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Microsoft’s announcement that it will train 3 million people across Africa on AI this year — and pair that skills push with telco distribution of Microsoft 365 and Copilot — marks a significant step in a contest for influence, talent and market share on a continent already at the centre of a...

Microsoft’s announcement that it will train millions of Africans and pair its productivity suite with telco distribution marks a decisive escalation in the race to shape the continent’s AI future — one that blends skills development, cloud infrastructure, and commercial bundling to counter...

Microsoft’s new push to accelerate AI adoption across Africa is as much a strategic countermove as it is a development program: publicly framed as an effort to unlock economic gains, improve language access, and bolster data sovereignty, the initiative also responds directly to the rapid...