IDC has said that annual growth of the PC market in the Middle East and Africa has remained buoyant at 16.4%. The first half of the year confirmed a strong recovery in the EMEA PC market, and while global economic conditions will remain challenging, the outlook for the second half of this year remains positive, IDC said. The top five vendors in the EMEA region in terms of PC shipments during H1 2010 include Hewlett-Packard, Acer Group, Dell, Asus, and Toshiba.