Mena’s IT spending to reach $171bn in 2021 as pandemic spurs digital adoption

Mena’s IT spending to reach $171bn in 2021 as pandemic spurs digital adoption

The amount spent on information technology in the Middle East and North Africa is set to grow 4.5 per cent annually and reach $171.3 billion this year as businesses increasingly digitise amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by consultancy Gartner.

Chief information officers in the region will increase their spending on servers, applications and infrastructure software to support digitalisation efforts and hybrid work models, it added.

The region will see the IT spending return to pre-pandemic levels or even surpass it over the next two years.

“IT projects were either put on hold or cancelled because of Covid-19 … as the situation