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Microsoft, USIU partner to set up tech hub to plug job skills gap

Microsoft Dean for Africa Academy Lutz Ziob, USIU's Prof Ruthie Rono and Centurion Systems managing director Dr Kevit Desai cut a ribbon during the launch of Incubation and Innovation Center AppFactory at the university on February 7, 2018. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG

By  DOREEN WAINAINAH

Technology firm Microsoft has partnered with the United States International University-Afric, USIU, for its first technical skills hub in Kenya.

The hub dubbed the Appfactory will be hosted at USIU’s incubation and innovation centre (I²C) in Nairobi, aimed at addressing the gap in between education and the skills needed for employment.

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