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Gartner revises worldwide IT spending downwards, projects -0.5% contraction

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5% over 2015 spending of $3.5 trillion, according to Gartner. This is a reduction from the last forecast of 0.5% growth. The change in...

African enterprise hardware spending dips by 5% in 2015 says IDC

A new research report released by International Data Corporation shows that the Middle East and Africa enterprise hardware market comprising servers and external storage remained flat in 2015 when compared to the...

South Africa amongst top four mobile countries in META says IDC

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, South Africa, and UAE together accounted for approximately 38.7% of the entire mobility opportunity within the META region in 2015. Saudi Arabia is the single largest mobility market in META,...

Why are PC shipments still declining

Shipments of PC units into Africa have slumped to their lowest ever decline. In Q2 2015, Kenya experienced a decline of PC unit shipments at close to -55% YOY, followed by Ghana and Algeria at close to -41%. The...

Oppo, Vivo smartphone vendors enter global marketplace, IDC

The biggest recent change to the global smartphone market, was the addition of lesser known Chinese brands Oppo and Vivo, which pushed out previous fourth and fifth place players Lenovo and Xiaomi, respectively,...

PC shipments to decline further in 2016 says IDC

As market sentiment remains low in 2016, IDC expects to see a delay in the recovery of PC demand. Overall, 2016 will experience a further decline on 2015, as growth is only expected to occur in the second half of the...

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