Microsoft Launches First Software Testing Centre in Africa

The centre, stationed in Nairobi, is only the fourth of such outsourced centres for Microsoft after China, Poland and India. It will provide 1,000 jobs to Kenyan youth while growing the tech skills in the country.

Deputy President William Ruto with ICT CS Joe Mucheru (left), Techno Brain CEO Manoj Shanker (right) and Bamboo Sofola (second left), partner director software engineering at Microsoft.

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