Microsoft starts $75M program to spur African businesses

Published: February 5, 2013 8:30 AM
By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Photo credit: Getty AFP | Microsoft co-founder turned global philanthropist Bill Gates speaks during the Global Health congress in Oslo on January 22, 2012 focused on international aid and health.

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Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, said it started a $75 million program that will put as many as a million small African businesses online in the next three years.

The company's 4Afrika Initiative will also offer business training for as many as 200,000 people and create an online hub for application development and business networking, said Louis Otieno, the project's legal...

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