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South Africa: Imagine Cup springs into high gear

A unified communications tool that allows employees to collaborate and share work more effectively plus two entertaining space-based puzzle games were the big winners at this year's local finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, which was held last week in...

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2014 season kicks off

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, where students from around the world, including Africa, compete for prizes for their best innovations using Microsoft products and technology, concluded with the worldwide finals in July in St. Peterburg, Russia. The company is already gearing up for...

Uganda wins for Africa at Imagine Cup

Microsoft last night announced the winners of the 11th annual Microsoft Imagine Cup, the world’s premier competition for student technologists, developers and aspiring entrepreneurs to create innovative projects and ultimately bring those ideas to market. Winning projects were announced for...

In Pictures: Africa at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

On the third day of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia, competitor offerings will be scrutinised by judges who will physically test each submission. Yesterday saw the individual teams presenting their games, apps and programs to judges – but that only made...

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup by numbers

With Microsoft’s Imagine Cup world finals in full swing in St. Petersburg, Russia, a few interesting statistics about the annual competition have been revealed. While there are over 10 African teams competing for the grand prize, over 70 countries in total...

Africa well represented at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup

Competing nations have started to arrive in St. Petersburg, Russia, as Microsoft’s bi-annual Imagine Cup officially kicks off today. The competition sees teams from different nations compete against each other in app development, program development and designing games for...

Meet Africa’s Innovation Competition Imagine Cup finalists

Microsoft’s annual Imagine Cup has been gaining a lot of momentum over the last couple of months and it is almost time for the worldwide finals. This year, the event is scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and there are...

Social media opens doors for UJ students

An innovative tool that allows businesses to see what people are saying about them on social media platforms has won three University of Johannesburg computer science students and their supervisor a place in the final of a global technology...

Uganda developers win Microsoft grant

Technology giant Microsoft has announced the winners of the second annual Imagine Cup Grants, a three-year, $3 million competitive grant program that provides students with funding and support to help transform their project into a social enterprise or nonprofit...
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