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UNESCO & Microsoft join forces to promote greater access and use of ICT for higher education enhancement
13 July 09 08:26 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Last week in Paris close to 100 ministers of education, senior education officials and policy advisors attended the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) followed by the Microsoft Education Leaders Forum . The WCHE is focusing on critical Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, schools, student, United Nations, Partnerships

Continuing Our Commitment - Pamela Passman
26 September 08 11:19 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

I’m in New York today, and it’s been a really busy week here on the global development front --- with Bill Gates and other leaders addressing a UN special session on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convening Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, Global Economy, Partners in Learning, Clinton Global Initiative, ICT for Development Conference, UN Millennium Development Goals

Africa’s Unlimited Potential – Will Poole
19 June 08 06:26 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been in Africa to participate in a variety of activities supporting Microsoft Unlimited Potential’s efforts to bring the benefits of technology to the next 5 billion people. The continent continues to show strong economic Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Africa, Global Economy, Refurbished PCs, NGOs, African ICT Best Practices Forum

GLF Asia—The Limitless Potential of Education for Lifelong Growth: Anoop Gupta
15 May 08 01:37 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

Last Thursday and Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia, I had the privilege to attend this year’s Government Leaders Forum—Asia. It was my first time attending one of these events in my new capacity leading the Unlimited Potential Group, and offered a thrilling Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, Partners in Learning, Government Leaders Forum, NGOs, Asia

Partnerships for e-Health in India- Michael Aldridge
07 May 08 08:50 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Hello, I’m Michael Aldridge, group manager of the Rural Incubations Team in Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Group. Our team is chartered with the development of various emerging market strategies and incubations, primarily focusing new kinds of relevant Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, India, Global Economy, Telemedicine, Healthcare

Travel Diary: The African ICT Best Practices Forum, Burkina Faso and West Africa—Michael Rawding
29 April 08 02:32 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

Last week, I had the opportunity to travel throughout West Africa to represent Microsoft Unlimited Potential, meeting with our partners across the public and private sectors to further discuss how Microsoft can best contribute to help create new economic Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Africa, Education, Partners in Learning, NGOs, African ICT Best Practices Forum

Partnerships to Transform Education and Create Opportunity in Latin America—Orlando Ayala
04 April 08 04:30 PM | Unlimited Potential team | (Comments Off)   

I’m just now wrapping up the second day of this year’s Government Leaders Forum—Americas (GLF), and I wanted to share some more stories around today’s events. I’ve been busy meeting with a variety of local and regional government and business leaders Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, Latin America, Global Economy, Imagine Cup, Government Leaders Forum

Technology and Digital Services for Social Development in the Americas—Orlando Ayala
03 April 08 10:52 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Greetings from Miami, Florida, where I’m participating in the next installment of our ongoing Microsoft Government Leaders Forums (GLF) – GLF Americas. As I’ve mentioned before, GLFs are semi-annual events sponsored by Microsoft that gather top government Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Education, Latin America, Government Leaders Forum

The Importance of Public-Private Partnerships - Orlando Ayala
01 February 08 05:23 PM | Unlimited Potential team | (Comments Off)   

I’m now back in Redmond after my recent travels in Berlin, London and Abu Dhabi. It’s often difficult to get an immediate sense of the “big picture” during trips like these, moving rapidly between different cities, countries and time zones and encountering Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Creative Capitalism

Connect Africa, Kigali, Rwanda: Michael Rawding
06 November 07 01:21 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 2 Comments   

Last week, I had the unique opportunity to attend the Connect Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The summit was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the African Union, the World Bank Group and UN GAID, in partnership with the African Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Africa

UNIDO Joint Initiative with Microsoft Announced Today
07 June 07 11:35 AM | Unlimited Potential team | (Comments Off)   

Hello - I feel that the initiative on refurbished computers that we signed with Microsoft today at the ICT Best Practices Forum is a symbol of our partnership and steadfast commitment to uplift entrepreneurs in Africa. The vision is to establish a pilot Read More...

Filed under: Public-Private Partnerships, Africa, Refurbished PCs