30 results
- 15 Dec 2016
Nigeria Currency Issues, Others Affecting PC Market Growth in MEA - IDC
"IDC's forecast for the MEA PC market has been revised downwards owing to a range of factors that are expected to cause the regional PC market to decline over the coming two quarters," says Fouad…
- 7 Mar 2013
Tablets to Dominate MEA Markets – IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market posted a much better than anticipated year-on-year growth rate – reaching a total of 1.36 million units for the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the…
- 25 Jul 2016
IDC MEA Holds Cloud & Datacenter Conference in Lagos
International Data Corporation (IDC), a globally acclaimed analysis and advisory firm, specializes in information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology, Software Development, will…
- 10 Jun 2015
IoT Set to Transform MEA - IDC
The first wave of innovation accelerators based on the 3rd Platform technologies of cloud, mobility, Big Data, and social media are beginning to roll into the Middle East and Africa (MEA) healthcare…
- 17 Mar 2014
IT Maturity Increasing Among MEA Manufacturers-IDC
With Middle East and Africa (MEA) manufacturers showing considerable enthusiasm for IT and comfortably outspending their counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe, the sector is well set for a…
- 15 Jan 2015
IDC Alerts MEA Broadcasters on OTT Providers Growing Influence
The acceleration of localized content production, the significant increase in the number of over-the-top (OTT) providers, and the defensive stances being employed by telcos and broadcasters against…
- 25 Dec 2018
Wearable Devices Market Enjoys Strong Growth in MEA & Turkey - IDC
Shipments of wearable devices in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) region reached 1.13 million units in the third quarter of 2018 (Q3 2018), according to the latest insights from…
- 5 Oct 2018
IDC Forecasts IT Spending in MEA to Grow by 3% in 3 Years
International Data Corporation, IDC's latest forecast shows that IT spending in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.0% over the coming…
- 20 Sept 2016
IDC Forecasts IT Spending in MEA to Reach $110.9Bn in 2016
Annual IT spending in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is forecast to reach $110.94 billion this year, representing year-on-year growth of 5.1%, according to the latest 'Worldwide Semiannual IT…
- 15 Jan 2014
OTT, Smart Device Penetration Will Shape MEA Consumer Telecoms Scene in 2014-IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) on Wednesday announced its annual predictions for the Middle East and Africa consumer telecommunications and media services market in 2014. IDC predicts that…
- 7 Oct 2019
IT Spending in the MEA to Top $83 Billion Next Year - IDC
IDC's latest forecast shows that IT spending in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to reach $83.7 billion in 2020, up 2.8% year on year (source: IDC Black Book, Q1 2019). Enterprises will…
- 2 Feb 2018
IoT Spending in MEA Set to Almost Double Over Coming Years - IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) Internet of Things (IoT) market is set to grow 15% year on year in 2018, according to a recent update to the Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide…
- 18 Jan 2013
IDC Anticipates Strong Security Appliance Growth for MEA Region
As threats continue to emerge across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, we can expect to see healthy growth in the region's security appliance market over the coming years, according to the…
- 30 May 2019
Spending on Artificial Intelligence in MEA to Top $530 M by 2022 - IDC
Artificial intelligence (AI) spending in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is poised to reach $290 million this year, rising to $530 million in 2022, according to the latest forecast from…
- 9 Nov 2015
Piracy Costs MEA $750m Annually: Time to Change Consumer Mindset- IDC
With consumers across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) becoming more connected and tech-savvy than ever before, the complex issue of content piracy is showing no sign of letting up, according to the…
- 30 Sept 2017
IT Spending in MEA Set to Increase by 2.8% in 2021 – IDC
IDC's latest forecast shows that IT spending in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.8% over the coming years to total $106 billion in…
- 1 Oct 2019
IDC Says Spending on AI Systems in MEA to Top $374m in 2020
Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory as businesses continue to invest in projects that utilize the…
- 23 Mar 2016
MEA Tablet Market Declines, But Detachable Devices Offer Ray of Light- #IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 8.8% year on year in the final quarter of 2015 to total 4.05 million units, according to the latest figures announced today by International…
- 8 Feb 2017
Middle East & Africa IoT Spending to Reach $7.8Bn in 2017 – IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) internet of things (IoT) market is forecast to defy the region's moderate economic outlook by growing 19.6% year on year in 2017 to total $7.8 billion, according to a…
- 17 Feb 2020
Financial Sector in MEA Spent $12.6Bn on ICT in 2019 – IDC
Banking and finance industry in the Middle East and Africa spent $12.68 billion on information and communications technology (ICT) in 2019, according to the latest insights from International Data…
- 30 Mar 2015
Tablet Market Records 26.1 Percent Growth in Middle East and Africa -IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market recorded robust year-on-year growth in the final quarter of 2014, with holiday purchases and aggressive end-of-year promotions spurring a particularly…
- 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…
- 19 Aug 2015
IDC Points Signs IoTs Shaping Future of Retail in Key Markets Across MEA
It is still early days for the Internet of Things (IoT), both here in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and globally. But, according to IDC, signs that it will soon be mainstream are already…
- 4 Oct 2017
African, Middle East Infrastructure Hardware Markets Groan
The latest Quarterly Server and Disk Storage Systems Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC) the Middle East and Africa (MEA) has shown enterprise infrastructure hardware market groans as…
- 7 Oct 2017
IDC Blames Socioeconomic Challenges for Decline in Enterprise Hardware in MEA
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise infrastructure hardware market, which includes servers and external storage, suffered a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 8% in the first half on 2017 to total…
- 5 Jun 2016
PC Market Decline by 25.9% in Q1 2016 - IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a 25.9% year-on-year decline in shipments in the first quarter 2016, according to global technology research and consulting firm International…
- 31 Mar 2018
Spending on Smart City Technologies in MEA to Reach $1.26 Billion in 2018
Spending on the technologies that enable Smart City initiatives is forecast to reach $1.26 billion for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region in 2018, according to the latest insights from…
- 20 Aug 2014
Pressure Mounts on MEA Government over '3rd Platform' Technologies
Newly-released research from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that Middle East and African (MEA) government organizations are increasingly grappling with the need to gain executive-level…
- 18 Sept 2016
IDC Says Data Security among IT Top Priority among Healthcare sector in MEA
Ensuring high levels of security of data and systems, and guaranteeing business continuity are the top IT priorities among Middle East and Africa (MEA) decision makers in the healthcare industry for…
- 29 Mar 2017
Report Indicates ‘Must Do’ By Wearables to Capture Middle East & Africa
The wearables growth story continues unabated in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, with shipments reaching an all-time high of 746,000 units in the final quarter of 2016, according to the…