Trends and Analysis - Channelwise

African MVNOs set for rapid growth

Aug 20, 2026

African Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) subscribers across nine operational markets are forecast to increase from about 7,9-million in 2025 to 39,6-million by 2030. This is according to the newly published 2026 Africa MVNO Report by Africa Analysis Team, which...

Investment drives accelerated network development

Aug 18, 2026

The transition from legacy 2G/3G networks to 4G and 5G will act as critical infrastructure for Africa’s participation in the AI economy, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report: Sub-Saharan Africa, which says AI and uplink-heavy applications are set to...

Africa’s AI future will be built on its networks

Aug 18, 2026

The technology industry is entering a new era defined by an AI Supercycle that is reshaping infrastructure, investment, and innovation worldwide, writes Samer Lutfi, head of MEA hyperscaler and AI cloud at Nokia. This is not a passing trend or a narrow software...

The real bottleneck in enterprise networks is skills, not speed

Aug 18, 2026

There’s a clear message for companies considering enterprise connectivity strategy: networks are entering a new phase defined less by raw capacity alone, and more by how effectively organisations can manage accelerating data growth, rising complexity and persistent...

Headwinds challenge global telecom services

Aug 18, 2026

Worldwide spending on Telecom Services and Pay TV Services reached $1,551-trillion in 2025, expanding by 2% year-over-year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects that the worldwide spending on...

WLAN market maintains double-digit growth

Aug 18, 2026

First quarter WLAN revenues were driven by a 14% growth in unit shipments and an average selling price that is starting to creep up, according to Dell’Oro Group. “Several vendors have increased WLAN list prices to compensate for increasing costs of memory components...

People plus AI key to resilience

Aug 7, 2026

There’s barely any part of the IT landscape that is untouched by artificial intelligence (AI) – and cybersecurity is arguably the most affected of all. Cybercriminals are typically a step or two ahead of those opposing them, and AI has given them to tools to launch...

Security in the post-Mythos era

Aug 7, 2026

By Yuri Kramarz – In 2023, a colleague and I wrote a cybersecurity guide for businesses of any size. It was not glamorous work. Nobody was asking for another whitepaper about multi-factor authentication (MFA) and network segmentation. The industry had heard it...

Industrial automation channels are co‑creators in the AI era

Aug 7, 2026

As industrial automation becomes increasingly software‑driven and AI‑enabled, the role of the channel partner is undergoing a profound shift. The next generation of partners will be measured not by the products they sell, but by their ability to design, integrate and...

What do African youth want?

Aug 3, 2026

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic – but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of...

Building an operating model for partner-led growth

Jul 31, 2026

Partner-led growth can quickly extend your market reach. It can also leave you forecasting demand without full visibility of the customer pipeline, serving customers through partners while bearing the consequences of delivery failures, service problems and...

How young people can start a career in IT without a university degree

Jul 28, 2026

Rodney De Koch shares practical advice for young people who want to enter the IT industry and build a successful career in technology. With over 30 years of experience working across government, global technology companies, and international projects, Rodney now...

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