NEC XON, a privately owned South African company founded in 1996, provides IT services and consulting. Employing 460 people, it operates across 54 African countries with a physical presence in 16, and maintains regional headquarters in South, East, and West Africa. A subsidiary of the global Japanese firm NEC, the company's history in Africa dates back to 1963. Its services encompass communications, energy, safety, security, and digital solutions, and it is certified as a level 1 broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) business.
NEC XON announced an Africa-wide extension of its in-country or hybrid cloud capability, initially launched in Mauritius with Emtel. This provides enterprises and public institutions across the continent with access to secure, locally hosted cloud infrastructure compliant with national regulations and data sovereignty requirements. Separately, NEC XON was named Palo Alto Networks Sub-Saharan Africa Partner of the Year for 2025. Furthermore, a strategic partnership with Smartoptics resulted in the launch of a new pluggable optical solution for Africa, offering businesses faster and more affordable locally supported optical networking technology, including the continent's first locally backed Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) solution.
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