Shipments of PCs to Africa and the Media East slumped by 9,6% in the first quarter of 2015, new research by International Data Corp shows. Shipments to the region totalled 4,3m units in the first three months of the
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The state, through the Industrial Development Corp (IDC), intends to invest R100bn in job-creating activities in the next five years, including R23bn specifically to promote industrialisation owned and managed by blacks. This was announced
Smartphone shipments to Africa and the Middle East grew by an “unprecedented” 83% in 2014, according to new research from International Data Corp. The data is included in the IDC’s Q4 2014
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PC sales in Africa and the Middle East will decline by 2% in 2014, with sales remaining flat to slightly negative for the next five years, according to new research by International Data Corp. This is despite a positive third quarter in 2014, when the market expanded by 2,1% in volume terms year on year to
South Africa is falling beyond many other markets in Africa, including Kenya, Rwanda and Nigeria, in information and communications technology, a leading research and consulting firm said on Tuesday. The International Data Corp has warned
Overall spending on IT solutions in South Africa will cross the US$13bn mark (R143bn at the current exchange rate of R11/$) in 2015, according to new research published on Wednesday by International Data Corp (IDC). The consumer, finance and government “verticals” will lead the spending charge
Online video-on-demand services in South Africa will remain a relatively niche service until the cost of data connectivity falls to levels that are affordable for the mass market. That’s the view of advisory and services firm International Data Corp, which believes that despite
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
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