30 results
- 29 Jul 2016
Orange Outlines Vision for Smart Metering, Solar Power, Others for MEA
Bruno Mettling, CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa (MEA), Jean-Marc Vignolles, Chief Operating Officer for Orange MEA and Ramon Fernandez, Deputy CEO and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer,…
- 5 May 2020
Retail Banks in MEA are Prioritizing Digitalization to Drive Financial Inclusion - Temenos
A study by the Economist Intelligence Unit found 6 in 10 banking executives in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) think cash will dip below 5% of retail transactions in the next five years, compared to…
- 5 Mar 2014
Smart Tech, IT Security Concerns Driving MEA Oil and Gas Sector
IT spending by oil and gas (O&G) companies across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) during 2014 will primarily be driven by ambitious infrastructure investment plans, a desire to modernize…
- 10 Jun 2017
Cisco Says Online Video to Boom in MEA by 2021
By 2021, 81% of all Internet traffic in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will be video. This is according to Cisco's 12th annual Visual Networking Index Complete Forecast, which projects future IP…
- 9 Apr 2014
MEA Enterprise Hardware Market in Constrained Growth
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market, comprising servers and external storage, remains in a passive state according to the latest figures released recently by International…
- 13 Apr 2016
MEA Sees Flat Enterprise Hardware Growth Amid Harsh Economic Conditions
A new research report released today by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market (comprising servers and external storage) remained…
- 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…
- 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…
- 24 Sept 2013
MEA HCP Market Stagnate for 5th Consecutive Quarter
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market recorded a slight decline of 0.3% year on year in the second quarter of 2013 (Q2 2013), with shipments totaling 1,545,853 units,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 8 Jan 2014
MEA x86 Server Market Enjoys Strong Growth in Q3 2013
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) x86 server market played host to significant year-on-year growth in the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation…
- 12 Jun 2013
Nigeria in Positive as MEA IT Market Records Mixed fortunes
Contrary to a general trend of decline in ICT equipment and device shipment across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) markets, there was still cheering news in the shipments of blade servers which grew…
- 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…
- 6 Sept 2015
Security Dominates As MEA Healthcare Goes Mobile
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) healthcare market is seeing the widespread deployment of mobile technologies, with the short term outlook for the implementation of mobility within this space looking…
- 22 Feb 2016
Orange, Google Ink Deal for Mobile internet services Access Across MEA
Orange on Monday announced a new partnership with Google™ to bring the best of mobile internet across its full African and Middle Eastern (Orange MEA) footprint. By combining the strength of Orange’s…
- 30 Sept 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…
- 30 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…
- 3 Jul 2013
External Storage Market Stagnates in MEA
The external storage market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew only 2% in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier global…
- 18 Nov 2025
Spire and ADAMnetworks Forge Partnership to Protect MEA Enterprises
Spire Solutions, a leading value-added distributor of cybersecurity and digital transformation solutions in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), today announced a strategic distribution partnership with…
- 14 Jun 2015
High Inventory Levels Signal Shrinks 9.6% for MEA PC Market
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market suffered a year-on-year decline of 9.6% in Q1 2015, with shipments to the region totaling 4.3 million units. That's according to the latest market insights…
- 21 Jun 2017
Wearable Devices Continue to See Strong Growth in MEA
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables market continued its strong growth trajectory into the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest figures compiled by global ICT research and consulting…
- 1 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…
- 29 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…
- 1 Oct 2019
Wearable Technology Demand Soars in MEA
Wearable devices market saw tremendous year-on-year unit growth of 144.43% in the second quarter of 2019 in Middle East and Africa (MEA), according to the latest insights from International Data…
- 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…
- 16 Feb 2013
Nigeria Pushes MEA’s Mobile Subscribers to 1Bn
Nigeria will be at the driver’s seat with its over 113 million subscribers, when the Middle East and Africa (MEA) telecom market hits its first one-billionth in March, according to a new research…
- 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…
- 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…
- 25 Sept 2016
Smart Wearables Market in MEA Records 66% Growth in Q2
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables growth story continues unabated, with the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC) showing that the market grew 66.0% year on year in Q2…