This SA ICT Regional Industry Market Sizing and Forecast report has been compiled to assist ICT vendors and service providers to get an in depth understanding of ICT spending and trends in the nine provinces of South Africa.

Objectives of the research

The objectives of the research are to provide an overview of the state of each of the provinces’ economies; the top vertical industry sectors; the number of companies by size per province; and a detailed breakdown of the ICT spend, per province, per ICT product or service type including:

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • IT services
  • Telecommunications

Research methodology

The research consists of a market model derived from primary research findings from, inter alia, BMIT’s SA ICT Market Analysis and Forecasting Reports, as well as a range of authoritative secondary research sources. The PowerPoint report and Excel workbook provide the following:

  • Key demographics
  • The number of business customers in each province segmented by size
  • The key vertical sectors per province
  • Detailed breakdowns of ICT spend per province, which includes hardware, software, IT services and telecommunications (namely fixed voice, fixed data and mobile services)

The research target includes business managers, product managers, planners, managing/marketing directors, CEOs/CIOs and regional channel/category managers in the following organisations:

  • Telecommunications operators and infrastructure providers
  • IT hardware, software and services providers
  • Internet service providers
  • VANS/VPN players

Key questions answered

  • What is the number of business customers in each province segmented by size?
  • What are the key vertical sectors per province?
  • What is the size of ICT expenditure per province?
  • What is the hardware expenditure per province?
  • What is the software expenditure per province?
  • What is the IT services expenditure per province?
  • What is the telecommunications expenditure per province?

Product attributes

  • Economic overview (summary)
  • Demographic data per province
  • Number of companies, by company size, per province
  • GDP, per vertical, and economic prospects, per province
  • Market modelling

Research team

The team for this research is Penny Smith and Brian Neilson. This team has extensive sector experience in this field, having conducted these studies annually for the past 10 years.

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).

Table of Contents

Methodology and research components

BMIT ICT category segmentation

South African Regional ICT Spend – Summary

  • Comparative GDPR and ICT spend by business, per province, 2019 & 2020, respectively
  • Number of companies per province
  • ICT spend per province, 2020
  • Business ICT market size per province, 2020 (Rm)
  • IT market size per province, 2020 (Rm)
  • Telecoms market size per province, 2020 (Rm)

South African GDP per province

  • GDP in South Africa in 2020
  • GDP per province (GDPR), 2019

South African population and employment per province

  • Provincial comparative sizes: land area, population and employment
  • Employment in South Africa
  • Employment by province and vertical sector, 2020
  • Provincial proportions of knowledge workers, and workers in ICT occupations

South African ICT spend per province

Eastern Cape

  • Eastern Cape demographics
  • Eastern Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • Eastern Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • Eastern Cape: economic growth
  • Eastern Cape: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • Eastern Cape: economic sectors
  • Eastern Cape: provincial priorities
  • Eastern Cape: sectoral economic stimulus plans
  • Eastern Cape: provincial government economic stimulus budgets
  • Eastern Cape: investment opportunities and developments

Free State

  • Free State demographics
  • Free State: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • Free State: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • Free State: economic growth
  • Free State: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • Free State: sectors’ economic growth
  • Free State: investment developments and opportunities

Gauteng

  • Gauteng demographics
  • Gauteng: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • Gauteng: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • Gauteng: provincial economic growth
  • Gauteng: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years.
  • Gauteng: estimates of industry sector growth in 2020
  • Gauteng: investment in the province
  • Gauteng: two public-private inland ports investments
  • Gauteng: provincial government priorities
  • Gauteng: Township Economy Revitalisation (TER) Strategy
  • Gauteng: the GGDA, OR Tambo IDZ and the SEZs

KwaZulu-Natal

  • KwaZulu-Natal demographics
  • KwaZulu-Natal: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • KwaZulu-Natal: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • KwaZulu-Natal: provincial economic growth
  • KwaZulu-Natal: provincial economic growth, cont.
  • KwaZulu-Natal: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • KwaZulu-Natal: SEZs
  • KwaZulu-Natal: provincial initiatives to stimulate economic growth
  • KwaZulu-Natal Investment Developments
  • KwaZulu-Natal Investment Developments, cont.

Limpopo

  • Limpopo demographics
  • Limpopo: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • Limpopo: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • Limpopo: economic growth and socio-economic conditions
  • Limpopo: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • Limpopo: sectoral analysis
  • Limpopo: SEZs

Mpumalanga

  • Mpumalanga demographics
  • Mpumalanga: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • Mpumalanga: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • Mpumalanga: economic conditions and growth
  • Mpumalanga: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • Mpumalanga: provincial economic sectors
  • Mpumalanga: provincial priorities & mining investment
  • Mpumalanga: Nkomazi SEZ and Komatipoort ICD

Northern Cape

  • Northern Cape demographics
  • Northern Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • Northern Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • Northern Cape: economic growth
  • Northern Cape: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • Northern Cape: major infrastructure developments
  • Northern Cape: SKA and MeerKAT telescopes
  • Northern Cape: investment in the province
  • Northern Cape: Upington Industrial Park
  • Northern Cape: further investment in renewable energy

North West

  • Northern Cape demographics
  • North West: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • North West: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • North West: economic growth
  • North West : contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • North West: sectors of the provincial economy
  • North West: provincial investment developments

Western Cape

  • Western Cape demographics
  • Western Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2020
  • Western Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2020
  • Western Cape: provincial economic growth
  • Western Cape: contribution of industry sectors to the provincial economy over the past 10 years
  • Western Cape: industry sectors
  • Western Cape: industry sectors forecast
  • Western Cape: investment levels

Further information

For further information and details on how to subscribe to this research please contact Anita Mathews on 082 4662317 or anita@bmit.africa