Microsoft to shut Nairobi engineering centre, putting hundreds of jobs at risk

Microsoft is winding down its Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Nairobi, putting nearly 400 jobs at risk and reversing a seven-year effort to make Kenya a hub for building technology for global markets.

Two employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told TechCabal that staff at the centre, housed in Dunhill Towers in Nairobi’s Westlands district, were called to a meeting on Monday morning and asked to meet with their managers by Friday, October 16, to discuss exit options…