Nigeria’s rapid growth rate in IT is creating an appetite for robust security solutions for businesses, according to security solutions company Trend Micro.
Ihab Moawad, vice president for the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa at Trend Micro, said this while announcing the company’s expansion plans for Africa, starting with Nigeria.
“The growth in IT security within the Nigerian region is sitting at a staggering 39 per cent, which is further fuelled by the amount of business reform and the call for compliance from government and the financial sector on businesses within the country,” Moawad said in a statement.
“These factors are creating a growing appetite amongst businesses for robust security solutions that extend from the mobile device, through the network and into the cloud – all areas of which Trend Micro has a market leading solution for.”
The company said African markets remain its target growth area, which is why it is starting its expansion in Nigeria.
Moawad said Nigeria continues to flex its muscle as an economic powerhouse on the continent, and mentioned recent reports that showed Nigeria is the biggest and fastest growing economy in Africa.
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