FILE PHOTO: The Microsoft logo is pictured ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo
NAIROBI: Microsoft Corp will invest US$100mil (RM416.43mil) to open an Africa technology development centre with sites in Kenya and Nigeria over the next five years, the company said on May 14.
Global tech giants, including Alphabet Inc and Facebook, have been increasing investment on the continent in recent years to take advantage of growing economies with rising access rates to the Internet by a youthful population.
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