With Microsoft Build 2025 coming up, I’ve spent some time reflecting on the events I’ve already had the opportunity to attend in 2025—and the insights startups can garner from these industry gatherings.
In May 2025, Microsoft for Startups Africa is hitting the road, bringing the energy of innovation and collaboration to four of Africa’s leading tech and startup hubs: Lagos, Nairobi, Dakar, and Cape Town.
Now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace, TrusTrace is redefining how supply chains are managed, offering traceability and compliance data solutions that help fashion, footwear, and textile companies of all sizes know, prove, and improve the impact of their value chains.
Maryam Fayaz-Torshizi is the founder of DeepSearch Labs, a multi-agent research and intelligence platform that transforms complex data into multimodal outputs.