After seven successive quarters of year-on-year declines, the African and Middle Eastern PC market has finally returned to growth, posting an annual improvement in sales of 2,2% in the second quarter of 2014 to reach 4,5m units. The data, from research and advisory firm
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Listed computer assembler and technology distributor Mustek has hiked its dividend per share by 40% to 28c on the back of a strong improvement in headline earnings per share and revenue. For the year ended 30 June 2014
Is the PC market set for a comeback or is it a case of a dead cat bouncing? New research from International Data Corp (IDC) suggests that PC sales in the Middle East and Africa (including Turkey) will end a “dismal run” of seven consecutive quarters of year-on-year declines in the second quarter of 2014. According to IDC, PC sales
The personal computer business is in a poor state worldwide, and the Africa and Middle East region has not been shielded from the slump. The latest data from research firm International Data Corp (IDC) shows the PC shipments in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey declined by 14,3% year on year during the fourth quarter of 2014, to 4,5m
Technology distributor Mustek has hiked its full-year dividend by 18%, from 17c/share to 20c/share, on the back of a strong improvement in cash from operations. Revenue from continuing operations rose by 16,3% to R4,1bn. Cash from operations rose by 226% to R145,5m due to inventory
The personal computer industry is under severe pressure. New, preliminary data from research and analyst firm Gartner shows that 79,2m PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013, an 11,2% decline over the same quarter in 2012. This is the first time the number had fallen below 80m since the second quarter
A growth in market share in tablets by PC makers, at the expense of Apple, which makes the market-leading iPad tablet, should help boost JSE-listed technology distribution company Mustek’s revenues in future, it says in notes accompanying its interim results, which were published on Thursday
This beauty’s a head turner! When Acer’s new top-end Ultrabook, the Aspire S7, arrived in TechCentral’s offices last week, it was like a supermodel had entered the room. There’s no doubt that Acer, whose previous Ultrabooks have underwhelmed next to the competition, is back in the game in a big way
Vodacom and Cell C have declared war on each other, that much is clear. It was the bigger of the two that made the latest move – on Friday, Vodacom cut prepaid tariffs to R1,20/minute (on per-minute billing) and, more significantly, began offering huge amounts of effectively
The year 1975 was a bumper one for the personal computer. Nearly 50 000 of them were sold, hatching an entirely new market. Just a year or two earlier, only giant corporations could afford computers. Jump forward to 2012: between July and September 87m new PCs were shipped and more than