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- 22 Jan 2014
BRIC Countries Driving Digital PC, Game Software Revenue
A new digital PC and Mac gaming software and services forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that PC and Mac gamer spending and direct banner/video ad outlays across all digital…
- 4 Dec 2013
IDC Forecasts PC Shipments to Fall by -10.1% In 2013
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by double digit of -10.1% in 2013, slightly below the previous projection of -9.7%, and by far the most severe yearly contraction on record, according to…
- 22 Oct 2014
Paragon Software Releases Latest Report on Reference Apps Sale
Paragon Software Group, the world’s leading dictionary developer for mobile devices, tablets and PC, has announced the major market trends in digital publishing with more than 1500 dictionary and…
- 10 Jul 2013
Onyeje, Former Microsoft Boss Joins Zinox Technologies
Zinox Technologies Group, the most integrated information technology group in Africa has attracted Emmanuel Onyeje, former head, Microsoft Anglophone West African countries in a strategic hire.…
- 20 Jun 2013
Samsung Takes Wrapper off All-in-One PC
Samsung Electronics West Africa, a global giant in digital media and convergence technologies, has announced the availability of the all new All-In-One PC Series 7 in the Nigerian market. The new All…
- 10 Aug 2010
Data Will Help Telcos Make More Money --Muoneke
Stanley Muoneke is West Africa Business Development director at Intel responsible for driving Intel Corporation connectivity related engagements and business. His broad 15 years experience spans…
- 7 Feb 2013
eLearning Africa Photo Competition Invites Entries
The eLearning Africa Photo Competition is back this year in its fourth edition with the theme of "Tradition and ICT innovation: a couple with potential". Budding photographers are encouraged to send…
- 22 Jul 2016
Rebound in Notebooks in W/Europe Boosts 2Q16 PC Shipments in EMEA
PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) performed above expectations, reaching 16.1 million units in the second quarter of 2016 — a 4.7% YoY decrease, according to International…
- 22 Jan 2015
Holiday Promotions Jerk up EMEA Q4 PC Shipment to 2.0% - IDC
PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 25.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 2.0% increase year on year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).…
- 26 Jan 2017
Notebook Year-End Sales Drive Traditional PC Market in EMEA- IDC
Traditional PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) stabilized in the fourth quarter of 2016, registering a close-to-zero decline (-0.2% YoY) and reaching 20.7 million units,…
- 9 Nov 2020
Western Digital Expands Flash Portfolio for Scaling Data-Centric Architectures
Building on a unique and diverse product portfolio across HDD and flash, Western Digital today announced a suite of new NVMe SSDs for enabling next-generation, data-centric architectures for data…
- 1 May 2015
Gartner Predicts 10% Rise in Prices of PCs in 2015
Device vendors will have to raise the prices of PCs to offset the effects of currency devaluation, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said prices of PCs in the Eurozone and Japan, in particular, will…
- 24 Jul 2015
BlackBerry to Connect Communities, Devices for Real Time Communication via AtHoc
BlackBerry Limited, a global leader in secure mobile communications, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AtHoc. Terms of the transaction were not…
- 6 Apr 2016
Blackberry Launches 'AtHoc' Networked Crisis Communications Platform
BlackBerry Limited, a global leader in secure mobile communications, has announced the availability of BlackBerry’s AtHoc hosted networked crisis communications platform from BlackBerry’s secure data…
- 18 Apr 2016
Mixed Bag for PC Vendors, Decline Continued in 1Q16
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60.6 million units in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), a year-on-year decline of 11.5%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC…
- 19 Jul 2010
Intel Applauds Zinox Computers
Intel Corporation, Number 1 manufacturer of processors in the world and the 5th most successful global brand, has applauded Zinox Computers as Africa’s success story, and commended the company…
- 2 Feb 2022
HP Introduces Durable Devices for Blended Learning Environments
HP Inc. has introduced HP Fortis laptops, a new portfolio of PCs built to withstand the rigours of education environments. Teaching and learning has forever changed. Before the pandemic, student PCs…
- 23 Jan 2015
Microsoft Windows 10 Comes With Free Upgrade, Group Computing
Microsoft Corporation on has launched a new generation of Windows, with a wide range of experiences designed to usher in a new era of more personal computing, as well as two new devices designed to…
- 21 Apr 2013
Tablets Killing Africa’s PC Market – IDC Report
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a significant decline of 14.1 per cent year on year during the first quarter of 2013, according to preliminary results released weekend by…
- 23 Apr 2013
MEA PC Market Slips by 14.1% in Q1 2013-Report
The Middle East and Africa PC market experienced a significant decline of 14.1% year on year during the first quarter of 2013, according to preliminary results released by International Data…
- 14 Jan 2015
Lenovo, HP, Others Lost in 2.1% PC Shipment Decline in 2014
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), a year-on-year decline of -2.4%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide…
- 29 Jul 2016
Lenovo PC Ranks High in Worldwide PC Market
IDC and Gartner both announced this week their worldwide personal computer (PC) market share rankings for the 2nd quarter of 2016. Lenovo maintained its position as the world’s No.1 PC company…
- 14 Jan 2016
PC Market Finishes 2015 As Expected, Lenovo Tops- IDC Tracker
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15), a year-on-year decline of -10.6%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly PC…
- 10 Oct 2015
Volatile Currencies, Others Exert More Pressure on PC Market
Worldwide PC shipments totaled nearly 71.0 million units in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This volume…
- 10 Oct 2018
Lenovo Reclaims Number one Spot in PC Rankings in Q3 2018 - IDC
Lenovo pip HP, Dell to the number one spot at the PC ranking in the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18). The International Data Corporation (IDC) preliminary results for the third quarter of 2018…
- 7 Apr 2021
Why the Backup is the Must-do Digital Practice
Over the past year, we’ve spent a lot of time on our digital devices and this will often have resulted in an increased volume of data and a need for additional storage. Data can mean important…
- 23 Jun 2008
HP Restates Commitment to e-Learning Project
Leading technology distributor, Hewlett Packard, has restated its determination to empower local communities with necessary Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) tools capable of…
- 13 Jan 2019
Lenovo Maintains Status as Top OEM in the Traditional PC Space Ahead of HP, Dell & Apple
Preliminary results from International Data Corporation’s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker for the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18) shows shipments of traditional PCs (desktop,…
- 22 Apr 2014
PC Shipments in EMEA Stabilized During the 1Q2014
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 21.8 million units in the first quarter of 2014, which resulted in a decline of…
- 24 Sept 2013
Zinox Boss Urges Review of Education Policy to Foster Unity, Knowledge Era
Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman Zinox Group has called for rejig of the national education policy to foster national unity and create a knowledge era. Ekeh said that Nigeria is running on a digital age and…