Microsoft sponsors upcoming CIO100 Symposium and Awards

Through the advancement of digital revolution, Kenya has been making strides to leverage on technologies such as Artificial intelligence, and block chain, to further elevate the countries digital imprint and allow for a more well balanced economy. Microsoft have penned their commitment towards the forthcoming CIO100 Symposium and awards.

Slated to take place on the 21^st of November, at the Lake Naivasha resort. The event, emerging as one of the most powerful gathering of CIO’s and senior IT and business executives, will allow for the forging of new partnerships, networking and inspiration drawn from the East African IT and technology landscape.

CIO East Africa hosts the forum themed; “Harnessing technology in the age of automation” aiming to reward various businesses for implementing and utilizing technology in their respective fields. The awards are categorized according to the fields of agriculture, financial service institutions, IT and telecom providers and retail manufacturing and transport.

Alluding to the fact Microsoft are on a well-known task to disrupt old patterns and open up new chances, they inked the sponsorship sheet knowing that their insights and determination would uncover solutions and thought provoking queries that would amount to protection, availability and seamless implementation of technology in a rapidly changing landscape.