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Huge potential in Africa, says computer firm

Pretoria News: "Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co sees Africa as one of its fastest-growing markets, it said yesterday, expecting the world's poorest continent to rival India for IT outsourcing within a decade.
Hewlett-Packard Africa managing director Rainer Koch said its sales on the continent - which the International Monetary Fund said this month can expect 6.5% economic growth in 2008 - were rising 25% year-on-year."

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