{"id":466767,"date":"2018-02-23T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T01:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/toshiba-mitsumi-collaborate-to-revive-african-market\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T01:00:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T01:00:35","slug":"toshiba-mitsumi-collaborate-to-revive-african-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/toshiba-mitsumi-collaborate-to-revive-african-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshiba, Mitsumi collaborate to revive African market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>dailyguideafrica.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/68786562.295.jpg\" alt=\"Toshiba 750x406\" title=\"Toshiba 750x406\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Santosh Varghese (middle), flanked by other officials of Toshiba, addressing journalists<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519347635_838_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Toshiba Gulf FZ (TGFZ) and its distribution partner Mitsumi have indicated they have started embarking on in-country operations in Africa to help develop their respective markets.<\/p>\n<p>In Accra, this was highlighted by the \u2018Toshiba Channel Connect Event,\u2019 which took place on Tuesday at the Alisa Hotel as part of its \u2018Go Africa\u2019 strategy.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of its local channel partners were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>They had opportunity to interact with other delegates from Toshiba Memory Corporation such as Mitsunori Kikuchi and Hiroaki Tanaka, who announced the Toshiba Storage Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Santosh Varghese, General Manager, Digital Products &amp; Services, MEA Region, in a speech, said \u201cConsidering the economic and political stability within Africa region, TGFZ has a \u2018Go Africa\u2019 strategy by which approximately 38 countries in East, West, North and South Africa would be managed directly by the TGFZ team. As a technology company, we foresee the 950 million population of the Africa continent using more smart gadgets with the 3G\/4G and internet penetration which could help Toshiba storage business to grow multifold in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Varghese also complained about the high influx of fake Toshiba products and accessories on the African market and pledged to work hard to hold that in check.<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba is a 142-year-old company which started its hard disk drive business in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>As a pioneer in the NAND business, it\u2019s the second largest NAND producer in the world.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its CSR, it has announced an initial $20,000 package in four African countries, including Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Friday, 23 February 2018 Source: dailyguideafrica.com 2018-02-23 Santosh Varghese (middle), flanked by other officials of Toshiba, addressing journalists Toshiba Gulf FZ (TGFZ) and its distribution partner Mitsumi have indicated they have started embarking on in-country operations in Africa to help develop their respective markets. 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