Nairobi to host International Data Corporation annual IT Forum for Africa

International Data Corporation (IDC) last week launched the 2016 edition of its annual IT Forum for Africa, with events hosted in Dakar and Lagos on September 20 and 21, respectively and will in Tunis on September 29 and Nairobi on November 10.

The IT Forum’s agenda explores strategies for improving efficiency, fostering innovation, reducing costs, and increasing business competitiveness.

“With a focus on enabling true digital transformation across the entire scale and breadth of the modern enterprise, the roadshow provides a perfect platform for IT executives looking to gain a clearer understanding of the wave of digitally-empowered technologies and processes that are currently sweeping across Africa,” says Jyoti Lalchandani, IDC’s group vice president and regional managing director for the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey.

The event targets IT executives will host some thought leaders in the industry like Akin Banuso, country manager for Dell Nigeria; Roland Habre, MEA sales manager at Honeywell Sensing and Productivity Solutions; Dafe Gnabaly, security solutions manager at Orange Business Services; Rufus Magbegor, IT manager at Afren Energy; Oladimeji Kazeem, head of ICT at PAL Pensions; Justice Anyai, senior security consultant at Check Point; Ejike Osisioma, group head of ICT at Royal Exchange; and Alpha Oumar Diallo, IT manager for MEA at Maersk Group