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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