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Microsoft and Truecaller Work Together to Integrate Personal Voice with AI Assistant: How to Set It Up

In order to considerably improve its current AI Assistant, Truecaller and Microsoft are working together. The caller identification app will make use of Microsoft Azure AI Speech’s Personal Voice function as part of this agreement. When the AI Assistant screens a call or answers on the user’s behalf, this will be linked with the AI…

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Microsoft is now valued at $3 trillion, second only to Apple, thanks to AI investments.

Just behind Apple, Microsoft’s stock market valuation crossed the $3 trillion milestone on Wednesday. This kept Microsoft’s ranking as the second most valuable corporation in the world. Since the beginning of the year, Microsoft and Apple shares have been competing to be the most capitalized stock on Wall Street; earlier in January, the software giant…

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South Africa: Microsoft Join Forces With YES to Equip 300,000 Youths with AI Training

An innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) training initiative, made possible by a partnership between Microsoft South Africa and the Youth Employment Service (YES), will equip 300,000 young South Africans with digital skills and promote creativity, employment, and economic growth in the future. The recent Microsoft South Africa’s A New Era with AI event in Sandton highlighted…

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Microsoft Partners With M-PESA Africa to Create Digital Skills for MSMEs

Microsoft and M-PESA Africa are working together to support the Capability Development Academy. The partnership aims to give Micro, Small and Medium SMEs (MSMEs) in many African markets access to the Microsoft Community Platform and SME Skilling Programs to foster capacity building and digitisation. M-PESA Africa will digitise skilling through the Microsoft Community and Training…

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Startup Global Illumination has been acquired by Microsoft-Backed OpenAI to work on ChatGPT and other core products.

The famous artificial intelligence startup OpenAI announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Global Illumination, a maker of digital products. The deal’s financial specifics were kept confidential. Global Illumination’s whole staff has joined OpenAI to work on the company’s flagship technologies, which include ChatGPT, according to OpenAI. Thomas Dimson, Taylor Gordon, and Joey Flynn, all…

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Microsoft Announces New Computing Service

Microsoft unveiled a new computing service on Wednesday with the goal of assisting chemical industries in hastening the development of novel materials. The program, Azure Quantum Elements, uses computational power to assist chemical businesses in simulating a large variety of atom combinations. The idea is to virtually investigate potential new materials using computers before simulating…

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As the AI race heats up, Microsoft and Google outperform first-quarter market expectations.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reported a net profit of $15 billion in the first quarter of 2023, exceeding market estimates, indicating that the search engine powerhouse is finding its footing. The IT titan has been put under pressure as a result of a general downturn in advertising spending, over-hiring during a Covid-era boom,…

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Microsoft Introduces Innovative Program to Upgrade Technical Skills of Kenyan University Lecturers

A new workshop has been introduced by Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) and Microsoft Leap that was built especially for university professors who instruct technology-focused courses. With the help of this program, university instructors will have the opportunity to work with other educators, develop their abilities, and discover best practices they may use in their…

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Liquid Intelligent Technologies Partners With Microsoft to Bring the Internet to 20 Million People in Africa

Microsoft has unveiled a variety of fresh initiatives with the goal of boosting digital development, skill development, and infrastructure in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs). By 2025, the IT behemoth will work with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to provide internet access to 20 million more people in Africa. Through this collaboration, Microsoft’s Airband Initiative, which…

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Microsoft Joins Forces With Viasat to Improve Internet Access to Nigerians, Others

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) launched a new cooperation on Wednesday to help 10 million people gain access to the internet globally, including 5 million in Africa. Global communications giant Viasat is the first satellite partner to collaborate with Microsoft’s Airband Initiative. Together, the two organizations will deepen Airband’s work in the…

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Kenya is the Latest Beneficiary of Microsoft’s Global Digital Skills Program

To increase access to digital and fundamental skills, Microsoft has announced the beginning of a global skilling program in Kenya. As a stepping stone to the success of Microsoft’s Global Skills Initiative, which was launched in June 2020 and has since equipped over 80 million people worldwide with digital skills, the Skills for Jobs Learning…

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Data breaches top the list of security concerns for Nigerian CIOs

New research from the IDC reveals the latest cloud security trends in Nigeria The majority (72 percent) of Nigerian organizations are increasing their spend on information security 21 percent of organizations use a combination of on premises and cloud solutions. This is set to grow to 41 percent over the next two years. For Nigerian…

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Microsoft Shuts Down the Internet Explorer Browser After 27 Years

Microsoft is retiring its first version of the Internet Explorer (IE) browser after nearly 27 years. The company is asking customers to convert to its cutting-edge Edge browser, which it believes would provide consumers with a faster and more secure browsing experience. Users will, however, continue to have access to the virtual version of the…

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Microsoft enabling digital transformation in agriculture to solve for food security in Africa

15 June 2022 Microsoft hosted a virtual roundtable panel discussion about digital transformation in agriculture for food security in Africa. The roundtable explored how accelerating digital transformation in agriculture is leading to agritech developments that have a tangible positive impact on food security in Africa. With agriculture sustaining up to 70% of Africa’s livelihoods, Microsoft is…

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British Council, Microsoft Announce an e-Learning Initiative for Young Business Owners

The British Council and Microsoft have established an e-learning program to help young entrepreneurs shape their futures and take control of their livelihoods. #BossupInAfrica, a program for young people aged 18 to 25, was created in 2021 to assist them scale up their talents. The curriculum is divided into three modules, each featuring a variety…

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Kendi Ntwiga, Former Microsoft Kenya Country Director Joins Meta as the Global Head of Misrepresentation

Kendi Ntwiga has been named Global Head of Misrepresentation of  Meta owners of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp after her departure from Microsoft Kenya, where she served as Country Leader. Her appointment began in May, and she will be stationed in Ireland. Kendi will strive to push for operational processes to scale Meta’s enforcement of community…

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Former Microsoft Employee Says The Tech Giant is Involved in Alleged Widespread Corruption in Africa

On Friday, a former Microsoft employee published an essay on Lioness, a whistleblower website, alleging that corruption in the company has spread throughout Africa and the Middle East. According to Tech Central, in 2019, the tech giant company and its former partner, South African EOH Mthombo, were accused of being involved in alleged corruption in…

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Tech4Dev and Microsoft supports 18,000 Nigerian youths, rewards inaugural #Digitalforall Challenge winners with 3.5 million

On September 16, 2021, we launched the #Digitalforall Challenge, a free digital skilling initiative and competition designed to drive young people’s engagement in the digital economy across Nigeria, with the goal of equipping Nigerian youths with skills to enable equal access to technology-centric decent work and economic opportunities. It is a sub-program of Microsoft’s Emerging…

Microsoft has invested around $200m building its Africa Development Centre in 3 years 

Microsoft has invested around $200m building its Africa Development Centre in 3 years 

Microsoft has announced that it has invested approximately $200 million (two hundred million dollars) in the establishment of its Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Lagos, Nigeria. During Microsoft’s Nigeria Office Launch in Lagos, Gafar Lawal, managing director of its ADC in Nigeria, revealed this. Since establishing the Africa Development Centre in Nigeria three years ago,…

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12 African startups qualifies for FAST accelerator programme, designed by Microsoft

Twelve African tech startups have been chosen for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator, which was developed by Microsoft in collaboration with Flapmax to strengthen and scale Africa’s digital ecosystem. The 12-week FAST programme, which starts next week, brings together startups from six different countries and nine industries, chosen from over 800 applications…

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Microsoft to invest $500 million in African startups to accelerate their growth

Microsoft intends to provide $500 million in potential funding to African startups with the help of venture capitalists in order to help them grow quickly. The Africa Transformation Office will launch a series of new initiatives over the next five years with the goal of assisting 10,000 African businesses in reaching their full potential. With…

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Microsoft Will Test New Experimental Features for Windows 11

Microsoft has detailed its plans for Windows 11 testing throughout 2022, following the announcement last week that the operating system will receive a larger-than-usual update in February, including Android apps, taskbar improvements, and other features. According to The Verge, the software company intends to experiment more with features for Windows 11 testers to evaluate that…

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The Microsoft Store Now Allow Users to Install Individual Office Apps

The Microsoft Store experience is improving, and it isn’t always due to the enhancements released by Microsoft with the release of Windows 11. The company is working on several fronts, and it recently decided to separate its Office apps from the Microsoft Store. In other words, if you don’t require the entire Office suite, you…

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Microsoft is accepting applications for its Software Engineering program, which will start in 2022

Every year, Microsoft hires thousands of college graduates and students from all over the world. Graduate positions have been made available for the company’s software engineering recruiting program, which will begin in 2022. Software engineers (SWEs) work with others to solve problems and develop new software. If you are deeply concerned about customers and product…

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Microsoft Names Director of New Office for “African Transformation”

Microsoft, the global tech giant, is establishing the Africa Transformation Office as part of doubling its investment on the continent, as well as an effort to continue to enable “African-led for Africa” ??digital transformation. The company has also announced that the Africa Transformation Office (ATO) will be led by new Managing Director (MD) Wael Elkabbany….

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Satya Nadella,Microsoft CEO reveals plan to launch it’s own Metaverse,Shows How It Will Work

After Facebook changed its name to Meta to reflect its engagement with the metaverse, Microsoft too is gearing up to launch its own version, which is likely to focus on the corporate world. Speaking about the metaverse, a space where digital avatars of people interact at work and play, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tweeted that…

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Microsoft relaunches messaging platform Google Wave

Microsoft is bringing back Google Wave, the doomed real-time messaging and collaboration platform Google launched in 2009 and prematurely shuttered in 2010. Maybe we should’ve seen this coming. Back in 2019, Microsoft announced the Fluid Framework (not to be confused with the Fluent design system). The idea here was nothing short of trying to re-invent the nature of business documents…

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Microsoft Edges Past Apple to Become World’s Most Valuable Company

Apple lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft on Friday, as the iPhone maker’s shares fell about 2 percent. Apple took a $6 billion  hit to its sales during the fiscal fourth quarter due to persistent global supply chain problems, leading to a miss on Wall Street expectations. Top boss Tim…

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Microsoft Warns of New Security Flaw Affecting Surface Pro 3 Devices

Microsoft has published a new advisory warning of a security bypass vulnerability affecting Surface Pro 3 convertible laptops that could be exploited by an adversary to introduce malicious devices within enterprise networks and defeat the device attestation mechanism. Tracked as CVE-2021-42299 (CVSS score: 5.6), the issue has been codenamed “TPM Carte Blanche” by Google software engineer Chris…

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Microsoft to pull LinkedIn from Chinese market

American technology giant Microsoft announced today that it will pull its professional social network LinkedIn from the Chinese market later this year. Microsoft purchased LinkedIn for more than $26 billion back in 2016. The news comes amidst a flurry of regulatory changes in the Asian nation, as well as rising tensions between the company and the country. Two…