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Shoden acquisition: Japanese giant Hitachi focuses on data centres to expand its IT footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa

All too often the news is about what China or India are doing to expand into Africa. This week saw a Japanese company Hitachi Data Systems buy South Africa based IT company Shoden Data Systems. Isabelle Gross spoke to Tony Read, COO of Hitachi Data System UK, Ireland and Sub-Sahara Africa about the acquisition of Shoden Data Systems and what it means for a Japanese global company to expand its footprint in Africa.

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Broadcast

It’s a monster….Africa’s broadcasting growth tracked in a new 500+ page report released this week

The African broadcasting market has been growing rapidly. New players have sprung up in liberalised markets and there is growing international interest from external investors. Tracking this growth is far from easy but Balancing Act has taken 10 months to produce what is almost certainly the most detailed report on the African broadcast market. Russell Southwood outline what’s in this “monster-size” report.

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Reports

Mobile apps for Africa: Strategies to make sense of free and paid apps (July 2011)

The 131 pages report contains 15 illustrated boxes, 26 tables, 39 charts and 2 maps. It is divided into three distinctive parts: Part 1: The users, the device and the usage; Part 2: The developers and the content; Part 3: Distribution platforms and distribution strategies. The report analyses the nascent apps ecosystem in Africa while providing an analytical framework allowing African mobile operators or other stakeholders to decide on what strategy to adopt regarding mobile apps.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Data Centre Markets in Africa (Jan. 2011)

Data Centre Markets in Africa - Review of the commercial facilities, challenges and opportunities in 2011

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Energy for Cellular Base Stations in Africa: the quick fix approach and the long term perspective to saving energy (Feb. 2011)

The cost of operating base stations is often well over 20% of OPEX. This report looks at the different technologies available to cut this cost and at the advantages, disadvantages and likely payback period.

 

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