Nigeria is endowed with a population of about 200 million people, with nearly 50 million using the internet. This has positioned the country as Africa's most promising and suitable destination for foreign investors to participate in its economic development. It is no surprise that global tech giants like Google, Facebook, Netflix, Microsoft, and others chose…

City of Knowledge Academy (CKA) students, Aliyah Adunola and Divine Ihonde, have emerged as winners of the national Microsoft Office Specialist competition.

Flexible, hybrid work is here to stay. That was the prevailing sentiment from Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index (WTI). This is good news for innovation. Why? Because innovation surges

The ADC is the premier engineering centre for Microsoft. The centre was created by Microsoft to serve as a base for African industry leaders to create local solutions with global scalability...

West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider, Tizeti, has partnered with Microsoft Corporation to roll out high-speed air-band internet infrastructure in Oyo state. With 40 per cent broadband penetration in December 2021, millions of Nigerians are still excluded from the global digital economy. Through the Microsoft Airband Initiative, Tizeti and Microsoft will leverage its low-cost…

Three companies have lodged a complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft, accusing the US technology giant of anti-competitive practices in its cloud services, sources told AFP Saturday, confirming media reports.

Under the remit of its recently established Africa Transformation Office (ATO), Microsoft has announced new initiatives to accelerate the growth of 10,000 African startups and fast-track investment in Africa’s startup ecosystem over the next five years.

For organisations looking to protect themselves and prevent their identities from being misused or stolen, the highest priority remains to have strong passwords.   These were the words of Modern Workplace and Security Business Group Lead for Microsoft Middle East and Africa Emerging Markets, Mohamed El Nemr, in Lagos.     He said there could…

Microsoft Africa Development Centre, the premier engineering centre for Microsoft, is set to hold a free virtual event as part of its ADC

Microsoft on Wednesday courted the favour of antitrust regulators scrutinizing its plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, promising that any app store it builds will treat developers fairly.

Microsoft warned Sunday that a cyberattack targeting key Ukrainian government systems, which Kyiv believes may be the work of Russia, could prove destructive and affect more organisations than initially feared.

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