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News Three-quarters of UK directors believe organisations in the developed world are better equipped technologically to take on international work than those in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -... [21 Jun 2007]
China tops new Microsoft president's hit-list
News Jean-Philippe Courtois has this week been promoted to president of Microsoft International, in the process handing over responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and Africa to former Microsoft UK chief Neil Holloway. [21 Jun 2005]
Revealed: The top 30 offshoring destinations
News Europe, the Middle East and Africa: South Africa The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations.... [11 Dec 2007]
Mobile phone usage in Africa - an opportunity for all parties?
News Next-generation mobile phone networks are arriving in Africa, a region some carriers view as an enormous business opportunity, despite widespread poverty. Network-equipment seller Nortel Networks, which is supplying... [03 Apr 2003]
Photos: Google Earth issues stark climate change warning
Photo Here is Europe and Africa in 2099 where the temperature increase ranges from about three degrees Celsius up to about 12 degrees. Warming in Africa is expected to hover around the seven degrees mark, a... [22 May 2008]
Dell targets China, India with PC range
News The laptops will start at $475, and the desktops at $440, and will be available in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Dell unveiled several new computers yesterday made specifically for... [28 Aug 2008]
Nokia and Ericsson do double take
News Ericsson reported eight per cent year-on-year sales growth in Asia Pacific, with China and Africa leading the way, and growth of 27 per cent in central Europe, the Middle East and Africa... [22 Jul 2005]
Nokia: Record sales thanks to Middle East and Africa
News Nokia reported it saw the strongest growth in sales in the Middle East and Africa. Asia-Pacific and China also saw strong sales growth, while sales in mature markets like North America fell during the... [25 Jan 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Outsourcing won't save you money
Comment Sure, we can expect new offshoring companies to appear in China, North Africa and elsewhere as time goes on. The same has happened in the Netherlands; to an extent in the Philippines; is now happening in... [19 Jan 2007]
Boardroom Despatches: Two groups to sanity check tech
Comment To the huge 'Bric' nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China - add Africa, where there is little legacy technology. I have been lucky enough that my work has taken me to Africa a lot in... [17 Aug 2005]
Tech industry is looking to Middle East, says guru
News Dubai is the next tech powerhouse, according to Ghazi Benothman - a founding partner in Minah Ventures, a venture firm specialising in companies from the Middle East, north Africa and central Asia. The next market to... [07 Jul 2005]
Microsoft spreads the public sector love...
News The company has also created educational programmes that let emerging nations in Africa and elsewhere buy copies of Microsoft Office for educational institutions for a few pounds. Although the programme was mostly... [02 Feb 2005]
Can India remain the offshore big shot?
Comment South Africa is another country that is gaining popularity among western businesses for offshoring. At a recent roundtable discussion in London, Gareth Morgan, global CIO for the Virgin Group, said the company is looking... [13 Oct 2004]
Libya jails blogger
News Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement: "The gun charges are a ruse. Meanwhile, free press advocate Reporters Without Borders is calling on... [07 Nov 2005]
The east Asia story
AS Analysis Despite the continued emergence of other offshore outsourcing locations - eastern Europe, the Philippines, South Africa - India is still leading the way. Indian players still loom large on the Agenda Setters poll - but... [26 Sep 2005]
