce Study Provides Key Insights into Modern Workplace
Dell has unveiled findings from the Dell and Intel Future Workforce Study, which identifies the global technology trends shaping the modern workplace. The results show that most employees believe…
- 10 Feb 2017
Dell EMC Launches Historic New Integrated Partner Program
Dell EMC has launched its integrated Dell EMC Partner Program, built from the ground up while preserving the best of two world-class legacy programs. The program establishes an extraordinary new…
- 29 Sept 2017
Microsoft Philanthropies Fulfills $1Bn Commitment to Non-profits
By peter oluka Microsoft Philanthropies has fulfilled its three-year commitment to donate $1 billion in cloud computing resources to help non-profit organisations digitally scale their impact and…
- 19 Sept 2017
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs to Receive Tech Support from Microsoft
Microsoft, through its 4Afrika Initiative, has collaborated with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to provide entrepreneurs in the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme with technology-based tools,…
- 20 Dec 2017
NITDA Partners Microsoft to Strengthen ICT Innovation, Adoption in Nigeria
By peter oluka The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Microsoft Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen ICT Innovation and adoption in the country. The…
- 21 Dec 2017
Microsoft Trains Over 16,000 Youth Across 15 Cities in Nigeria
By peter oluka A lack of access to computer science education threatens to widen the income gap between those who have the skills to succeed in the 21st century and those who do not, impeding…
- 1 Jun 2018
Microsoft,FBN Partner to Empower SME's in Nigeria.
First Bank and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of providing SME’s value-added products, services and offerings covering certain business support services including…
- 13 Jun 2018
Microsoft, FirstBank Partner to Boost Small Businesses
Microsoft and First Bank of Nigeria Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to empower and create enabling environment for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria by providing…
- 16 Jul 2018
Microsoft Appoints Ibrahim Youssry as GM of its New MEA Multi-Country Cluster
Microsoft has appointed Ibrahim Youssry as Regional General Manager of Microsoft MEA Multi Country Cluster (MCC). This new subsidiary spans the full African continent (except for South Africa…
- 22 Jul 2018
MTN,Microsoft Ink MOU to create Scalable Opportunities for Nigerian SMEs
MTN Nigeria and Microsoft Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the creation of sustainable and scalable initiatives aimed at driving growth within the Small and…
- 9 Aug 2018
Microsoft Unveils ‘Kaizala Pro’ in Nigeria
Microsoft’s latest mobile offering, Kaizala Pro, is now commercially available in Nigeria. Microsoft Kaizala is a mobile app that improves the way businesses communicate and collaborate. It is…
- 11 Oct 2018
Data Science Nigeria Ignites Students’ Interest in AI
Data Science Nigeria (DSN) has reaffirmed its commitment to raise quality students in Nigeria who can use machine learning and artificial intelligence to solve Nigerian problems. Olubayo Adekanmbi,…
- 27 Mar 2019
Microsoft Drives Digital Transformation through Cloud Adoption in Nigeria
Microsoft recently hosted an event aimed towards creating awareness around its Azure offering as well as drive cloud migration in the country. The event also aimed to share global best practices in…
- 19 May 2019
Microsoft opens Africa Development Centre (ADC) Site in Lagos
Microsoft over the weekend opened Nigeria’s site of its first Africa Development Centre (ADC). The centre, which is Microsoft’s 7th globally, is recruiting world-class African engineering talent to…
- 16 Oct 2019
Microsoft kicks off LEAP Engineering Acceleration Program with Ten Female Software Engineers
Ten female Software Engineers from Nigeria have been admitted into Microsoft LEAP Engineering Acceleration Program (LEAP). Led by the Global Innovation Team at Microsoft (Redmond, USA), and sponsored…
- 27 Feb 2020
NIRSAL Taps Microsoft Azure to Boost Productivity
Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to collaborate in the deployment of the Microsoft…
- 28 Aug 2020
Microsoft Reaffirms Commitment to Promote New Frontier of Skills in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic
Microsoft, in an effort to not only reaffirm its commitment to enabling the continent to achieve more through digital transformation with technology as a key vector, but also to forge commitment to…
- 1 Aug 2021
Microsoft Appoints Ola Williams as Country Manager for Nigeria
Ola Williams has been announced as the new country manager for Microsoft Nigeria. Ola Williams Previously the specialist sales leader working with the extended team and the company’s partner…
- 24 Jul 2015
Dell Demonstrates Industry Leadership with Distinct Products
Dell, foremost Information and Communications Technology (ICT)) company, has once more demonstrated leadership in the ICT industry by showcasing its wide array of differentiated products in the…
- 18 Aug 2015
Dell Opens Sales Booth at MMIA Lagos
Dell devices now available for purchase at the main International (Murtala Muhammed International Airport) in Lagos. The Company on Friday disclosed that the booth shall be showcasing its latest…