Microsoft becomes the latest big name to invest in Myanmar, forming a partnership with a local IT firm, and announcing its plans at the World Economic Forum in Naypyitaw, according to industry magazine The Next Web.
The US-based Internet giant will partner the largest software company in Myanmar, Myanmar Information Technology (MIT), which will reportedly be assigned the task of expanding Microsoft within the country.
Jamie Harper, Microsoft’s General Manager of Southeast Asia, said in a statement that the company believes technology will be a vital part of Myanmar’s future growth, and that it is committed to the “long haul”.
“We believe that only through working closely with the public and private sector, can technology be part of the national agenda and play its role in ensuring competitiveness and capacity building,” Harper said.
