{"id":30508,"date":"2013-02-02T13:12:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=30508"},"modified":"2013-02-02T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T11:17:26","slug":"lenovo-grows-share-in-sa-emea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/30508\/lenovo-grows-share-in-sa-emea\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo grows share in SA, EMEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest preliminary results from IDC<\/a> for 4Q12 reveals that Lenovo<\/a> has taken the No.2\u00a0position in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)\u00a0PC market with 11.1% share.<\/p>\n

In the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Lenovo has jumped up in the ranking to become the No.4\u00a0player with 36.3% year to year growth.<\/p>\n

Oliver Ebel<\/a>, executive director and general manager Lenovo Middle East & Africa, said: \u201cOur continued growth in MEA comes as a result of our strong regional operations and commitment to our customers and partners.<\/p>\n

“MEA has become an increasingly strategic region for Lenovo and we are determined to further grow our presence and invest in new growth markets. We are also committed to bringing our latest innovations to the region as we see businesses and consumers in MEA as eager adopters of innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

EMEA president Gianfranco Lanci<\/a>\u00a0said: “In the coming year the market will see Lenovo bring even more innovative products to market; dominate the consumer space much more than we have done to date and deliver on our corporate strategy of being a PC+ company \u2013 ie designing products that have the additional features and functionality that consumers want \u2013 like our Yoga that is a laptop that converts into a tablet or the 27\u201d table PC the Horizon, which showcased at CES<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

IDC Q4 2012 results:<\/h3>\n