NEWS
West Africa’s
first data and
analytics virtual
conference
announced
Data and analytics are central to how
modern organisations and governments
take decisions and execute plans. Online
retailers, companies, governments and tech
giants are investing millions in ramping up
their ability to collect and analyse data.
EMEA in strong position to
take Digital Transformation
ambitions to next level
Mohammed Abukhater,
F5 Network’s RVP for
Middle East and Africa
In these unprecedented times, when
companies are struggling to adapt, it
becomes all the more important to use datadriven
models for decision-making.
Data and Analytics Virtual Summit-West
Africa will be held on July 15 to 16 and as a
virtual conference will be the largest event
focused on data and analytics aimed to
empower African businesses and government
entities to capitalise on the data and turn
them into insights that drive growth.
It will help African ministries and large
enterprises develop an understanding of how
data-driven models can improve decisionmaking.
They will learn how to extract
insights from data to shape policy.
The two-day virtual summit opens with
experts from regional companies including
the National Information Development
Agency, Nigeria; GTBank PLC, Chevron,
Wakanow, Dangote Group, First City
Monument Bank, Axa Mansard, Eat ‘n’ Go
and many more.
With 14 confirmed sessions already, the
virtual experience will be unparalleled in
scope and expertise.
The Europe, Middle East and Africa
(EMEA) region is in a strong position
to take its Digital Transformation
ambitions to the next level.
That’s the opinion of Mohammed
Abukhater, F5 Network’s RVP for Middle
East and Africa, who said the region finds
itself in a strong position to adapt to
intensifying imperatives for change.
Speaking at a virtual press conference
hosted in Dubai, Abukhater said
organisations irrespective of industry or
function are becoming more applicationcentric
in order to boost innovation, move
faster and adapt to increasingly nuanced
user demands.
He said: “In fact, we’re starting to see
many moving beyond the first phase
of Digital Transformation – business
process automation – and start to scale
their digital footprint with purposeful
technology as it relates to cloud,
automation and containers.”
Pointing to new figures from F5’s flagship
State of Application Services report,
91% of surveyed EMEA organisations
now have specific Digital Transformation
execution plans in progress.
This compares to 84% in the USA and
82% in the Asia Pacific, China and Japan
(APCJ) region. A total of 66% of EMEA
respondents also said they depend on
applications to run their business – the
highest of any region worldwide.
Furthermore, 88% claimed to be
leveraging multi-cloud environments,
compared to 87% in the Americas and
86% in APCJ.
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