Microsoft Names Angela Nganga East Africa Lead, Handing a Government-Relations Specialist Its Most Stalled African Project

Microsoft has appointed Angela Nganga as Country Lead for East Africa, placing an executive whose background is in government engagement and public policy into a market where the company’s largest planned investment is blocked on precisely those terms. Nganga, based in Nairobi, joined Microsoft in 2012 and most recently served as Regional Director of Customer Success for East and West Africa. She has also held roles as Director of Corporate Affairs for the Middle East and Africa and Education In