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Microsoft has has software development centers in Kenya and Nigeria for a couple years now. [1] I'm glad to see other western tech companies moving into sub-Sah
by hyperrail 5y ago
Microsoft has has software development centers in Kenya and Nigeria for a couple years now. [1] I'm glad to see other western tech companies moving into sub-Saharan Africa. Hope it's a trend - at MSFT we had some success there!
[1] https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/features/furthering-our-investment-in-africa-microsoft-opens-first-africa-development-centre-in-kenya-and-nigeria/ https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/features/furthering-our-inv...
- aberkowitz 5y agoFrom what I hear, Microsoft has been extremely active in hiring tech and skilled workers in Kenya this year. Really hoping they keep it up!
- curiousmindz 5y agoIn South Africa too. They even have two Azure Data Centers, there.
- numbsafari 5y agoLooking at the top 3 US Public Cloud providers, Microsoft has a lot to be proud of [1]. I think Microsoft's old-line enterprise/government software business has given them a sales lead over the others, but they've also made big capital investments here in local infrastructure. I think there's a massive, missed opportunity to build renewable-resource powered data centers to drive the compute tasks needed elsewhere, investing in local talent and infrastructure at the same time. [1] https://twitter.com/numbsafari/status/1357404669123981314 https://twitter.com/numbsafari/status/1357404669123981314