African innovations are on a rise, there are more investments in its tech industries with the venture capital funding to start-ups increasing to $560million in 2017 from $277million in 2015. CNBC Africa had a conversation with Somet Kipchilat, Partner Development Manager at Microsoft 4Afrika Initiatives for more on this.
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Outsourcing Development Part 1
It’s not always possible to develop an application/solution in-house; so you may look to an agency to help you create your application.
The Cyber Security Tech Accord
I recently came across an article in the news on how Government is looking to monitor social media tools like WhatsApp and skype Kenya is considering regulating online services such as WhatsApp and Skype in a radical move that could force the internet-based service providers to share data with the government. The Communications Authority of …
The starters guide to the corporate world
What a remarkable puzzle politics provides. I constantly ask my self. I listen to a lot of podcasts and watch a lot of documentaries and once noticed a very interesting trend across corporate leaders, Political leaders, and even royalty.
What Meaning can be derived from Music
Embodied musical meaning is in short a production of expectation, if on the basis of past experience a present stimulus leads us to expect a more-or-less definite consequent musical event then that stimulus has meaning. Emotion and Meaning in Music by Leonard B. Meyer Musical meaning comes from the comparison and transformation of musical material, …
Building Trust- AI and its Role in Society today
With The Rise of Technology in the World of the Internet of things and Artificial intelligence, a number of questions come to mind. What are the principles that should govern the way organizations/developers build these technologies some I have at the top of my mind are AI must be designed to assist humanity. AI must …
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What is Azure Stack
BUSINESS CHALLENGES AND THE NEED FOR A HYBRID CLOUD PLATFORM Every company in every industry around the world is being challenged to transform from an organization that uses digital technology, to a digital organization. Application modernization is at the heart of digital transformation, with the opportunity to help companies engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations …
GITHUB- The Cat is out of the bag.
Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform where more than 28 million developers learn, share and collaborate to create the future. Together, the two companies will empower developers to achieve more at every stage of the development lifecycle, accelerate enterprise use of GitHub, …
Azure Stack now in 92 countries
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced some exciting updates across Azure IaaS, including that we will expand the footprint of Microsoft Azure Stack to a total of 92 countries. At Ignite last year, Microsoft launched Azure Stack in 46 countries and given customer demand since then, they have worked with our hardware partners to double the number of …
Microsoft Software Testing Center
Microsoft in Partnership with Technobrain launched Africas First Software testing Center in Nairobi This center is set up to test Microsoft software builds way before they hit global markets “Kenya is set to be the ultimate technology hub in Africa. Microsoft supports Kenya in that vision with global training and standards to up-skill to global …
