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Press Releases

Microsoft partners with Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology and UhuruOne to bring cutting-edge broadband access, Windows 8 devices and technology skills to local universities

May 8, 2013

The partnership is the latest from the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, a new series of investments designed to enable Microsoft to actively engage in Africa's economic development and to improve its global competitiveness.

Microsoft Unveils Strategic Cooperation With iHub and m:lab to Accelerate Innovation in East Africa

March 20, 2013

Collaboration designed to further the goals of the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative to fuel African innovation.

Microsoft Introduces the 4Afrika Initiative to Help Improve the Continent's Global Competitiveness

Feb. 4, 2013

Efforts focus on accelerating adoption of smart devices, empowering small and medium-sized businesses, and raising skills development to ignite African innovation for the continent and for the world.

Microsoft Teams With the Government of Kenya and Indigo Telecom to Deliver Low-Cost, Solar-Powered Broadband Access Using Cutting-Edge TV White Space Technology

Feb. 4, 2013

Pilot is part of the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative to help improve continent's global competitiveness.

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Fact Sheets

4Afrika Fact Sheet

Feb. 4, 2013

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Microsoft Launches 4Afrika Initiative

Feb. 5, 2013

(English version; intended for broadcast journalists): Microsoft introduces the 4Afrika Initiative, which is designed to help improve Africa’s global competitiveness. The initiative’s goal is to empower African youth, entrepreneurs, developers, and business and civic leaders to turn great ideas into a reality that can help their community, their country, the continent, and beyond.

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