The DEMO Africa, and Microsoft Corp
have entered strategic cooperation agreements with three incubator
organizations across the African continent to enable start-ups, innovators and
Africa’s developer community to grow their skills and build businesses with
Microsoft technologies.
This is sequel to the earlier launch of Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, through the agreements with
CcHUB in Nigeria, DTBiin Tanzania and AfriLabs, the pan-African hub network in
order to fuel African innovation.
DigitalSENSE Business News confirmed that Microsoft
aims at offering the communities working in these hubs an increased access to
software, skills development opportunities and a means through which innovative
startups can access capital investment, benefit from international outreach and
scale their businesses to the world through Microsoft’s cloud computing
solutions.
The Vice Chair of the 4Afrika Advisory Council and Managing
Director of Microsoft South Africa Mteto Nyati, who is billed to speak at DEMO
Africa this week said “Microsoft sees boundless potential in African youth,
developers and entrepreneurs, and we view the collaborative efforts with these
innovation hubs across the continent as strategic and crucial opportunities for
us to extend our support to their ecosystems. Through the 4Afrika Initiative,
we are deeply committed to helping accelerate African innovation, and we hope
these efforts will help us reach more people who are looking to turn their
great ideas into a reality that can empower their community, their country and
Africa at large.”
Commenting on the partnership, the CEO of Co-Creation
Hub Nigeria, Bosun Tijani said “This
partnership is the culmination of several collaborations between CcHUB and
Microsoft Nigeria over the past two years and we are really excited at the
opportunity to implement programs in support of innovation and entrepreneurship
in Nigeria”.
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