Businesses around the world have been significantly disrupted due to a series of technical glitches in Microsoft’s systems. Airlines, banks, and various other enterprises relying on Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure have faced operational challenges, particularly in the US and Asia.

Reports from social media indicate that employees globally have been unable to work as their Windows systems refused to power up, displaying blue screens with the message, “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart.” Social media platforms are flooded with images of these error screens as users struggle to start their computers.

Despite these widespread issues, checks by TechDigest reveal that businesses in Nigeria remain unaffected, with Microsoft services operating normally in the country at the time of reporting.

Bloomberg reported on Friday that major companies such as McDonald’s Corp., United Airlines Holdings Inc., and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group have disclosed various communication issues with customer service.

KLM, for instance, has suspended most flights due to a global computer outage. Numerous corporations from Japan to India and the US have also reported operational glitches.The exact cause of these issues remains unclear but coincides with the Microsoft disruptions.

Further reports indicate that some of the problems may stem from CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. cybersecurity software. Australia’s AGL Energy Ltd. confirmed experiencing system issues due to a CrowdStrike outage in a post on X.

Microsoft spokesperson stated that the company is investigating the situation.

CrowdStrike representatives were not immediately available for comment outside regular business hours, and attempts to reach their main office in Japan were unsuccessful.

“We’re continuing to progress on our mitigation efforts for the affected Microsoft 365 apps and services. We still expect users to see remediation as we address residual impact,” Microsoft stated in its latest status update.

The initial glitches emerged in the US late on Thursday, attributed to failures in Microsoft services, including Azure and 365. Frontier Airlines, a unit of Frontier Group Holdings Inc., grounded flights for over two hours but later resumed operations around 11 p.m. New York time.

The LSE Group reported a global technical issue preventing news publication. In Asia, users in Japan began experiencing problems with Microsoft 365 in the afternoon.

Airports in Mumbai, Narita, Singapore, and Hong Kong had to switch to manual passenger check-ins.

These disruptions followed shortly after Microsoft announced it had resolved an Azure cloud services outage, with status pages showing issues with Azure and Microsoft 365 persisting for several hours.

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TECHDIGEST – An Entrepreneurship Hub, which generated by the London School of Economics’ (LSE) has been launched in Lagos and will become officially operational in February 2022.

The UK’s Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, who disclosed this while hosted an event at Residence said the hub will consist of a physical co-working and residential space, adding that through this Hub, LSE Generate will support students and alumni launch socially responsible businesses.

LSE’s pool of mentors, sector experts and international innovation network will also help the Hub provide invaluable support to student and alumni developing entrepreneurial ventures.

“By establishing this new LSE Generate hub in Lagos, Nigeria, the home of entrepreneurship at the LSE will be building on recent international successes which includes the establishment of three award-winning accelerator programmes and launch of eight new international entrepreneurship hubs in places like San Francisco, Lisbon and Dubai,” he said.

Given the already large cohort of LSE alumni in Nigeria, Lagos became the obvious choice to establish what will be the first LSE Generate Entrepreneurship Hub in Africa under LSE Generate’s ‘Value Innovators Programme’.

Meanwhile, talking about the launch of the hub, Baroness Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics said: “Our focus here, as with our growing network of LSE Generate hubs across the world, is on supporting socially responsible business start-ups and exploring how the social sciences can enhance the innovation ecosystem.”

The Hub, when open, will provide an LSE Generate Corporate Entrepreneurship Certification; a 5-day residential intensive programme which offers senior business leaders across Nigeria an opportunity to advance their skills in entrepreneurial thinking, innovation and business through LSE Generate’s world class network of global educators and practitioners and a business incubator programme for Godfrey Okoye University start-ups powered through a grant from the British Council.

Additionally, the hub will provide bespoke programmes of entrepreneurial initiatives that are tailored to serve local needs through event series, business skills clinics, mentoring, female founder retreats and much more, designed to equip entrepreneurs with the skills and knowledge to build and scale impactful businesses for the betterment of society.

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing CB, who is an alumna of the London School of Economics, while expressing her delight on the launch of the hub in Lagos, said: “We welcome such a prominent UK institution setting up a hub in Nigeria and tapping on its alumni. I am delighted that the Hub is focusing on support for socially responsible business start-ups by promoting entrepreneurship and supporting innovation and technology which is essential for Nigeria’s economic growth and prosperity”

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TECHDIGEST – Ben Llewellyn-Jones, the UK’s Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, on Thursday, 2 December, hosted an event at Residence to launch the London School of Economics’ (LSE) Generate Nigeria Entrepreneurship Hub in Lagos.

The new LSE Generate entrepreneurship hub, which officially opens in February 2022, will consist of a physical co-working and residential space.

Through this Hub, LSE Generate will support students and alumni launch socially responsible businesses.

LSE’s pool of mentors, sector experts and international innovation network will also help the Hub provide invaluable support to student and alumni developing entrepreneurial ventures.

By establishing this new LSE Generate hub in Lagos, Nigeria, the home of entrepreneurship at the LSE will be building on recent international successes which includes the establishment of three award-winning accelerator programmes and launch of eight new international entrepreneurship hubs in places like San Francisco, Lisbon and Dubai.

Given the already large cohort of LSE alumni in Nigeria, Lagos became the obvious choice to establish what will be the first LSE Generate Entrepreneurship Hub in Africa under LSE Generate’s ‘Value Innovators Programme’.

Talking about the launch of the hub, Baroness Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics said: “Our focus here, as with our growing network of LSE Generate hubs across the world, is on supporting socially responsible business start-ups and exploring how the social sciences can enhance the innovation ecosystem.”

The Hub, when open, will provide:

an LSE Generate Corporate Entrepreneurship Certification
a 5-day residential intensive programme which offers senior business leaders across Nigeria an opportunity to advance their skills in entrepreneurial thinking, innovation and business through LSE Generate’s world class network of global educators and practitioners.
a business incubator programme for Godfrey Okoye University start-ups powered through a grant from the British Council

Additionally, the hub will provide bespoke programmes of entrepreneurial initiatives that are tailored to serve local needs through event series, business skills clinics, mentoring, female founder retreats and much more, designed to equip entrepreneurs with the skills and knowledge to build and scale impactful businesses for the betterment of society.

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing CB, who is an alumna of the London School of Economics, while expressing her delight on the launch of the hub in Lagos, said: “We welcome such a prominent UK institution setting up a hub in Nigeria and tapping on its alumni. I am delighted that the Hub is focussing on support for socially responsible business start-ups by promoting entrepreneurship and supporting innovation and technology which is essential for Nigeria’s economic growth and prosperity”

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