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Why Middle East & Africa (MEA):
Market Overview
- Population - ME: 187.26 Million (2005 Est – World-Gazetteer.com)
- Population - Africa : 896.72 Million (2005 Est – World-Gazetteer.com)
- Region's Spending on IT Hardware projected to touch US$ 20.14 billion by 2009 (IDC):
- MEA region's I.T. spending registered an increase of 2.1% to touch US$21.53 billion in 2004.
- GCC countries alone had spend around US$5 billion in 2005.
- Out of this, Saudi Arabia had its 46.8% share and the UAE 30.4% with the remaining GCC members' shares in single digits.
- The overall MEA IT market grows at a combined annual growth rate of 11% to become 70% larger than in 2002.
Internet Penetration
- In the Middle East there are an estimated 16,163,500 Internet users.
- Africa has an estimated 23,917,500 internet users.
- Between 2000 and 2005 the region witnessed a high growth rate of 370.4 % in Internet usage .
- Saudi Arabia 's telecom market, one of the largest in the Middle East .
- The UAE has a well-developed and technologically advanced telecommunications infrastructure and has high mobile telephone and Internet penetration.
| INTERNET USERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN THE WORLD |
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MIDDLE EAST REGION |
Population
( 2005 Est. ) |
Pop. %
of World |
Internet Users,
Latest Data |
% Population
(Penetration) |
Usage % of World |
Use Growth
(2000-2005) |
|
Total for the Middle East |
187,258,006 |
2.9 % |
16,163,500 |
8.6 % |
1.7 % |
392.1 % |
|
Rest of the World |
6,232,844,716 |
97.1 % |
956,664,501 |
15.3 % |
98.3 % |
167.4 % |
|
WORLD TOTAL |
6,420,102,722 |
100.0 % |
972,828,001 |
15.2 % |
100.0% |
169.5 % |
| INTERNET USERS AND POPULATION STATISTICS FOR AFRICA |
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AFRICA REGION |
Population
( 2005 Est. ) |
Pop. %
in World |
Internet Users,
Latest Data |
Penetration
(% Population) |
% Users
in World |
Use Growth
(2000-2005) |
|
Total for Africa |
896,721,874 |
14.0 % |
23,917,500 |
2.7 % |
2.7 % |
429.8 % |
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Rest of the World |
5,523,380,848 |
86.0 % |
948,910,501 |
17.2 % |
97.5 % |
166.2 % |
|
WORLD TOTAL |
6,420,102,722 |
100.0 % |
972,828,001 |
15.2 % |
100.0% |
169.5 % |
NOTES: (1) Internet Usage and Population Statistics for Middle East and Africa were updated on November 21, 2005 . (2) Population numbers are based on data contained in world-gazetteer.com . (3) The most recent usage comes mainly from data published by Nielsen//NetRatings , ITU , and other local sources. (4) Data on this table may be cited, giving due credit and establishing an active link back to Internetworldstats.com . ©Copyright 2005, Miniwatts International, Ltd. All rights reserved. |
The above statistics is a strong market indicator for the MEA region. A similar trend is also experienced in all other sectors like IT and Telecom, Consumer Electronics, Property development and Construction, Travel & Tourism, Hospitality Industry, Education, Health and Medical fields..etc
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