Microsoft wakes up to new Africa, reacts with youth empowerment initiative(techzim.co.zw)

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Microsoft wakes up to new Africa, reacts with youth empowerment initiative

http://www.techzim.co.zw/2013/02/microsoft-wakes-up-to-new-africa-reacts-with-youth-empowerment-initiative/

In short, while Microsoft was concerned with selling more licenses through its corporate channel partners, unconcerned about the punitive pricing (which had many resorting to pirate copies), Google was making money in a different way; it was sending Adsense cheques to publishers on the continent. Small Adsense amounts yes but enough to demonstrate what computing and the internet is; lowered barriers and new opportunity.

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