
American tech giant, IBM is transferring its regional functions to a third-party company in key African markets, including Ghana and Nigeria.
Meta and Microsoft have reduced their physical presence in Nigeria, scaling back office spaces and transitioning to desk sharing for workers in 2024.
Microsoft has closed its Africa Development Centre, leaving less than five engineers behind, as part of a new operating model implementation in select African countries starting April 1, 2025.
X (formerly Twitter) also shut down its regional office in Ghana and laid off all the workers not long ago.
IBM is set to transfer its regional functions to MIBB, a subsidiary of Midis Group, a multinational IT and telecommunications conglomerate operating in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
“MIBB will market and sell IBM products and services in 36 African countries, thereby giving MIBB’s sales network direct access to IBM products, services, and support, further boosting innovation and growth in the region,” the company said in a statement.
The company, which established an educational center at the University of Ibadan in 1963, has ended its 50-year existence in Nigeria, contributing to the growth of the technology landscape.
IBM’s client base has been reduced by fierce competition from companies like Dell and Huawei, and this is not the first time IBM has exited Nigeria.
