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MTN teams up with U.S., European firms to build AI future with Africa-wide data centre push

Africa’s largest telecom operator, MTN Group, is in advanced negotiations with U.S. and European firms to build a network of AI-powered data centers across the continent — a strategic move to close the continent’s infrastructure gap and position it as a key player in the global digital economy. The initiative, led by MTN’s newly formed […]

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Food Security in Africa: Microsoft, OCP Africa pool efforts to support smallholder farmers

Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office, and Morocco’s OCP Africa announced at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), held in Doha, March 5-9, a partnership to support smallholder farmers and other stakeholders across Africa by 2025. OCP Africa, an African company that provides fertilizer solutions tailored to local conditions and […]

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About 30 global companies to open headquarters in Egypt

Some 29 global companies including Amazon and Microsoft agreed Thursday with the Egyptian government to open headquarters, as authorities expect the agreement to create more than 34 thousand new job opportunities for youth. The agreements and contracts were signed with IT Industry Development Authority ETIDA. Per the accords, the contribution of the 29 companies will […]

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Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires shares in Alphabet, Zoom Video and Microsoft

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund bought shares in Alphabet, Zoom Video and Microsoft as part of a wider pick of US stocks, bringing the sovereign wealth fund’s second-quarter investments to about $40.8 billion, Arab Finance reports. A filing from US Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that PIF acquired 213,000 class A shares in Alphabet; 4.7 […]

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Africa: Microsoft opens development centers in Nairobi, Lagos

US-based tech giant Microsoft Corp will launch this year two hubs in Nairobi and Lagos with an investment of over $100 million over five years as it seeks to partner with local talents and governments on the continent, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft will launch two hubs this year and plans to hire 100 workers at the […]

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Mauritania: Microsoft Sponsored Workshop Ends

A two-day workshop organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Employment, Vocational Training and New Technologies between political and economic decision makers under the theme “The evolution of technologies and their impact on the economy in Mauritania” has some to end and was summarized at a press conference held by the government and Microsoft […]