NEC XON, a privately owned company headquartered in South Africa, was founded in 1996 and employs approximately 460 individuals. Functioning as an African integrator of ICT solutions and part of the global Japanese firm NEC, the company has operated in Africa since 1963, specializing in IT services and IT consulting. It delivers communications, energy, safety, security, and digital solutions across 54 African countries, with a footprint in 16 and regional headquarters in South, East, and West Africa. NEC XON is also a level 1-certified broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) business.
NEC XON announced its sponsorship and participation in the upcoming Ignite On Tour Johannesburg, hosted by Palo Alto Networks on February 26, 2026, at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, where it will showcase operational cybersecurity. Previously, on February 17, NEC XON and AgriLogiq formed a strategic partnership to deliver integrated end-to-end solutions for modern protected and data-driven farming across Africa. This collaboration combines advanced agricultural technology expertise with enterprise-grade digital infrastructure and originated through the Ninja (Next Innovation with Japan) Accelerator programme. Earlier, on February 11, NEC XON partnered with Silverfort to modernize the identity security architecture for a major South African telecommunications operator. This initiative provided comprehensive visibility, tighter control, and adaptive protection for authentication events, addressing the operator's priority to secure both human and non-human identities against identity-centric attacks in complex hybrid environments.
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