MEA (Middle East & Africa)

Middle East Smartphone Market One Bright Spot in Year of Decline

by Shawnee Blackwood

Both Apple and Samsung observed declines in premium segment smartphone shipments due to cautious consumer spending and a surge in interest for budget alternatives.

Skyworth Introduces South Africa’s First 100″ QLED TV

by Artem Alekseenko

It might make history because the SUF958P currently stands as the largest size available in South Africa.

Tags:Google TV| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| QLED| Skyworth

Hisense Sees Substantial Growth in MENA Becoming Leading TV Brand

by Artem Alekseenko

In the first half of 2023, Hisense’s sales in the MENA region grew by 23% year-over-year, and the company is now the leading TV brand in the region.

Tags:Hisense| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| TVs (TV Sets)

PC Shipments to the Middle East & Africa Decline in Q1’23

by Artem Alekseenko

The top three vendors all faced declines in shipments while retaining their market positions.

Middle East Smartphone Market Reports Q1’23 Decline, Outperforms Global Market

by Shawnee Blackwood

Despite the prevailing economic challenges the long-term potential of the smartphone market in the Middle East remains strong.

Tags:Canalys| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphones

Hisense Launches 110-inch ULED X in UAE Market

by Artem Alekseenko

From 2018 to 2022, Hisense’s brand awareness in the UAE market increased from 48% to 73%.

Tags:Hisense| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| TVs (TV Sets)

Tecno Launches Camon 20 Series with Advanced Sensor-Shift OIS Anti-shaking Technology

by Artem Alekseenko

These latest smartphones from the company have raised the bar on their displays.

Tags:Cameras| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphones| TECNO

Tech Spending in ME, Turkey, and Africa Close to $100 Billion in 2023

by Omid Rahmat

Overall spending on information and communications technology (ICT) across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) will top $233.8 billion this year, an increase of 3.9% over 2022. That’s according to the latest predictions …

Tags:Macroeconomics| MEA (Middle East & Africa)

Middle East & Africa Personal Computing Devices Market Continues to Normalize After Period of Exceptionally High Demand

by Artem Alekseenko

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, posted a year-on-year decline of 12.8% during the third quarter of 2022, according …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Devices| IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)

Giant Samsung/Peerless Wall Installed in Morocco

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Peerless-AV have just completed a huge (87.84m x 2.7m high) circular LED video wall in the auditorium of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. The panels used were from Samsung and the …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Peerless AV| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Links Week Starting 14th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Interested in VFX? – BorisFX held a …

Optoma Expands Multi-Award-Winning CinemaX Line-up with CinemaX D2 Series Ultra Short Throw Laser Projectors

by Artem Alekseenko

Optoma, the No. 1 4K UHD projection and DLP® brand worldwide and No. 1 laser home brand in EMEA, launched the Optoma CinemaX D2 Series, its next-generation true 4K UHD home cinema projectors at …

Tags:Europe| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Optoma| Projectors| UltraHD & 4K