Johannesburg, January 30, 2012 – NEC Corporation announced   today the appointment of Mr Masahiro Yoshikawa as President of NEC Africa   (Pty) Ltd which is a 100% subsidiary of NEC Europe Ltd, the regional   headquarters in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Mr Yoshikawa will lead   NEC’s sub-Saharan African business from its new sub-regional headquarters in   Johannesburg, South Africa. NEC Africa will establish its branch offices in   Nairobi, Kenya and in Lagos, Nigeria.
  
Across the sub-Saharan market, NEC provides its customers in the telecoms, public   and enterprise sectors with public safety solutions including identification   systems, network solutions, social infrastructure solutions and cloud   computing solutions.
 
  ”NEC has been contributing to the African governments by provision of   security systems using fingerprints/face recognition technologies, mobile   network infrastructure solutions and broadcasting systems”, said Yoshikawa.   ”At the same time, Africa is poised to reap the benefits and rewards of these   exciting technologies. We will enable our customers to achieve their goals   and success with our focus on the integration of IT and communication network   resources, skill sets and expertise.”
 
  Mr Yoshikawa has over 30 years’ experience providing solutions and services   to customers around the world and across Africa in the IT and telecoms   industry. Most recently he led the business for Middle East and African   market as Deputy General Manager and has worked at the International Sales   and Operations Business Unit, NEC Corporation.
 
  ”Mr Yoshikawa brings NEC his proven leadership, industry knowledge and   excellent customer service credentials and we believe he will provide success   and opportunity to the sub-Saharan African market,” said Mr Naoki Iizuka,   President and CEO of NEC Europe Ltd.

For more information contact:

Harry Pirrwitz        

t:+44 (0)20 8752 2794

m:+44 (0)7872 805922

e:harry.pirrwitz@EMEA.NEC.COM

                      

Susan Zungu

Arcay Communications

t:+27 11 480 8592

e:zungs@arcay.co.zu

      

     

 

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