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Sep 28, 2020New cloud environment to support the company’s business growth and need for enterprise-grade security
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, September 28, 2020 - Saudi Bugshan Company (SBC), in collaboration with its technology arm Brmaja Commercial Company (Brmaja), has selected IBM Cloud to host its IT...
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Sep 8, 2020
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, September 8, 2020 -- Sahara International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) (TASI: Sipchem) today announced its collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM) Services to virtualize its IT...
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Aug 24, 2020
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 24, 2020 - IBM announced the launch of Open P-TECH, a free digital education experience platform, in Pakistan, with the goal of equipping young people and educators...
Aug 17, 2020Accra, GHANA, 17 August 2020: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the appointment of Florence Ohene as Country General Manager for IBM Ghana. In this role, she will be responsible for IBM Sales,...
Jul 13, 2020Accra, GHANA, 9 July 2020: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the appointment of Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh as General Manager for IBM North, East and West Africa. She succeeds Tejas Mehta, who will be...
Jun 30, 2020IBM announced the appointment of Caroline Mukiira as General Manager for IBM East Africa. She will be responsible for IBM Sales, Marketing, Services and Global Delivery Operations in East Africa.
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Jun 16, 2020New AI virtual assistant to provide personalized services in English and Arabic to Etisalat subscribers across Egypt
EGYPT–June 16, 2020: Etisalat Misr, one of the leading telecom companies in Egypt, turned to IBM (NYSE:IBM) to introduce its first AI virtual assistant to transform its customers’ experience....
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May 5, 2020New Watson AIOps and host of product updates are designed to bring automation to IT infrastructures for greater control, efficiency and business continuity. Built on Red Hat OpenShift, Watson AIOps runs across any cloud and works in collaboration with an ecosystem of partners, including Slack and Box.
ARMONK, NY – May 5, 2020: The challenges facing today’s Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are more complicated and critical than ever before, as these leaders look to help their businesses...
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May 5, 2020New Offerings and Partner Ecosystem Pave Way for Enterprises and Telcos to Deploy and Manage AI, IoT and Analytics Workloads at the Edge
ARMONK, NY, May 5, 2020 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today at its Think Digital conference announced new services and solutions backed by a broad ecosystem of partners to help enterprises and...
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Mar 26, 2020
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: GEMS Education today announced its collaboration with IBM to launch a pilot programme introducing IBM Digital – Nation platform. Delivered on IBM Cloud, the platform...
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Jan 7, 2020Organizations will be able to integrate their new local cloud environment with their existing IT infrastructure and different cloud environments
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, January 7, 2020 -- IBM Services today announced two IBM Data Centers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one in Abu Dhabi and the other in Dubai, to provide cloud...
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Dec 10, 2019Hitit uses hybrid cloud approach to raise aviation standards by ensuring seamless and uninterrupted service for the air travel globally
ISTANBUL– December 10, 2019– Hitit, one of the leading airline and travel IT providers in the world, and IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced an expansion of their existing collaboration on business...
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Nov 28, 2019IBM’s new digital SkillsBuild platform will help job seekers develop the technical and professional skills needed to enter the workforce
ISTANBUL 28 November 2019 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it had launched SkillsBuild in Turkey. This program is for job seekers – including those seeking employment, returning to work...
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Sep 1, 2019Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s General Manager for Middle East and Africa, to serve second term on key Africa Advisory Council
Africa – September 2019: The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, has announced that the Department of Commerce, on behalf of the President of the United States, has reappointed Takreem El...
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Jul 2, 2019In collaboration with RiseUp Summit, IBM called on Egypt’s top developers to build and deploy solutions to aid in disaster response
Cairo, Egypt – 2 July 2019: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and RiseUp Summit hosted the Code and Response: Cairo Hackathon. The challenge brought startups, academics, and enterprise developers together to...
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Jun 26, 2019Collaboration to equip Egyptian students with vital skills in the era of cloud, digital and AI
Cairo, Egypt – 26 June 2019: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Ministry of Education have announced the launch of the first P-TECH education model (Pathways in Technology Early College High-School) in...
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Jun 25, 2019New IBM centers aim to fuel innovation around AI, hybrid cloud, blockchain, security, analytics
Cairo, Egypt – 25 June 2019: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the expansion of its operations in the Middle East and Africa with the opening of an Innovation and Industry Client Center and a...
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Jun 12, 2019Partnership will accelerate quantum research and drive educational opportunities in quantum computing with the African Research Universities Alliance
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in South Africa. Wits...
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May 29, 2019With IBM Watson Visual Recognition Service, Anadolu Insurance will cut time for uploading and examining the vehicle photos during damage assessments by 70 percent.
ISTANBUL 29 May 2019 – IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Anadolu Insurance announced that they are working together using artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the damage assessment process. IBM Watson...
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Mar 7, 2019
Johannesburg, South Africa - 05 May 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientist Geoffrey Siwo has been named a 2017 Quartz Africa Innovator for his work in mapping the way cancer spreads and how cancer cells...
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Mar 4, 2019IBM supports Fawry in putting Egypt on the global digital payments map with innovative, fast 24/7 services
Cairo, Egypt – 4 March 2019: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Fawry, Egypt’s number one electronic payment network, selected IBM Storage and IBM Power Systems to accommodate rapid data...
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Dec 11, 2018Platform delivers new services for the agriculture value chain including tractor maintenance, fleet utilization, operator rankings, farm yield forecasting and microfinancing
LAGOS, NIGERIA, 11 December 2018: Scientists from IBM Research and start-up Hello Tractor are piloting an agriculture digital wallet and decision-making tool which provides demand and supply...
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Oct 31, 2018IBM will equip Bank Zero to deliver on its goal to provide products and services through a pure digital banking experience
JOHANNESBURG, ZA –October, 31, 2018: South Africa’s newest digital bank, Bank Zero, has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) to deliver an open-source based banking platform. This will allow Bank Zero to...
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Oct 30, 2018New service to be delivered through an IBM Cloud environment built in the UAE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 30 October 2018: Smart Dubai and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of the Dubai Blockchain Platform, the first government-endorsed blockchain platform...
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Aug 29, 2018IBM is helping in building resiliency to help communities attain water self-sufficiency and combat extreme drought conditions
Today, as part of the Kenya Resilient Arid Lands Partnership for Integrated Development (Kenya RAPID) under the coordination of the Millennium Water Alliance (MWA), IBM scientists in Kenya have...
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Sep 19, 2017South Africa’s Welgevonden Game Reserve to thwart poachers with MTN, IBM and Wageningen University
Johannesburg, South Africa and Armonk, NY - 19 Sep 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM), MTN, a leading African telecommunications provider, Wageningen University (WU) in the Netherlands and Prodapt, today...
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Mar 13, 2017Kenyan Bank leverages IBM’s Cognitive, Cloud and Managed Services to enhance financial efficacy efforts
NAIROBI, KENYA - 13 Mar 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Sidian Bank has turned to IBM Cloud and Cognitive solutions to fuel its digital transformation. This helps the bank provide its...
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Feb 8, 2017“IBM Digital - Nation Africa” Education and Skills Initiative Expands IBM’s Global Emphasis on “New Collar Jobs”
Johannesburg, South Africa and Armonk, NY - 08 Feb 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) is investing $70 million (approximately ZAR 945 million) in building much-needed digital, cloud, and cognitive IT skills to...
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Sep 21, 2016Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s General Manager for Middle East and Africa, appointed among the 23 leaders on the Advisory Council
Africa - 21 Sep 2016: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s General Manager for the Middle East and Africa, to the...
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Aug 25, 2016Projects include tracking the spread of tuberculosis, anticipating wildfires and searching for new discoveries in the universe
Johannesburg, South Africa and Armonk, NY - 25 Aug 2016: IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) today opened its second research location on the African continent and announced several new project...
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Aug 8, 2016One of Africa's largest airlines inks five-year Software-as-a-Service deal to achieve long term market share and operational efficiency gains
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius - 18 Oct 2016: Air Mauritius has inked a five-year technology and services deal with IBM (NYSE: IBM) for Cloud and Analytics technologies delivered as services to fuel its...
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Mar 8, 2016Collaboration with Gijima and Vodacom expected to fuel cloud adoption across Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa - 08 Mar 2016: IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that it is opening a new IBM Cloud Data Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. The new cloud center is the result of a...
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Feb 22, 2016Leading Egyptian telecom taps IBM to digitize its technical support process
Cairo, Egypt and Armonk, N.Y. - 22 Feb 2016: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Etisalat Misr, a subsidiary of Emirati Etisalat Group and one of the leading mobile providers in Egypt, selected...