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Tablets join PCs in downward trend across region, IDC

The Africa and Middle East tablet market declined 12.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016 to total 3.32 million units, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation IDC. The global...

PC shipments continue to plunge in 1Q 2016 says IDC

The Africa and Middle East PC market experienced a 25.9% year-on-year decline in shipments in the first quarter 2016, according to global technology research and consulting firm International Data Corporation IDC....

Server shipments to Africa down 5% in 2015 says IDC

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

Africa, Middle East, mobile phone shipments plunge in 1Q 2016, IDC

Shipments of mobile phones declined 11.7% quarter on quarter in the Middle East in Q1 2016, according to the latest figures released by International Data Corporation IDC. The market totaled 26.1 million units for the...

UN Secretary General warns trade slowdown threatens development

The slowdown in global trade and lack of productive investment are intensifying deep divides, protectionism and even xenophobia, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at the opening of the fourteenth...

Nigeria tops public-private partnerships says UNCTAD

This year’s UNCTAD Economic Development in Africa Report 2016 finds that Africa’s external debt ratios appear manageable, but African governments must take action to prevent rapid debt growth from becoming...

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