{"id":555609,"date":"2021-11-21T03:46:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T03:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/21\/wael-elkabbany-appointed-microsofts-head-of-africa-transformation-office\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T03:46:32","slug":"wael-elkabbany-appointed-microsofts-head-of-africa-transformation-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/21\/wael-elkabbany-appointed-microsofts-head-of-africa-transformation-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Wael Elkabbany appointed Microsoft\u2019s head of Africa Transformation Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Microsoft<\/strong> has tapped <strong>Wael Elkabbany <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/ae.linkedin.com\/in\/wael-elkabbany\">LinkedIn)<\/a> as the <strong>managing director<\/strong> of its new <strong>Africa Transformation Office<\/strong>, the tech giant said in <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/11\/Microsoft-appoints-Wael-Elkabbany-as-head-of-new-Africa-Transformation-Office.docx.pdf\">a statement<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/11\/Microsoft-appoints-Wael-Elkabbany-as-head-of-new-Africa-Transformation-Office.docx.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a>. The office is designed to bump up investments in digital infrastructure, skilling, SMEs, and startups across the continent through partnerships with the public and private sectors. Elkabbany previously led enterprise sales for Microsoft across the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has tapped Wael Elkabbany (LinkedIn) as the managing director of its new Africa Transformation Office, the tech giant said in a statement(pdf). The office is designed to bump up investments in digital infrastructure, skilling, SMEs, and startups across the continent through partnerships with the public and private sectors. 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