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- 6 May 2022
International Girls in ICT Day 2022: Microsoft Africa Development Center Inspires Schoolgirls on STEM Education
The International Girls in ICT Day was celebrated globally on April 28th, 2022, and the team at the Microsoft Africa Development Center (ADC), West Africa, celebrated the day at an intimate event…
- 22 Feb 2022
Microsoft Africa Development Center Set to Connects Azure Developers in Africa through Virtual Event
Microsoft Africa Development Center, the premier engineering center for Microsoft is organizing a free virtual event as part of its ADC’s user group series themed Azure Developers Connect for…
- 26 Mar 2025
TelCables, Megaport Partnership Boosts West Africa's Digital Connectivity
TelCables West Africa and Megaport partnership is set to transform digital connectivity for West African nations like Nigeria and Ghana. This collaboration offers unprecedented access to over 930…
- 6 Feb 2012
Microsoft Rewards Africa with Free Software Pack
In its bid to lower access barrier to and deliver a significant cost savings to African consumers, Microsoft has announced the launch of ‘Africa Pack,’ a suite of popular Microsoft technologies…
- 24 Sept 2015
DEMO Africa: Microsoft, AMPION to Support 200 Entrepreneurs Launch Business
MicroSoft 4Afrika in collaboration with AMPION will provide financial, technical and mentorship support to the 2015 ‎"Venture Bus", fellowship and accelerator programs. AMPION is a leading…
- 17 Nov 2021
Innovate With C#: Microsoft ADC Set to Host Programmer, Developers in Africa
Microsoft Africa Development Center (Microsoft ADC), the engineering center for Microsoft is set to kick off its first skill-based user group event on the 18th of November, 2021 tagged 'Innovate with…
- 7 Mar 2019
Microsoft Unveils First Datacentres in Africa
Microsoft announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, with the general availability of Azure from the new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. This makes Microsoft…
- 14 Apr 2026
Nigeria’s Digital Boom Takes Centre Stage as IoT West Africa Returns to Lagos
Nigeria is in the middle of one of the fastest digital infrastructure expansions on the continent. Microsoft, Google, and AWS are committing to African cloud regions. MTN and Airtel are at the…
- 7 Mar 2019
Microsoft Opens First Datacentres in Africa with General Availability of Azure
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, with the general availability of Azure from the new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. This…
- 4 May 2021
MainOne Expands Global Cloud Connect Services to Drive Business Digital Transition in West Africa
MainOne, a provider of connectivity solutions for businesses in West Africa is responding to the increase in the adoption of Cloud technology by connecting businesses across the region directly to…
- 20 Feb 2026
IXPN Positions as the Regional Internet Exchange Hub for West Africa
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria is positioning as a regional Internet Exchange hub for West Africa in terms of infrastructure and traffic. Muhammed Rudman, chief executive officer, IXPN, stated…
- 15 Mar 2022
Emmanuel Onyeje Joins Backbase as Regional Manager West Africa
Backbase, the global Engagement Banking Platform leader, is pleased to announce it has hired Emmanuel Onyeje as Regional Manager West Africa and Head of its Nigeria operations. A former entrepreneur…
- 25 May 2023
Liquid Dataport, Viasat Ink MoU to Improve Connectivity Services for Business and Consumers in West Africa
Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group, and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, have announced the signing of a Memorandum…
- 9 Jun 2025
Tier 5, MongoDB Technologies Forge Alliance to Drive West Africa’s AI Revolution
Tier 5 Technologies, a prominent West African enterprise IT and cloud services provider, has announced a partnership with MongoDB, the leading database for modern applications, to aid its expansion…
- 21 Mar 2022
Microsoft Opens World-class Offices for its Africa Development Center in Lagos
After three years of successful operation and hosting at Microsoft's Lagos hub, Microsoft has announced that its African Development Center (ADC) has opened its own offices. L-R: Managing Director,…
- 2 Aug 2015
Incubation Road-Trip: Ampion Announces 2015 Venture Bus Africa, Partners
Ampion has announced partnership with Transparency International, the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and leading financial institutions in West Africa. The partnerships will span two…
- 6 Sept 2013
Microsoft Rated Among Top Employers in Africa
Microsoft has been certified for the second year running as one of Africa’s Top Employers in 2013/2014 for its operations in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa. This makes the…
- 23 Jul 2020
Orange Bank Africa Goes Live with Temenos SaaS
With Temenos technology, Orange Bank Africa provides innovative digital banking services in West Africa; Temenos Transact, delivered as SaaS, powers Orange Bank Africa’s launch in the West African…
- 9 Nov 2016
Microsoft Appoints New General Manager for WECA Region
Amr Kamel has been announced as Microsoft's new General Manager for the West, East, Central Africa and Indian Ocean Islands (WECA) region. The multinational technology firm says he will report to Ali…
- 23 Nov 2020
MainOne Collaborates Microsoft to Provide Optimized, Reliable Internet Connectivity to Cloud Services
MainOne has announced that it has become the first Microsoft Azure Peering Services partner for West Africa, providing enterprises using Microsoft Cloud services with a secured, reliable and high…
- 17 Mar 2016
#Startupsouth Video - Getting Prepared for Funding
Mba-Uzoukwu is the immediate past general manager for Microsoft Anglophone West Africa and the Vice Chairman Demo Africa 2015. He sits on the board of several influential ICT companies in Nigeria. In…
- 19 Dec 2017
MainOne Listed as Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Connectivity Provider for Nigeria
MainOne, West Africa’s leading communications Services Company and operator of the premier Tier III Data Center, has announced its official listing by Microsoft as an ExpressRoute Connectivity…
- 1 Oct 2013
Microsoft Picks Awosika, Nigerian to Head Kenya Office
Microsoft has appointed a Nigerian to head its Kenyan office that was elevated to an independent office. The software giant has appointed Kunle Awosika as the Kenya country manager following the…
- 10 Jul 2013
Onyeje, Former Microsoft Boss Joins Zinox Technologies
Zinox Technologies Group, the most integrated information technology group in Africa has attracted Emmanuel Onyeje, former head, Microsoft Anglophone West African countries in a strategic hire.…
- 30 May 2021
ISPON President, Mba-Uzoukwu to Keynote @ DigitalSENSE Forum 2021
Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu, President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), has been slated to give a keynote at the 2021 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on…
- 6 Aug 2012
Dimension Data Wins Awards at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
Dimension Data Nigeria has won three awards at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held last month in Toronto, Canada. The awards include the Best Unified Communications (UC) Partner in Europe…
- 23 Aug 2013
Microsoft Mitigates Financial Frauds, Shuts down Windows XP
Windows 8 has been described as the most secure operating system in the market, as it features a wide array of improvements over its predecessor and capable of mitigating banking and finance security…
- 14 Mar 2015
Microsoft, Jobberman Ink MoU on Aiki.ng Employability Portal
As part of efforts geared towards addressing unemployment and unlocking youth potential in Nigeria and other parts of West, East and Central Africa, platform and productivity company, Microsoft…
- 22 Dec 2018
How AI is transforming the financial services industry
By Ibrahim Youssry – Regional General Manager, North, West, East, Central Africa, Levant & Pakistan, Microsoft Digital transformation is remaking the world around us, and artificial…
- 4 Dec 2012
iDirect, TD Ink Partnership Agreement
Technology Distributions Limited (TD), number one in ICT distributions in West Africa has entered into partnership with iDirect, global leader in hub infrastructure, in a move that would address the…