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Technavio’s market research analyst predicts the IT outsourcing market in Africa to grow at a CAGR of around 7% during the forecast period. Cost reduction and the need for enhanced efficiency are the primary growth drivers for this market. Cheap labor and growing economy of Africa are the major factors that fuel the outsourcing of IT functions to the region.
The increase in technology adoption such as cloud computing, and analytics, and modernization of ICT infrastructure is fostering the growth of IT services market in the African nation. Government investment in IT especially among SMEs to improve operational and business efficiencies has also been aiding the IT services sector in growing at a significant rate.
The IT outsourcing market in Africa is highly competitive, and several vendors are offering similar kind of outsourcing services to their clients. They also encourage companies to outsource their IT-related function that do not form their core business process. To differentiate their offerings, they are moving up the value chain by providing services such as data analytics.
The top four vendors in the market are -
Other prominent vendors in the market include Capgemini, Fujitsu, Infosys, Cognizant, HCL, TCS, and Xerox.
The government sector constituted 30% of the market share during 2015 and is opting to outsource IT functions to reduce expenditures of IT department in government offices. Investors from numerous countries are looking for investment opportunities in Africa to explore the emerging and untapped market. The government's effort to enhance urbanization and increasing demand from various industry verticals is acting as a catalyst for the IT outsourcing market.
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PART 01: Executive summary
PART 02: Scope of the report
PART 03: Market research methodology
PART 04: Introduction
PART 05: Market landscape
PART 06: Market segmentation by application
PART 07: Market segmentation by end users
PART 08: Market drivers
PART 09: Impact of drivers
PART 10: Market challenges
PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges
PART 12: Market trends
PART 13: Vendor landscape
PART 14: Key vendor analysis
PART 15: Appendix
PART 16: Explore Technavio
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