Microsoft Egypt is a division of
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...
which markets Microsoft products in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
.
History
Microsoft established a branch in Egypt in 1995 as an office representative, becoming a
limited liability company
A limited liability company (LLC for short) is the US-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of ...
in 1997.
CMIC
Microsoft launched the
Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center in September 2007. It is located in the
Smart Village near
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
. Its mission is to work on concept-level research problems that are relatively short to market.
It is headed by
Tarek El-Abbadi, a long time Program Manager at the
Microsoft Redmond office.
References
External links
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Advanced Technology Lab Cairo
Microsoft local divisions
Cloud computing providers
Software companies of Egypt
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