58 news items tagged Africa
Xiaomi enhances deployment in Africa
Wednesday 23 October 2019As part of its corporate restructuring, Xiaomi has set up a business headquarters in Africa eyeing the growth potential of the handset market in the region, according to industry...
KaiOS phone shipments to surge 65% in 2019, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 19 September 2019Worldwide shipments of smart feature phones running KaiOS are forecast to climb 65% in 2019, with the Africa market being the major growth driver, according to Digitimes Research.
EMEA smartphone market stable in 1Q19 but Middle East slump pulls down value, says IDC
Wednesday 12 June 2019The EMEA smartphone market reached 83.7 million units in the first quarter of 2019, a 3.3% drop on the same quarter last year, confirming recent trends of a slowing market, according...
Global 1Q19 smartphone market continues to shrink; Huawei shines
Monday 6 May 2019Following four consecutive quarters of negative growth in 2018, the global smartphone market continued to struggle in the first quarter of 2019 suffering a 6.3% year-over-year decline...
Africa mobile phone shipments flatline as major markets experience differing fortunes, says IDC
Wednesday 28 November 2018Africa's mobile phone market declined 2.1% on quarter in the third quarter of 2018 according to the latest figures announced by IDC. Overall shipments for the quarter totaled 52.6...
Smartphone sales slacken in EMEA, says IDC
Friday 24 August 2018The EMEA mobile phone market continues to lose steam, according to IDC.
Desktop renewals in commercial space drive stabilization in the EMEA PC market, says IDC
Tuesday 24 April 2018The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) recorded slight growth in the first quarter of 2018, with the market growing...
Advantech to buy 25% stake in Turkey distributor Alitek
Thursday 15 March 2018Taiwan-based IPC player Advantech has announced plans to acquire a 25% stake in Alitek, the largest channel distributor in Turkey, and will continue increasing the shareholding each...
Acer sees strong gaming demand in Middle East
Friday 9 March 2018Acer is seeing strong gaming notebook demand in Dubai since local consumers have high acceptance of innovative products, while the price is not a major concern, according to Paul...
Acer looking to expand presence in enterprise notebook market in Middle East, Africa
Friday 9 March 2018Acer is looking to grow its share of the enterprise notebook market in the Middle East and Africa to 15% in 2018 from only 2% in 2017, according to country manager Paul Collins.
Emerging markets to drive smartphone market growth in 2018
Wednesday 7 March 2018Replacement demand for smartphones in emerging markets including India, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Middle East and Africa will be playing the growth driving role of the...
Africa's smartphone market bounces back in 3Q17, says IDC
Friday 15 December 2017Africa's smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post a sequential growth of 4.4% to 21.7 million units in the third quarter of 2017, spurred by ongoing economic...
Spreadtrum chips adopted by Accent for smartphones sold in North Africa
Thursday 9 November 2017Spreadtrum Communications, a China-based fabless chipmaker specializing in mobile SoCs, has announced its solutions have been selected by Accent, an IT brand based in Morocco, for...
CEE and notebooks, main drivers of the EMEA traditional PC market recovery, said IDC
Monday 24 July 2017The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks and workstations) continued to improve in the second quarter of 2017, with a stable performance...
Wearables continue to see strong growth in MEA market, says IDC
Wednesday 21 June 2017The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearable market continued its strong growth trajectory into the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest figures compiled by IDC. Bucking a...
EMEA server spending declines 12.9% on year, says IDC
Tuesday 14 March 2017IDC's EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported an on-year decline in vendor revenues of 12.9% to EUR$3.4 billion (US$3.62 billion)...
MEA PC market declines on year amid weak commercial demand, says IDC
Monday 13 March 2017The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a mild decline of 1.8% on year in the fourth quarter of 2016 to total 3.2 million units, according to IDC. The decline stemmed...
EMEA server spending decreases by 3.7% on year in 2Q16, says IDC
Tuesday 20 September 2016As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the second quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported a moderate on-year decline in vendor revenues of 3.7% to EUR3 billion (US$3.37...
Healthcare providers in Middle East and North Africa to spend US$2.78 billion on IT in 2016, says Gartner
Monday 27 June 2016Healthcare providers in the Middle East and North Africa will spend US$2.78 billion on IT products and services in 2016, according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending by healthcare...
Middle East and Africa PC market suffers steepest ever decline in shipments in 4Q15, says IDC
Tuesday 29 March 2016The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market suffered a 28.7% on-year slump in shipments in the final quarter of 2015, according to the latest insights from IDC. Shipments fell for...
EMEA x86 server spending grows 5% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
Thursday 24 March 2016As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the fourth quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued to show moderate growth, reporting US$3.9 billion in vendor revenues and 625,000...
EMEA external storage market continues to decline in 4Q15 but all-flash adoption soars, says IDC
Monday 21 March 2016The total EMEA external storage systems value fell 7.5% on year to US$2.08 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For...
Public cloud services in Middle East and North Africa to reach US$864.2 million in 2016, says Gartner
Tuesday 8 March 2016The public cloud services market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to grow 18.1% in 2016 to total US$864.2 million, up from an estimated US$731.6 million...
EMEA PC market contracted by 18.2%, says IDC
Wednesday 27 January 2016PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 20.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an 18.2% decrease on year, according to IDC. After a strong shipment...
Asustek eyes 30 million smartphone shipments in 2016; to push shipments in India, Brazil, Russia and Africa
Monday 25 January 2016Asustek Computer is aiming to ship 30 million smartphones in 2016 and become a worldwide top-10 smartphone vendor. To achieve the goal, India, Brazil, Russia and Africa will become...
- The internet is changing Africa, and the results are complicated (May 27) - CNET
- The Chinese phone giant that beat Apple to Africa (Oct 11, 2018) - CNN
- Nigeria's e-commerce sector is going back to basics and getting reset (Dec 3) - Quartz
- Huawei announces new OpenLab in Cairo to build ICT ecosystem in Northern Africa (Dec 11) - Company release
- China's Transsion dominates African mobile phone market (Nov 17) - Finacial Times
- Smart Africa: Tencent in bid to loosen Facebook's grip (Jan 27) - The Financial Times
- Selling solar panels on the installment plan in Africa (May 30) - Bloomberg
- Kenya Maasai keep lions at bay with solar power and ingenuity (April 8) - The Guardian
- Pay-as-you-go solar power lights up rural Africa (February 16)
- Samsung targets rural folks with solar charged laptop (August 29) - Business Daily Africa