BMIT SA ICT Regional Market Sizing and Forecast 2023

The SA ICT regional market publication presents estimates of the IT and telecoms spend of each province, broken down by vertical and by ICT category for the past calendar year, 2022. The publication analyses the prospects for the ICT market for the period 2023 to 2027 per province. A dashboard for each province offers a profile of the region, and brief overviews are provided of the economic conditions and structural developments within each province. A spreadsheet with detailed tables forms a companion deliverable in addition to this report.

Methodology

The SA ICT regional market publication draws on the BMIT databases, formulated from secondary research input, and supplemented by primary research.
Enterprise ICT spending patterns are based on BMIT’s end-user surveys and derived models, and top-down industry revenue figures, tied back to BMIT’s in-depth reports on IT and telecoms market segments, which in turn are informed by primary research (vendor interviews) and analysis of operator reporting.

Secondary sources include SARS’ reporting of the number of VAT-paying companies and StatsSA’s QLFS and QES reports.  Secondary sources for the other quantitative and qualitative data pertaining to the provinces in South Africa include various StatsSA and National Treasury publications, as well as extensive secondary research across a range of sites and publications.

Note: Regrettably, StatsSA has not produced any regional GDP data since 2019. Secondary sources used for provincial GDP estimates in this report are acknowledged in each relevant slide. StatsSA has indicated to BMIT that they have a team working to produce regional GDP figures. Should any GDP-R data published within 2023 differ materially from the estimates in this report, BMIT will willingly issue updates to purchasers of the report.

Table of Contents

  • Methodology and research components
  • Research Components
  • BMIT ICT category segmentation
  • Methodology

South African Economy
GDP Growth

South African provinces – a comparison

  • Provincial comparative sizes: land area and population
  • Regional GDP in South Africa (GDPR)
  • Provincial comparative sizes: employment
  • Provincial comparative sizes: employment and unemployment
  • Employment by province and vertical sector
  • Provincial proportions of knowledge workers, and workers in ICT occupations
  • Number of companies per province

South African regional ICT spend

  • ICT spend per province, 2022
  • Comparative GDPR and ICT spend by business, per province, 2022
  • Business ICT market size per province, 2022 (Rm)
  • IT market size per province, 2022 (Rm)
  • Telecoms market size per province, 2022 (Rm)

South African ICT spend and economic profile per province

Eastern Cape

  • Eastern Cape profile
  • Eastern Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • Eastern Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • Eastern Cape forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Eastern Cape forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Eastern Cape forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2022 to 2027
  • Eastern Cape: economic growth
  • Eastern Cape: economic sectors
  • Eastern Cape: economic sectors (cont)
  • Eastern Cape: provincial economic plans and support
  • ECDC Economic Development Priority Sectors, Programmes
  • and Project Support Plan (E.D.P)
  • Eastern Cape Economic Recovery Framework
  • EC Provincial Economic Development Fund
  • Eastern Cape’s development zones (IDZs and SEZs)
  • Eastern Cape: provincial economic plans and support, cont.
  • Eastern Cape: provincial economic plans and support, cont.
  • Eastern Cape: prospects
  • Eastern Cape: inhibitors of growth and development
  • Eastern Cape: provincial broadband
  • Eastern Cape: small business sector
  • Eastern Cape – major capital investments

Free State

  • Free State profile
  • Free State: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • Free State: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • Free State forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Free State forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Free State forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2022 to 2027
  • Free State economy
  • Free State: economic sectors
  • Free State SEZ and industrial parks
  • Free State: Social Compact
  • Free State: major developments and investments
  • Free State: major developments and investments, cont.
  • Free State: development on the N8 Corridor
  • Free State: broadband and digital developments

Gauteng

  • Gauteng profile
  • Gauteng: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • Gauteng: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • Gauteng forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Gauteng forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Gauteng forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2022 to 2027
  • Gauteng economic conditions
  • Gauteng industry subsectors
  • Gauteng: SEZs (slide 1 of 2)
  • Gauteng: SEZs (slide 2 of 2)
  • Gauteng: government initiatives to promote economic growth
  • Gauteng: major GIFA projects underway
  • Gauteng: Five Development Corridors of The Gauteng City Region
  • Gauteng: industry developments
  • Gauteng: industry developments underway
  • Gauteng Broadband Network (GBN) and government digitisation

KwaZulu-Natal

  • KwaZulu-Natal profile
  • KwaZulu-Natal: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • KwaZulu-Natal: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022

Limpopo

  • Limpopo profile
  • Limpopo: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • Limpopo: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • Limpopo forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Limpopo forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2022 to 2027
  • Limpopo economy
  • Limpopo: industry sectors
  • Limpopo: SEZs
  • Limpopo: major infrastructure developments
  • Limpopo: Mining developments and investments
  • Limpopo: diamond mining
  • Limpopo: broadband developments

Mpumalanga

  • Mpumalanga profile
  • Mpumalanga: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • Mpumalanga: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • Mpumalanga forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Mpumalanga forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Mpumalanga forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2022 to 2027
  • Mpumalanga economy
  • Mpumalanga industry sectors’ contribution
  • Mpumalanga geographic GDP
  • Mpumalanga Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (MERRP)
  • Mpumalanga: tourism
  • Mpumalanga: SEZ
  • Mpumalanga: COAL02-X
  • Mpumalanga: projects under development
  • Mpumalanga: renewable energy projects

North West

  • North West profile
  • North West: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • North West: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • North West: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • North West forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • North West forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • North West forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2022 to 2027
  • North West economy
  • North West: economic developments
  • North West: industry developments
  • North West SEZ, Industrial Park and smart city
  • North West: broadband

Northern Cape

  • Northern Cape profile
  • Northern Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2021
  • Northern Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2021
  • Northern Cape economy
  • Northern Cape: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy
  • Northern Cape industry sector developments
  • Northern Cape industry sectors
  • Northern Cape Industrial Corridor, Namakwa SEZ, & Kathu IP
  • Northern Cape Industrial Corridor – Upington IP and Boegoebaai

Western Cape

  • Western Cape profile
  • Western Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2022
  • Western Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2022
  • Western Cape forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Western Cape forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2022 to 2027
  • Western Cape forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2022 to 2027
  • Western Cape economy
  • Western Cape: sectoral economic prospects
  • Western Cape: Growth for Jobs strategy
  • Western Cape: Growth for Jobs strategy’s Horizon 1
  • Western Cape: Growth for Jobs strategy
  • Western Cape: energy resilience plans and funding
  • Western Cape: infrastructure projects underway
  • Western Cape: infrastructure projects underway
  • Western Cape: urban mobility projects
  • Western Cape: Fixed capital investment
  • Western Cape: investments and developments
  • Western Cape: SEZ

Related research

BMIT SA ICT Market Overview Sizing and Forecast 2023
BMIT SA ICT Vertical Industries Market Sizing and Forecast 2023

Deliverables and format

The outcomes of the research and analysis are documented in a rich PowerPoint document with supporting tables in Excel. Clients are also entitled to a presentation/workshop in Johannesburg (may be combined with other topics at BMIT’s discretion).

Further information

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