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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Aiming to nurture and grow an ecosystem of tech-enabled start-ups focused on social and environmental issues, Microsoft on Tuesday announced the launch of a new social entrepreneur accelerator programme in India and France next month.

The programme named Microsoft-Ashoka Accelerator, is in partnership with AshoksaFoundation, a global non-profit of leading social entrepreneurs, and France-based digital learning startup Simplon.co.

“Microsoft has always been an ardent enabler of the start-up ecosystem in the country,” Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, said in a statement.

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