Driven by its emerging middle class, rapid urbanization and increased demand for key services such as healthcare, government, banking and communications, Africa presents a significant market opportunity for IBM. IBM has made significant investments in Africa’s future and the development of the continent’s economy.After nearly a century of playing a vital role in Africa’s development, IBM is now a part of the continent’s technological fabric, business and community.
As a technology leader, IBM helps to boost the capabilities of people in Africa and its institutions –including skills, technology infrastructure, governance and scientific research.Across the continent, IBM works with clients and partners to put in place the systems, infrastructures and processes to underpin the continent’s economic and social transformation.
IBM is also helping in the development of skills and academic curricula, the development of a business partner and independent software vendor (ISV) community, investment in pro-bono consulting with Corporate Service Corps (CSC) projects, investments in research and development, as well as the alignment of industry expertise against the needs of the market.
IBM believes Africa is a substantial market for IBM products and services, and an important source of employment talent. It supports hundreds of clients across the continent, including:
• Helping bank the unbanked in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Pioneering mobile banking across East and West Africa.
• Working with South Africa’s Metropolitan Health to launch the first commercial application of ‘Watson’ in Africa.
• Providing automated systems offering real time status of all business processes for Kenya Power.
• Managing Fidelity Bank Ghana’s technology infrastructure and services, helping to deliver advanced customer services and secure its reputation as a dynamic financial services institution in West Africa.
IBM in Africa at a glance
• 3X Global Delivery Centers (Morocco, South Africa and Egypt)
• Global Competency Center –Hardware (Egypt)
• Global Competency Center –Software (Egypt)
• 2X IBM Research Labs (South Africa and Kenya)
• 4 X Client Centers (South Africa, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria)
• Business Process Delivery Center (Egypt)
• 2X Technology Development Centers (Kenya and Egypt)
• MEA Digital Sales Center (Egypt)
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Using IBM's IoT technology to monitor animal behavior patterns to detect rhino poachers
Date added: 19 Sep 2017
Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa is tracking the behavior patterns of animals such as zebra, impala, eland and wildbeest to detect poaching activity. The new IoT powered solution developed by IBM, MTN and Wageningen University collects animal location information, movement, direction and average speed of travel along with other data. (Credit: IBM)
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Welgevonden Game Reserve is using IBM's IoT technology to prevent rhino poaching
Date added: 19 Sep 2017
IBM, MTN and Wageningen University use an IoT powered solution that gives Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa, a powerful tool in the fight to save endangered Rhinos. The solution uses the threat response patterns of other animals such as zebra, wildbeest, impala and eland, as an early warning signal, without divulging the precise location of the rhino. (Credit: IBM)
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Zebra fitted with a sensor to detect threats from rhino poachers
Date added: 19 Sep 2017
IBM, MTN and Wageningen University's IoT powered solution fits animals such as zebra, wildebeest, eland and impala with custom made sensors which will transmit data on their behavior to the IoT platform. As a result, plains game such as the zebra, act as sentinels and their response patterns provide an early warning in the battle to save endangered rhinos. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM develops a solution to help save the remaining rhino population in Africa
Date added: 19 Sep 2017
Game conservationists are battling to protect the dwindling number of rhinos in Africa (Credit: IBM)
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IBM's Digital - Nation Africa will equip millennials with IT and digital skills
Date added: 08 Feb 2017
Students use the Watson powered portal to develop core competencies for their diverse career paths. (Credit: IBM)
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Solomon Assefa, director, IBM Research – Africa
Date added: 25 Aug 2016
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Group Photo of IBM Research scientists in South Africa
Date added: 25 Aug 2016
IBM researchers in South Africa with backgrounds in machine learning, mathematics, computer science, robotics, genomics and computational biology, are exploring the use of cognitive computing, the Internet of Things and Big Data to support South Africa’s national priorities, drive skills development and foster innovation-based economic growth. (Credit: IBM Research)
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IBM Continues Global Cloud Data Center Expansion
Date added: 08 Mar 2016
IBM Cloud delivers a global network of 46 cloud data centers. (Credit: IBM)
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Etisalat Misr Selects Apple IBM to Boost Customer Experience
Date added: 22 Feb 2016
With the IBM MobileFirst for iOS Expert Tech app technicians can easily retrieve and share contextual information to quickly identify and resolve customer technical issues. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM has operated in Africa since 1920
Date added: 21 Sep 2015
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Infographic: Africa's Mobile Future
Date added: 28 Aug 2015
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IBM is researching new technologies for education in Africa
Date added: 15 Jul 2015
IBM Research Scientist, Dr Kommy Weldemariam with pupils from Riara School, Nairobi, Kenya exploring how technology can help improve educational outcomes. (Credit: IBM)
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Bidco Africa Picks IBM Solution, Services for Business Growth
Date added: 12 Feb 2015
An employee of Bidco Africa Ltd. ferries cooking oil out of the manufacturing plant warehouse for loading and shipping to the thousands of supermarkets across Kenya. Bidco has chosen IBM to provide IT systems delivered as a service and managed remotely to help drive investment in its core business and expansion across Africa. (Credit: Bidco Africa Ltd)
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Bidco Africa Picks IBM Solution, Services for Business Growth 2
Date added: 12 Feb 2015
Bidco Africa's signature line of cooking oil is packaged to meet growing demand, particularly within the middle class across East Africa. The cost savings from shifting IT infrastructure management to IBM will free up capital for expansion into more countries as part of Bidco Africa’s 2015 growth plan. (Credit: Bidco Africa Ltd)
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Bidco Africa Picks IBM Solution, Services for Business Growth 3
Date added: 12 Feb 2015
A Bidco Africa employee checks cooking oil samples as part of quality control at the manufacturing plant outside Nairobi, Kenya. An IT infrastructure and managed services deal with IBM will help Bidco improve its business application performance by 40 percent, lower capital expenditure and improve return on investment by 20 percent. (Credit: Bidco Africa Ltd)
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Bidco Africa Picks IBM Solution, Services for Business Growth 4
Date added: 12 Feb 2015
Bidco Africa employees package the company’s cooking oil for delivery to retail stores. East Africa’s leading consumer goods manufacturer and marketer serving 100 million consumers across 15 countries daily, Bidco has signed a new technology and services agreement with IBM to help drive its business expansion plans across Africa. (Credit: Bidco Africa Ltd)
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IBM expands Global Research Network with new lab in Johannesburg, South Africa
Date added: 06 Feb 2015
At the launch of IBM's Research lab in Johannesburg, Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor (left) and IBM Chairman, President and CEO, Ginni Rometty (right). (Credit : IBM)
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IBM's new South Africa Research Lab
Date added: 06 Feb 2015
An artist's visualization of IBM's new South Africa Research laboratory. The new lab will be co-located with Wits University in the Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein – an inner-city area which is today re-emerging as one of Johannesburg’s most dynamic and vibrant districts. (Credit: IBM)
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From Discotheque to Hi-Tech: the Site of IBM's new South Africa Reseach Lab
Date added: 06 Feb 2015
Dr. Solomon Assefa, Director, IBM South Africa lab (left) and Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Wits University (right) at the site of IBM's new research lab in the Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein – an inner-city area which is today re-emerging as one of Johannesburg’s most dynamic and vibrant districts. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM Research Africa: Mapping Ebola
Date added: 27 Oct 2014
Working with the Sierra Leone Government, IBM is producing heatmaps showing Ebola-related issues as reported by the citizens of Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM Research: Tapping Basic Mobile Phones to Tackle Ebola in Sierra Leone
Date added: 27 Oct 2014
Using mobile technology, IBM has given Ebola-impacted communities in Sierra Leone a channel for communicating their issues and concerns directly to the government. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM Experts Advise Healthcare Workers in Ethiopia
Date added: 04 Sep 2014
IBM Project Manager, Eduardo Rodriguez from Mexico interviews a Health Extension Worker as part of IBM's Corporate Service Corps project in Ethiopia. (Credit: IBM)
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At U.S. - Africa Business Forum, Ghana’s Fidelity Bank Chooses IBM to Drive Transformation Agenda
Date added: 06 Aug 2014
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty joins Fidelity Bank Managing Director Edward Effah at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington, D.C. to announce a new agreement that will help the fastest growing Bank in Ghana accelerate mobile innovation - providing critical data and security systems, among other technology services. Earlier in the day, Rometty announced IBM will invest $2 billion in Africa over the next 7 years. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg via Feature Photo Service for IBM)
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IBM Experts Help Kenyan Students Code for Cloud
Date added: 20 Jun 2014
In May 2014, IBM Corporate Service Corps team members helped train 50 students at Strathmore University in Kenya on the latest application development, project management, product development and commercialization skills. To hone their expertise in building, integrating and deploying applications and services within and via the digital cloud, students received training on IBM's Bluemix. They developed mobile apps that address real-life African grand challenges pertaining to agriculture, security, micro-finance and vehicular traffic. (Credit: Hoong Sheng Loh / IBM)
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Cloud's Silver Lining Forecast for Africa
Date added: 17 Jun 2014
With nine in every 10 African IT leaders listing cloud as critical to business success, governments and companies across the continent are already identifying innovative ways to leverage the technology -- leapfrogging regional challenges and eye new solutions to export to developed markets (Credit: IBM)
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Zitouna Bank Chooses IBM Cloud for Transformation
Date added: 17 Jun 2014
Zitouna Bank's headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia. The bank selected IBM cloud capabilities to transform its core banking platform and develop new services for customers, such as mobile and Internet banking. These capabilities are based on IBM Power Systems and other servers, IBM PowerVM virtualization software, IBM Storwize V7000 storage systems, and IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack cloud management software. IBM Global Technology Services is providing implementation, maintenance and disaster recovery services, as well as training for the bank’s staff (Credit: Zitouna Bank and IBM)
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The Zambian Ministry of Health is using IBM analytics and mobile in a new medical supply chain pilot project.
Date added: 22 May 2014
A healthy mother and child at a Zambian health care center. Photo Credit - UNICEF Zambia.
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IBM in medicine supply chain pilot project with Zambian Health Ministry
Date added: 22 May 2014
A young boy shows and his baby sister at a health center in Zambia. The Ministry of Health has tapped IBM to provide 2190 clinics with improved access to 200 life saving drugs. Photo Credit - UNICEF Zambia.
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Zambian Ministry of Health gets IBM Analytics Prescription
Date added: 22 May 2014
A child receives a life saving vaccine at a health clinic in Zambia. The public health sector Zambia registers 100,000 deaths annually due to preventable and curable diseases, often because of challenges in getting drugs to remote clinics. Zambia's Health Ministry is working with IBM to pioneer a new mobile phone based supply chain delivery model to ensure medicine availability.. Photo Credit - UNICEF Zambia.
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CIO Leadership Exchange, Casablanca Morocco
Date added: 08 Feb 2014
IBM Chairman, President and CEO, Ginni Rometty addressed business and government leaders at the opening of IBM's CIO Leadership Exchange in Casablanca, Morocco today as part of IBM's commitment to advance technology adoption in Africa. (Courtesy: IBM)
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IBM CEO Meets Moroccan Minister of State
Date added: 08 Feb 2014
IBM Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty (L) met the Moroccan Minister of State Abdellah Baha (R) to discuss IBM's ongoing commitment to Morocco to advance technology and skills across Africa on Friday, February 7, 2014 in Rabat, Morocco. (Feature Photo Service for IBM)
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Leaders of IBM Research Africa Meet with Students at the University of Lagos
Date added: 07 Feb 2014
At the University of Lagos in Nigeria, IBM Research Chief Scientist, Uyi Stewart (center, left) and Research Director, Kamal Bhattacharya meet with students at the University of Lagos to discuss how IBM's Watson system will be deployed in Africa. (Credit:IBM)
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IBM CEO Opens Innovation Center in Casablanca
Date added: 07 Feb 2014
In Casablanca, Morocco, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is flanked by Hightech Payments Systems CEO Mohamed Horami (left) and IBM Morocco Country General Manager Hassan Bahej (right) at the opening of the IBM Innovation Centre in Casablanca on February 6, 2014. The IBM facility, as well as a new IBM Innovation Center in Lagos, Nigeria, will develop Big Data, analytics and cloud computing technologies that solve challenges such as improving government services, digitizing banking services and enhancing customer service. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Meets With Government Officials in Nigeria
Date added: 06 Feb 2014
Abuja, Nigera- IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty (center), joined Mrs. Omobola Johnson, Minister for Communication Technology (left) and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy (right) at a meeting with senior government officials in Abuja, Nigeria’s administrative and diplomatic capital on February 6, 2014. Mrs. Rometty highlighted IBM’s historic ties to Africa’s most populous nation and expressed the company’s support for Nigeria’s technology development agenda. IBM also announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa to help fuel development and spur business opportunities across the world’s fastest growing continent. (Tony Nwosu/Feature Photo Service for IBM) Media inquiries: Chris Andrews, IBM Media Relations: 914-499-4045 or candrews@us.ibm.com
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Infographic - Watson: Helping to solve Africa's grand challenges
Date added: 06 Feb 2014
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IBM CEO Addresses Business and Government Leaders at Smarter Planet Leadership Exchange Forum in Lagos, Nigeria
Date added: 05 Feb 2014
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IBM CEO Addresses Business and Government Leaders at Smarter Planet Leadership Exchange Forum in Lagos, Nigeria
Date added: 05 Feb 2014
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IBM is making a long term, strategic investment in the future of Africa
Date added: 05 Feb 2014
L- R - Dr. Pascal G. Dozie, Chairman, MTN Nigeria Limited, Ginni Rometty, IBM Chairman, President and CEO and IBM West Africa Country General Manager, Taiwo Otiti. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM invests in accelerating Innovation in Nigeria
Date added: 05 Feb 2014
L – R: Bruno Di Leo, Senior Vice President, Sales & Distribution, IBM; Victor Hammond, Managing Director, Bankers Warehouse Plc and Taiwo Otiti, Country General Manager, IBM West Africa at the opening of IBM’s Innovation Centre in Lagos. (Credit: IBM)
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Africa's High Hopes - Seizing the Potential of Emerging Technologies
Date added: 27 Jan 2014
African IT leaders see emerging technologies as critical, but face an adoption gap (Credit: IBM)
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Cancer Registries Infographic
Date added: 16 Nov 2013
Building Cancer Registries to Fight Disease in Developing Nations (courtesy: IBM)
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IBM Opens Doors of First African Research Lab
Date added: 08 Nov 2013
H.E. the President of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya, Director IBM Research - Africa (right) at the opening of IBM's First Africa Research Laboratory
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IBM CSC promoting entrepreneurship for women
Date added: 14 Jun 2013
Woman in agricol cooperative in Tangier, Morocco (Credit: IBM)
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IBM CSC team working with women cooperative in Tangier
Date added: 14 Jun 2013
IBM CSC team's Workshop for entrepreneurs skills development at a textile women cooperative in Tangier, Morocco (Credit : IBM)
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Ugandan Boy Enjoys Water from a Tap
Date added: 06 Jun 2013
A Ugandan boy enjoys drinking clean water at a waterpoint in a suburb of Kampala as the Ugandan Government signs the first Water Cost Index deal in Africa with Waterfund and IBM. The Water Cost Index will support Uganda in attracting financing for its water infrastructure projects key for driving the country's economic growth and the agricultural, tourism and the emerging oil and gas sector in Uganda. Photo Credit: Ronald Kabuubi/Feature Photo Service for IBM
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IBM Client and Innovation Center Opens in East Africa
Date added: 08 May 2013
IBM Country General Manager for East Africa Tony Mwai demonstrates a visualization of the city's traffic patterns to Jessica Colaco, Managing Director iHub, a Kenyan startup incubator at the opening of the IBM Client and Innovation Center for East Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday May 8, 2013. The Smarter Cities technology, part of the IBM Intelligent Operations Center, is integral to the center's efforts to help the region's IT businesses, developers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and academics drive innovation and growth. (Dai Kurokawa/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
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IBM in dialogue with local stakeholders to help turn Accra, Ghana into a Smarter City
Date added: 11 Apr 2013
Joe Mensah, Country General Manager, IBM Ghana (left) presents report on the city of Accra, to Alfred Vanderpujie, Mayor of Accra (Credit: IBM)
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IBM's new WaterWatchers app helps citizens contribute to the health of their local water supply
Date added: 22 Mar 2013
By combining Big Data, mobile technology and crowdsourcing, IBM helps cities gain a better understanding of their water systems. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Addresses African Business Leaders
Date added: 05 Feb 2013
IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty speaks to more than 200 South African business leaders about IBM's commitment to Africa at the IBM CIO Leadership Exchange in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 5, 2013. IBM has been doing business in Africa for more than 90 years. Most recently, the company has been expanding its presence by focusing investments in more than 20 African countries. (Graham Carlow/Feature Photo Service for IBM) For more information, contact Lisa Rautenbach, IBM, tel. 082 901 4298.
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IBM CEO Meets with African Business Leaders in Kenya
Date added: 06 Feb 2013
100 business leaders from across Africa gathered at IBM's Smarter Planet Leadership Forum in Nairobi, Kenya on February 6, 2013 for a dialogue with IBM senior executives about building smarter systems to support the continent's growth. IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty (second from left) joined Dr. James Mwangi, Chairman & CEO of Equity Bank Kenya (left), Mr. Edward Effah, CEO of Fidelity Bank Ghana and Mr. Gerald Ilukwe, CEO of Galaxy Backbone Nigeria. (Graham Carlow/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
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IBM Research Leader Speaks with University Students in Kenya
Date added: 07 Feb 2013
IBM Senior Vice President of Research Dr. John Kelly talks with students from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa after delivering a lecture about the role of technology in addressing Africa's challenges and opportunities, Thursday, February 7, 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya. The university is home to IBM's 12th global research laboratory, which will develop next generation technologies in such areas as healthcare, traffic management, e-government and mobile computing. IBM has been doing business in Africa for more than 90 years. Most recently, it has expanded its presence by focusing investments in more than 20 African countries. (Feature Photo Service for IBM) More info: Jonathan Batty, 48-693-93-5403, jonathan.Batty@pl.ibm.com
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McDonald's South Africa taps IBM to adopt social business
Date added: 31 Jan 2013
McDonald's staff member in Johannesburg, South Africa, signing up to social networking to communicate faster. (Credit: IBM)
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Universities in Kenya have partnered with IBM
Date added: 31 Jan 2013
Three major Universities in Kenya have partnered with IBM in an initiative that will help universities strengthen their educational programs so graduates can compete at the top of any industry. The IBM Country General Manager for East Africa, Tony Mwai (right) and Strathmore University's @iLabAfrica Director Dr. Joseph Sevilla (left) exchange the partnership agreement. (Credit: IBM)
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RAWBANK in the Congo Expands Banking services to include SMS
Date added: 20 Nov 2012
RAWBANK has deployed IBM's Smarter Computing Solutions including a mix of IBM software and hardware that enables the bank to extend the range of products and services offered to its clients. RAWBANK clients can now access banking services on their mobile phones via text messages. (Credit: IBM)
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Smarter Banking Solutions in Ghana
Date added: 29 Nov 2012
Fidelity Bank in Ghana - the Head Office in Accra's Central Business District (credit: Fidelity Bank)
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IBM CSC Team at Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA).
Date added: 10 Oct 2012
The IBM CSC team presents their recommendations to the Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA). Photo Courtesy: IBM and DOT
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IBM CSC Kenya Team
Date added: 26 Sep 2012
A student at Multimedia University in Nairobi, Kenya interviews an IBM CSC team member during their recent pro bono engagement in support of the Creative Industry. (Credit: IBM)
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IBM Opens First Research Lab in Africa
Date added: 13 Aug 2012
On the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, IBM business consultant Shadrack Kioko captures data on road conditions and traffic congestion in the capital city. IBM announced its first research lab in Africa, which will collaborate with government, academia and industry on smarter ways to manage critical city services such as transportation and water, which remain the biggest challenges facing African cities. The new IBM research lab will develop public sector solutions based on social networking, mobile computing and analytics technologies, as well as foster local technology skills in the region. (Source: Nichole Sobecki/Feature Photo Service for IBM - NAIROBI, KENYA)
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Africa: The Next Frontier for IBM Research Innovation
Date added: 13 Aug 2012
Africa: The Next Frontier for IBM Research Innovation
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IBM Africa Technical Institute
Date added: 25 Jul 2012
The first session of the IBM Africa Technical Institute gets underway in Port Louis Mauritius. (Credit photo: IBM)
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CMT is working with IBM to transform the operation of its clothing business
Date added: 14 Mar 2012
IBM Territory Manager Yusuf Assenjee and client Mr Francois Woo, Managing Director of CMT at the CMT Spinning Mill in Mauritius.
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Photo of Tony Mwai and Dr. Bitange Ndemo
Date added: 07 Mar 2012
Tony Mwai, CGM IBM East Africa (left) and Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Information at the launch of the Nairobi Smarter Cities report.
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Nairobi Traffic
Date added: 07 Mar 2012
Traffic congestion is one of the key areas to be addressed in Nairobi as the city strives to cope with the pressures of urbanization
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Nairobi Security
Date added: 07 Mar 2012
Public Safety is one of the key areas to be addressed in Nairobi as the city strives to cope with the pressures of urbanization
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Nairobi Mobile Technology
Date added: 07 Mar 2012
Kenya has an opportunity to leverage its leadership in mobile technologies to address some of the challenges or rapidly increasing urbanization
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Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary for Information, Kenya Government at the Nairobi Smarter Cities Roundtable
Date added: 07 Oct 2011
Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary for Information, Kenya Government at the Nairobi Smarter Cities Roundtable
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Tony Mwai
Date added: 07 Oct 2011
Tony Mwai, CGM IBM East Africa and other leaders from public and private sector at the Nairobi Smarter Cities Roundtable.
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Angolan Deputy Minister for Telecommunication and Information Technology, Aristides Safeca addresses reporters at the IBM press conference.
Date added: 26 Sep 2011
Angolan Deputy Minister for Telecommunication and Information Technology, Aristides Safeca addresses reporters at the IBM press conference.
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Preparations for the Luanda office opening.
Date added: 26 Sep 2011
Preparations for the Luanda office opening.
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Simon Pierre Thiaw inspecting an IBM Mainframe System
Date added: 16 May 2011
Simon Pierre Thiaw, CIO of the Senegal Customs Directorate inspecting the IBM mainframe system installed at the Senegal Ministry of Finance.
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IBM Employees at the Office in Dakar 1960
Date added: 14 Jun 2011
IBM Employees at the Office in Dakar 1960
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IBM Employee at the start of a typical day in Dakar 1960
Date added: 14 Jun 2011
IBM Employee at the start of a typical day in Dakar 1960
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IBM Employee on way to work in Dakar 1960
Date added: 14 Jun 2011
IBM Employee on way to work in Dakar 1960
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IBM Mainframe at the Senegal Ministry of Finance
Date added: 16 May 2011
Mamadou Ndiaye, Country General Manager, IBM Senegal (left) and Simon Pierre Thiaw, CIO Senegal Customs Directorate, with the IBM mainframe system at the Senegal Ministry of Finance.
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Senegal Installs First 1401 system at Banque Senegalaise de Development 1964
Date added: 14 Jun 2011
Senegal Installs First 1401 system at Banque Senegalaise de Development 1964
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Women and children are amongst those to benefit from IBM's work in Cross River State, Nigeria
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
Women and children are amongst those to benefit from IBM's work in Cross River State, Nigeria
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IBM is helping to bring smarter healthcare Cross River State, Nigeria
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
IBM is helping to bring smarter healthcare Cross River State, Nigeria
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Women and children are amongst those to benefit from IBM's work in Cross River State, Nigeria II
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
Women and children are amongst those to benefit from IBM's work in Cross River State, Nigeria II
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IBM is laying the foundations for a Smarter Planet across Africa
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
IBM is laying the foundations for a Smarter Planet across Africa
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IBM technology is helping to transform banking in Tanzania (outside NMB Dar es Salaam)
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
IBM technology is helping to transform banking in Tanzania (outside NMB Dar es Salaam)
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Mamadou Ndiaye with an IBM Mainframe at the Senegal Ministry of Finance
Date added: 16 May 2011
Mamadou Ndiaye, Country General Manager, IBM Senegal with the IBM mainframe system installed at the Customs Directorate, Senegal Ministry of Finance.
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New Tech Era in Africa
Date added: 28 Jun 2011
IBM Chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano (right) and Bharti Airtel Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Bharti Mittal participate in a press conference on Friday, September 17 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya to announce the selection of IBM to manage Bharti Airtel’s mobile communications network in Africa. The agreement was finalized in December 2010. The move is anticipated to accelerate Africa's emerging mobile communications market.
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Esso Standard inaugurates the first IBM 1401, Nairobi, 1964
Date added: 23 Jun 2011
Esso Standard inaugurates the first IBM 1401, Nairobi, 1964
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IBM System 360 exhibit in Nairobi, 1965
Date added: 23 Jun 2011
IBM System 360 exhibit in Nairobi, 1965
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Tony Mwai, CGM IBM East Africa
Date added: 27 Jun 2011
Tony Mwai, CGM IBM East Africa
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The first Sales Representative for IBM in Ethiopia 1965
Date added: 27 Jun 2011
The first Sales Representative for IBM in Ethiopia 1965
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IBM RAMAC 305 System loaded at Durban heading for offices of Max Pollak and Freemantel, stock brokerage firm, first RAMAC in South Africa, 1960
Date added: 27 Jun 2011
IBM RAMAC 305 System loaded at Durban heading for offices of Max Pollak and Freemantel, stock brokerage firm, first RAMAC in South Africa, 1960
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How Project Lucy is Helping Unlock the Possibilities of Africa
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Bio: NICHOLAS NESBITT, OGW - General Manager, IBM East Africa (197 KB)
Bio: TEJAS MEHTA - General Manager, IBM Central & West Africa (200 KB)
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