By Abdi Ali
Published May 28, 2019
Microsoft Corporation has announced the launch of its first-ever engineering offices in Africa.
Known as Africa Development Centre (ADC) and located in Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa) and Lagos, Nigeria (West Africa), Microsoft says the ADC shall act as a laboratory through which ‘world-class African talent can create solutions for local and global impact’.
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The ADC, says Phil Spencer, Executive Sponsor of ADC and Executive Vice-President at Microsoft, is aimed at providing Microsoft the “opportunity to engage further with partners, academia, governments and developers – driving impact in sectors important to the continent, such as FinTech, AgriTech and OffGrid energy.”
Consequently, Microsoft says it is “seeking engineering talent from across the continent to fuel AI, machine learning and mixed reality innovation.”
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Saying details of recruitment are posted on the microsoftadc.com website, Microsoft says it has vacancies for “100 full-time engineers by the end of the year – expanding to 500 across the two sites by 2023.”
Microsoft says it is also “partnering with local universities to create a modern intelligent edge and cloud curriculum, totally unique to Africa. Graduates will have access to the ADC to build a relevant and meaningful career in data science, AI, mixed reality, application development and many more.”