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- 15 Dec 2021
IBM Appoints Julia Carvalho as General Manager for IBM Growth Markets in Africa
IBM has announced the appointment of Julia Carvalho as General Manager for IBM Growth Markets, Africa. Julia Carvalho Ms. Carvalho will be responsible for IBM’s business operations, growing our…
- 17 Mar 2021
IBM Cloud Satellite Enables Clients to Deliver Cloud Securely in Any Environment Including at the Edge
IBM has announced that its hybrid cloud services are now generally available in any environment -- on any cloud, on premises or at the edge -- via IBM Cloud Satellite. Lumen Technologies and IBM have…
- 29 Jul 2021
Saad Toma Becomes New General Manager, IBM Middle East and Africa
IBM has named that Saad Toma as new General Manager of IBM Middle East and Africa(MEA). Saad Toma, New General Manager of IBM Middle East and Africa Mr. Toma succeeds Takreem El-Tohamy, who has been…
- 16 Nov 2012
IBM Picks Lagos for Smarter Cities Challenge, Provides Grant
IBM has named Lagos amongst 31 other cities globally selected for its Smarter Cities Challenge grant for 2013. Smarter Cities Challenge is a variant of IBM's Corporate Service Corps, a pro bono…
- 16 Jul 2014
IBM SmartCamps Initiative for African IT Entrepreneurs Begins
The IBM SmartCamps program which kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya this week will begin in Lagos tomorrow, as part of IBM's Global Entrepreneur initiative, designed to stimulate innovation and build…
- 15 Oct 2014
IBM Cloud Strategy, Growth Supercharged By SoftLayer
Since IBM’s acquisition of cloud computing giant, SoftLayer in 2013, has become the galvanising force behind IBM's rapid acceleration to cloud leadership, fuelling enterprise customers with the…
- 22 Sept 2016
IBM Joins U.S. President's Advisory Council on 'Doing Business in Africa'
IBM on Wednesday announced that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s General Manager for the Middle East and Africa, to the U.S. President's Advisory…
- 20 Feb 2024
New IBM LinuxONE 4 Express Provides Client Value through Cyber Resilient Hybrid Cloud & AI Platform
IBM unveiled IBM LinuxONE 4 Express, extending the latest performance, security and AI capabilities of LinuxONE to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and within new data center environments.…
- 22 Sept 2021
UBA, Ecobank, Others Turn to IBM Hybrid Cloud and AI Solutions to Accelerate Digital Innovation
IBM on Wednesday announced that major financial institutions across Africa have selected hybrid cloud and AI capabilities from IBM to unlock digital innovation and continue their work to develop…
- 23 Jan 2014
Lenovo Tables US$2.3Bn To Acquire IBM’s x86 Server Business
Lenovo and IBM have entered into an agreement in which Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business. The agreement includes System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches,…
- 8 Mar 2017
IBM Debuts Commercial Quantum Computing Systems
IBM has made available an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems. The company says IBM Q quantum systems and services will be delivered via the…
- 8 Sept 2016
Africa: Eight Companies Adopt IBM’s Cloud to Fuel Innovation
IBM announced during its signature event in Lagos, 'IBM Business Nigeria 2016’ that eight companies across Africa, spanning some of the fastest growing industries in the region, from…
- 25 Jan 2016
IBM Acquires Ustream to Propel Cloud-Based Video Services
IBM has announced its acquisition of Ustream, Inc., a provider of cloud-based live video streaming services. The move will extend the IBM Cloud platform to help enterprise clients unlock the…
- 31 May 2023
IBM Launches Watsonx to Power Next-Generation AI Foundation Models for Businesses
IBM has announced IBM watsonx , a new AI and data platform that will enable enterprises to scale and accelerate the impact of the most advanced AI with trusted data. Enterprises turning to AI today…
- 5 Sept 2016
Innovation, Creativity on Display @ IBM “CogniHack Lagos 2016”
The abundance and quality of talent in the country’s local technology space was showcased recently to the friendly geeks at IBM. Showcasing its ongoing investment in the local technology space, IBM…
- 11 Jan 2022
LG Joins IBM’s Quantum Network
LG Electronics has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance industry applications of quantum computing. The IBM Quantum Network is a community of Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions,…
- 23 Nov 2009
IBM Completes Five Projects in Cross River State
International Business Machine (IBM) has successfully completed a program of corporate citizenship activity aimed at helping Cross River State compete in a global marketplace. A first IBM Corporate…
- 28 Sept 2009
IBM, Canonical Launch Linux-Based Netbook Software
IBM has partnered South Africa’s Canonical okUbuntu to provide flexible, open computing software solution to governments, public organisations and businesses in Sub Saharan Africa. IBM…
- 25 Mar 2014
IBM Selects Abuja, 15 Other Cities Smarter Cities Grant
Abuja, Nigeria’s administrative, diplomatic and political capital has been selected alongside 15 other cities globally by IBM for its Smarter Cities Challenge for 2014. The IBM Smarter Cities…
- 6 Feb 2014
IBM Invests in Accelerating Innovation in Nigeria
IBM has announced it is further expanding its operations across Africa with the opening of an IBM Innovation Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The new facility is designed to accelerate innovation for…
- 13 Jan 2015
IBM, First Company to Exceed 7,000 Patents in a Year
IBM on Monday announced that it received a record 7,534 patents in 2014, marking the 22nd consecutive year that the company topped the annual list of U.S. patent recipients. IBM inventors earned an…
- 31 May 2017
IBM Unveils Program to Kickstart Blockchain Adoption
IBM has introduced the IBM Blockchain Founder Accelerator to help organisations and enterprise developers address key challenges in adopting blockchain technology. According to the technology giant,…
- 9 Jan 2014
IBM Mulls $1Bn New Business Unit
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), usually referred to as IBM, said it will invest more than $1 billion to establish a new business unit for Watson, according to Reuters.…
- 8 Feb 2017
IBM Commits $70m to Create 25m New Collar Jobs in Africa
IBM is investing $70 million in building much-needed digital, cloud, and cognitive IT skills to help support a 21st century workforce in Africa. The initiative, “IBM Digital - Nation Africa”,…
- 2 Nov 2009
IBM Opens over N30 Million Innovation Center
International Business Machine (IBM) in partnership with Tri-Continental Limited has opened its first IBM Innovation Center with equipment worth over $200, 000 in Lagos. A similar center was…
- 1 Dec 2023
IBM Advances Geospatial AI to Address Climate Challenges
IBM has announced new efforts that apply its geospatial AI technologies, including IBM’s geospatial foundation model developed in collaboration with NASA, to climate efforts including analysis of…
- 5 Feb 2016
IBM to Bolster Cloud Growth with Developer Tools
IBM's efforts to bolster its cloud offerings could get a boost from new developer tools it is unveiling on Thursday. The tools are aimed at helping IBM stake out more of a claim to an area key to its…
- 9 Oct 2020
IBM to Split into Two Companies Next Year
IBM announced that it will accelerate its hybrid cloud growth strategy to drive digital transformation for its clients. Additionally, IBM will separate the Managed Infrastructure Services unit of its…
- 8 Mar 2016
Vodacom, IBM to Offer First Enterprise Cloud Managed Service in SA
Vodacom has said that it will be hosting the fully redundant IBM CMS Cloud delivery centre for Africa in its Midrand and Roslyn data centres. This is the first IBM Cloud centre to be rolled out in…
- 6 Jul 2017
Nigerians Part of 25m Africans to Benefit from ‘IBM’s Digital Nation Africa’ Training- Faulkner
IBM is set to invest $70 million building much-needed digital, cloud, and cognitive IT skills to help support a 21st century workforce in Africa. The initiative, “IBM Digital - Nation Africa”,…