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MEA second fastest grower of cloud IT infrastructure sales in 2016

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT,...

PC shipments to South Africa, Turkey, UAE flattening out, recovery from 2018

The Africa and Middle East PC market experienced a mild decline of 1.8% YoY in Q4 2016 to total 3.2 million units, according to global technology research and consulting firm IDC. The decline stemmed from the desktop...

African telecon industry to witness consolidation in 2017 with ISP...

Telcos across Africa are increasingly focusing on effectively maximising their return on investment from data and on monetising emerging opportunities such as the Internet of Things to remain competitive and afloat,...

IDC: Gray imports from UAE delay PC recovery in East Africa

The East Africa PC market including Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda, declined -8.6% YoY in Q4 2016, according to IDC. The research firm says shipments for the quarter fell to 113,303 units as a combination of...

Feature phone shipments into Africa pull ahead of smartphones in 2016

Africa’s smartphone revolution is showing signs of a slowdown according to the latest figures compiled by IDC. The research firm says the continent’s smartphone market totalled 95.37 million units in 2016....

IT services including security dominating Egyptian ICT landscape 2017-18

The Egyptian ICT market will total $10.4 billion in 2017, according to the latest insights presented by IDC. The global technology research and consulting services firm said it expects the country to see relatively...

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