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- 4 May 2015
Over 20 Top IDC Leaders to Attend 2nd W/Africa CIOs Summit
Stephen Elliot, Vice-President of IT Infrastructure and Cloud practice, Mark Walker, vertical market and Insights research and consulting practice at MEA and Lise Hagen, research manager for software…
- 26 May 2013
Africa Tempts Hi-Tec Companies
Multinational HighTech companies looking for new frontiers and fresh ideas are lining up for a slice of Africa's relatively untapped consumer market. Many experts are saying the continent is poised…
- 12 Dec 2013
Growth Meets Reality in Africa’s ICT In 2014, Predicts IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) on Thursday offered the first of its annual predictions for the coming year for the African information and communications technology (ICT) industry. IDC's…
- 17 May 2017
IDC to Host W/Africa's Leading ICT Lights as CIO Summit Returns to Lagos
West Africa's most influential ICT executives will gather at the Renaissance Lagos Ikeja Hotel this week as International Data Corporation (IDC) hosts the fourth annual edition of its annual West…
- 14 Jun 2016
Cisco Says IP Traffic in Africa Set to Soar
Africa will experience the highest IP growth rate globally at 41%, according to the Cisco Visual Network Index Complete Forecast for 2015 to 2020. According to the Index the continent's IP traffic is…
- 1 Jul 2026
WhatsApp Usernames Spark Privacy Fears
WhatsApp’s introduction of usernames ostensibly to increase privacy for users so they don’t have to swap phone numbers – could backfire if hackers turn usernames into a new avenue for privacy…
- 9 Dec 2014
Overcoming Technical & Infrastructural Challenges For Mobile Research in Africa
Africa is indeed rising but this has not always been the case.On the 13th of May 2000, an international current affairs magazine, The Economist, had on its cover page a portrait of the African…
- 29 Dec 2014
ICT Can Rescue Nigeria from Dwindling Oil Revenue-Report
Information communication technology (ICT) experts have said that ICT investments addressing African market realities will fuel GDP growth in key African countries, as 2014 winds down and…
- 16 Dec 2015
IT Spending in Nigeria to Top $5Bn in 2016 - IDC
IT spending in Nigeria will top $5.3 billion in 2016 as organizations increasingly embrace digital transformation initiatives in a bid to streamline their costs and bolster their flexibility. This is…
- 18 May 2018
ICT Decision Makers Gather in Lagos for IDC's West Africa CIO Summit 2018
International Data Corporation (IDC) hosted the sixth annual edition of its West Africa CIO Summit at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. Running under the theme 'Enabling a Blueprint for…
- 21 Nov 2024
Google Faces Major Antitrust Action: DOJ Demands Chrome Sale
In a significant escalation of its antitrust battle against Google, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, November 20, urged a federal judge to break up the tech giant by ordering the sale…
- 4 Feb 2015
Ovum Says Communications Industry Capex Favours ICPs
Communications industry capex is shifting rapidly to favor Internet content providers (ICPs) such as Google, Apple, and Facebook as traditional telcos tighten their capex budgets in the face of weak…
- 1 Dec 2016
Guinness Nigeria Floats New Production Line
In a move aimed at reducing the import dependent profile of the Nigerian economy, creating more jobs and boosting the local sourcing of raw materials, leading manufacturer and Nigeria’s only total…
- 3 May 2017
Guinness Nigeria Records 29% Growth in Revenue in Q3
Guinness Nigeria Plc, the nation’s leading alcoholic beverage manufacturer and a subsidiary of Diageo Plc, has released its unaudited results for the nine months ended 31 March, 2017. The results…
- 11 Nov 2014
New Rules to Ban Bailout for 'Too Big to Fail' Banks
New global rules to prevent banks that are "too big to fail" from being bailed out by taxpayers have been proposed, according to BBC. The rules, created by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a…