{"id":1021599,"date":"2024-05-15T11:48:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-lab&#038;p=1021599"},"modified":"2024-10-16T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:42:00","slug":"microsoft-research-lab-africa-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-lab","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-lab-africa-nairobi\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research Lab &#8211; Africa, Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_Nairobi_header_1920x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"MSR Africa Lab - photo of the Nairobi skyline\" 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frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mari-is-now-microsoft-research-africa\">MARI is now Microsoft Research Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>MARI\u2019s (Microsoft Africa Research Institute) mission to understand, build, and deploy innovative cloud and AI technologies which not only address core opportunities in Africa and contribute to solving local challenges at scale, but which contribute to creating a more productive future of work globally remain a core focus as the team now operates as Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi.\u202fThe move to Microsoft Research a reflection of the important foundational work the team does, and Microsoft Research Africa will continue to foster a close relationship between research and product.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-verticals\">Research verticals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"MSR Africa Lab - photo of two people sitting at a desk and reviewing a laptop computer\" class=\"wp-image-1021854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_work_1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"addressing-real-workplace-needs\">Addressing real workplace needs<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"MSR Africa Lab - photo of two women, a doctor and a patient, talking and looking at a laptop computer\" class=\"wp-image-1021839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_healthcare_1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"addressing-real-workplace-needs\">Low-cost healthcare at scale<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_sustainability_1400x788-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"MSR Africa Lab - photo of a farmer standing in a cornfield reviewing a tablet\" class=\"wp-image-1021851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_sustainability_1400x788-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_sustainability_1400x788-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2024\/04\/MSRAfrica_sustainability_1400x788-768x432.jpg 768w, 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"addressing-real-workplace-needs\">Society & sustainability<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"msr-cards__card msr-cards__card--default col\">\n\t<div class=\"card has-spectrum-border-top__hover material-card h-100 p-0\" data-mount=\"click-group\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"card-body bg-white p-4 pt-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>At MSR Africa in Nairobi, one of our key goals is to support inclusive empowerment for individuals, organizations, communities, and countries to access pathways to growth and opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We seek to continue to build partnerships with both local and global researchers who have the interest, knowledge, expertise, and experience of working in the ecosystem in order to collectively understand and solve some of the challenges facing the communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-approach\">Our Approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We endeavour to do this by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Supporting in the strengthening of research capacity within universities in Africa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engaging in collaborative research.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve this, we have several approaches that we are using to build collaborated relationships, namely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mentoring, curriculum development and review.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminars, trainings, workshops, and collaborative conferences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer schools and visiting scholar program. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"msr-africa-phd-fellowship\">MSR Africa PhD Fellowship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft&nbsp;for the period of the fellowship and work closely with researchers on a team on topics of mutual interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022,&nbsp;MSR Africa selected 3 PhD students at African Universities, as awardees of the Microsoft PhD fellowships.&nbsp;This was the first time awards have gone to students studying for doctorates at universities in Africa.&nbsp;In 2023 another 3 PhD students from Universities across Africa were awarded as MSR Africa as fellows.<br>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/phd-fellowship\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship &#8211; Microsoft Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-2023-fellows\">Our 2023 Fellows<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/fci.must.ac.ug\/member\/tezira-wanyana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tezira&nbsp;Wanyana<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/denden047.github.io\/index_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Naoya Muramatsu<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hasnae-zerouaoui-98a5b090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hasnae Zerouaoui<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;were awarded as the Microsoft Research PhD fellows for the Africa region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-2022-fellows\">Our 2022 Fellows<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mwigereri-dorcas-497b51b4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dorcas Gicuku<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aojsoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olalekan Joseph Akintande<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sofia-bourhim-43924a10b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sofia Bourhim<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u2014our first cohort of PhD fellows at MSR Africa. 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