Russia’s Answer to Office 365 Helps Putin With African Ambitions

Russia’s Answer to Office 365 Helps Putin With African Ambitions

School children in Cameroon take in MyOffice software.











While the world's leading tech companies are focused on expanding their cloud computing capabilities, a tiny Russian software company is making inroads in Africa by offering governments there a chance to keep their data close to home. MyOffice, which offers a suite of productivity software to compete with Microsoft Corp.'s Office 365, has struck deals for software licenses with the governments of Cameroon, Burundi, and Congo. It's targeting 23 additional African countries.







MyOffice can be much cheaper than the U.S tech