The program, dubbed AppFactory, will provide money and expertise to entrepreneurs building Facebook applications.

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Note the developer focus mentioned above: This is important for its new AppFactory (in South Africa and Egypt).

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Microsoft is hiring 30 paid student interns to staff the AppFactory - centers to which the public can submit requests for Africa-relevant Windows applications (Windows 8 or Windows Phone).

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Already, the AppFactory teams have built 73 Windows apps and 39 Windows Phone apps, and at full capacity, the teams plan to contribute approximately 90 new apps to the Windows Store per month.

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AppFactory (South Africa and Egypt).

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