17 results
- 19 Oct 2015
Microsoft Appoints Amrote Abdella, New Regional Director for Microsoft 4Afrika
Amrote Abdella has been announced as the new regional director for Microsoft’s 4Afrika Initiative, effective October 2015. Previously the director of Startup Engagement and Partnerships at 4Afrika,…
- 8 Dec 2013
Microsoft Forms 4Afrika Advisory Council
Microsoft Corporation has unveiled the 4Afrika Advisory Council, an external board of advisers tasked with guiding strategic investments undertaken by the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative across the…
- 11 Oct 2013
Microsoft Forms 4Afrika Advisory Council
Microsoft has introduced the 4Afrika Advisory Council, an external board of advisers tasked with guiding strategic investments undertaken by the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative. Benjamin Mkapa,…
- 17 Jan 2019
Microsoft 4Afrika partners FirstBank to support SMEs
First Bank of Nigeria Limited collaborates with Microsoft 4Afrika to host a free-to-attend event for SMEs aimed towards promoting technology adoption and skills development in the country. The…
- 3 Aug 2021
Microsoft 4Afrika, IFC Partner to Promote Digital Transformation in Africa’s Agri-Food Sector
To support digital transformation in Africa's agribusiness sector, modernize supply chains and boost farmers' productivity and incomes, Microsoft, through its 4Afrika initiative, and IFC have…
- 22 Feb 2019
Microsoft: Getting behind AI growth in Africa
By Amrote Abdella, Regional Director, Microsoft 4Afrika, The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) dominated discussions at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos–with delegates touching…
- 10 May 2020
Partnerships in Times of Crisis
By Amrote Abdella, Regional Director, Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, The current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need of efficient information management to the need of…
- 15 Aug 2019
African Governments,are you ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
By Amrote Abdella, Regional Director of Microsoft 4Afrika At a recent conference in Johannesburg, a young college student posed a question to the Presidency of South Africa: “If we are introducing…
- 12 Jan 2017
Microsoft, Local Businesses Leaders Set for NexTech Africa 2017
Microsoft and local businesses leaders will be exploring ways to build technology that best supports African creators, as well as how companies can start breeding a data culture for success at…
- 15 May 2019
Microsoft Plans $100M Investment on Development Hub in Nigeria, Kenya
Microsoft has launched its first Africa Development Centre (ADC), with two initial sites in Nairobi and Lagos, as it bids to create a premier centre of engineering, recruiting world-class African…
- 23 Jan 2017
What Does It Mean for Technology to be Innately African?
Microsoft’s flagship Africa technology event, NexTech Africa, is happening soon on 2 and 3 February 2017. At the heart of the event is one key question: What does it mean for technology to be…
- 16 Dec 2014
Microsoft Ventures, 88mph Partner to Support Startups in Nigeria
Microsoft, in partnership with 88mph, announced the expansion of the Microsoft Ventures program into Nigeria. As part of the 4Afrika Initiative, the collaboration will help improve startups’…
- 23 Jun 2014
Microsoft Delivers Best Cloud Connected Services - Makwane
Kabelo Makwane, country manager, Microsoft Nigeria, holds BComm certificate from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand. Prior to his present role as…
- 26 May 2013
Microsoft Nigeria, Paradigm Partner to Provide Free Training
Microsoft Nigeria and Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) have hosted the 2013 Microsoft NGO Connection Day Nigeria in Calabar, Cross Rivers state. The two-day networking and information- sharing event…
- 23 Feb 2014
Jean-Philippe, President Microsoft International Visits Nigeria
Jean- Philippe Courtois, president, Microsoft International, responsible for Microsoft’s business operations in a territory that spans 100 subsidiaries operating in over 240 countries outside the…
- 1 Aug 2013
Microsoft Reiterates Commitment to Partner FG on ICT Development
Microsoft Nigeria, devices and services giant, has reiterated the company’s commitment to collaborating with the Federal Government of Nigeria and other stakeholders in the IT industry to put…
- 20 Nov 2013
Nigerian School, Teachers Among World’s Most Innovative-Microsoft
A school and three teachers from Nigeria were nominated amongst the world’s best as part of Microsoft’s 2014 class of Mentor Schools and the Inaugural Class of Expert Educators. These exclusive one…