The seventh annual Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF 2019), a Varkey Foundation initiative, opened at The Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, UAE on Saturday, March 23. Under the theme “Who is changing the world?” GESF 2019 brought together more than 2,200...
Netflix, the SVOD giant, and Dubai-based pay-TV, OSN, announced on Tuesday 20 February 2018 that the companies will enter a partnership which will focus on both the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) markets. The deal is a first of its kind for the U.S....
Cisco today announced that David Meads has been appointed Vice President for its Middle East and Africa operations. In this newly created role, Meads will oversee the execution of Cisco’s strategy in these two regions, ensuring the technology leader...
July 8, 2016 •
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Dotadvisors has announced that Dr. Olaf Nielinger has joined the firm as a partner for Strategy, Regulation, Wholesale, B2B and Commercial. Dotadvisors’ success is based on the power of knowledge and from using the possibilities of digital...
January 13, 2016 •
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To further promote youth employability in the Middle East and Africa, Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Udemy, a marketplace for online learning and teaching. The MoU commits the parties to share skills-based course offerings...
The fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2014-2019) forecasts that Middle East and Africa (including South Africa) cloud traffic will more than quadruple by the end of 2019. Additionally, by 2019, 83 percent of all MEA data center traffic will come from...
November 4, 2015 •
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MasterCard has announced a series of Middle East and Africa leadership changes, effective January 1, 2016. Raghu Malhotra has been appointed president, Middle East and Africa, taking over from Michael Miebach, who will become chief product officer, based at...
September 14, 2015 •
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Lenovo has appointed Marc Godin as Vice President and General Manager MEA to lead the company’s business in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, effective immediately. Marc succeeds Oliver Ebel who has moved to head up Lenovo’s smartphone business...
August 12, 2015 •
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In a move aimed at accelerating Dimension Data’s five-year strategy to double its revenues, the Group has revealed the appointment of Grant Bodley as CEO Middle East & Africa (MEA). Derek Wilcocks, current CEO of Dimension Data MEA, and Sean Joubert,...
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market recorded a significant growth in the final quarter of 2014, with holiday purchases and aggressive end-of-year promotions spurring a particularly strong performance in the consumer segment. This is according to...
MTN has revealed that it is now the commercial partner for CNN International’s multi-platform initiative ‘Africa View’, which tells the story of Africa’s diversity, dynamism and role on the global stage. Through its integrated television and digital...
According to the latest figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) shipments of 4G LTE handsets have increased more than four times over the last year and are now close to accounting for one half of all smartphones...
Arpu Plus has launched a new payment platform dubbed “T-Pay.” According to the company, it has already partnered with 19 mobile operators from 12 countries around the Middle East region in order to offer over 200 million mobile subscribers the...
Internet Solutions (IS) and Etisalat have signed a bilateral partnership agreement which will extend the reach of both companies’ Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network coverage across the Middle East Region and Africa. According to both companies,...
September 16, 2014 •
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Citrix has revealed the appointment of Brendan Mc Aravey as Country Manager, South Africa. According to the company, Brendan brings extensive sales and leadership experience to Citrix, and will drive awareness of mobile workspaces, as customers continue to...
August 19, 2014 •
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For the thousands of international and domestic businesses operating in Middle East and Africa (MEA), the region has moved from an emerging market to that of a high-growth market. Certainly from a telecoms perspective and according to new research from...
