Posts by Julia Boltt (11 results)

African man sitting outdoors working at a laptop computer

Category: AI

Kenya’s digital leap: Turning global demand into local growth

Young African man sitting at a table with a laptop computer in front of him

09/02/2026

Scaling skills to shape Africa’s AI future

A smiling young African girl sits with an open laptop computer balanced on her knees in front of a house in a residential African neighbourhood

03/12/2025

Microsoft Achieves Major Connectivity Milestone in Africa and Launches Collaboration with African Development Bank

Category: Digital Transformation

Graphic image of a map of Africa outline overlaid with images of padlocks, cybersecurity badges and fingerprints

25/11/2025

AI agents, deepfakes and digital twinning: Microsoft’s latest threat report puts Africa on high alert

Category: Security

Graphic image of a map of Africa outline overlaid with images of padlocks, cybersecurity badges and fingerprints.

20/11/2025

How Africa could become the first line of defence in the global fight for cybersecurity

A group of government, private sector and Microsoft executives stand on a stage to make an announcement

29/10/2025

KEPSA launches the Kenya AI Skilling Alliance (Kaisa): A national platform to accelerate inclusive and responsible AI adoption

Category: AI

A head and shoulders image of Abideen Yusuf, Country Manager for Microsoft Africa

29/10/2025

Key milestones offer markers for what is to come in the AI era

An African man talks while holding a laptop during a meeting with a team of people in an office conference room.

04/06/2025

Microsoft’s 2025 Work Trend Index Report reveals the rise of the Frontier Firm, marking a new era of workforce dynamics

Picture composite showing the Kenya finalists of the 2025 Imagine Cup Signvrse team, showing four students with a graphic representation of a phone app to help hearing-impaired persons translate spoken words into African Sign Language.

23/05/2025

Kenyan student team place in Top Three finalists at Microsoft Imagine Cup

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith stands alongside the Honourable President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa

06/03/2025

Microsoft invests an additional ZAR 5.4bn in South Africa and launches youth certification programme for high-demand digital skills

Lillian Barnard, President of Microsoft Africa speaking onstage at the AI Tour in Johannesburg

24/01/2025

Microsoft commits to skilling one million people for digital skills through Artificial Intelligence skilling initiative in South Africa