Lenovo Defies Market Challenges To Become No.2 Player In UAE, Qatar &Kuwait

Cairo, Egypt – May 8, 2013: The latest preliminary results from IDC* for 1Q13 show that Lenovo has maintained its No.2 position in EMEA and has taken the #4 position in MEA PC market with a market share of 8.6%, up from 4.9% during the same quarter last year – a growth of 47.1% year-to-year.

The rise in ranking is driven by the company’s ‘Protect and Attack’ strategy as well as growth in the Gulf and Africa regions. Furthering its market share in the Gulf, Lenovo moved up to second place for the first time in UAE, Qatar and Kuwait. Lenovo’s positive growth continues to defy market trends, outpacing the market significantly with year to year growth in 2013 of 47.1% across the Middle East and Africa market.

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