BMIT SA ICT Regional Market Sizing and Forecast 2024

Introduction

This 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, 2023. The publication analyses the prospects for the ICT market for the period 2024 to 2028, 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.

Table of Contents

Methodology and research components
  • Research components
  • BMIT ICT category segmentation
  • Methodology
South African Economy
  • GDP growth forecast 1
  • GDP growth forecast 2
  • Second quarter 2024
South African Provinces – a comparison
  • Provincial comparative sizes: land area and  population
  • Provincial GDP Numbers
  • Revised provincial growth numbers
  • Regional GDP in South Africa – New vs Old Stats SA Reports
  • 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
  • CT spend per province, 2023
  • Comparative GDPR and ICT spend by business, per province, 2023
  • Business ICT market size per province, 2023 (Rm)
  • IT market size per province, 2023 (Rm)
  • Telecoms market size per province, 2023 (Rm)
South African ICT spend and economic profile – per province
Eastern Cape
  • Eastern Cape profile
  • Eastern Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • Eastern Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • Eastern Cape forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Eastern Cape forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Eastern Cape forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • Eastern Cape economic growth
  • Eastern Cape: economic sectors
  • Eastern Cape: provincial economic recovery plan
  • ECDC Economic Development Priorities
  • 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
  • Eastern Cape: prospects
  • Eastern Cape: inhibitors of growth and development
  • Eastern Cape: provincial broadband
  • Eastern Cape: small business sector
  • Eastern Cape – major capital investments
  • Eastern Cape: Renewable Energy Project
  • Eastern Cape: Volkswagen Kariega manufacturing plant project.
Free State
  • Free State profile
  • Free State: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • Free State: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • Free State forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Free State forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Free State forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • Free State economic growth
  • Free State: economic sectors
  • Free State SEZ and industrial parks
  • Free State: major developments and investments
  • Free State: major developments
  • Free State: broadband and digital developments
Gauteng
  • Gauteng profile
  • Gauteng: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • Gauteng: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • Gauteng forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Gauteng forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Gauteng forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • Gauteng economic growth
  • 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 underway
  • Gauteng Broadband and digitisation
KwaZulu-Natal
  • KwaZulu-Natal profile
  • KwaZulu-Natal: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • KwaZulu-Natal: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • KwaZulu-Natal forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • KwaZulu-Natal forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • KwaZulu-Natal forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • KwaZulu-Natal economic growth
  • KwaZulu-Natal: industry developments
  • Trade and Industry Development
  • KwaZulu-Natal: The Richards Bay Liquefied Natural Gas terminal
  • KwaZulu-Natal: SEZs and IDZs
  • KwaZulu-Natal: broadband and communications
  • KwaZulu-Natal: TVWS project
Limpopo
  • Limpopo profile
  • Limpopo: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • Limpopo: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • Limpopo forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Limpopo forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • Limpopo economic growth
  • Limpopo: SEZs
  • Limpopo: major developments
  • Limpopo: Road and Transport infrastructure development
  • Limpopo: Renewable developments
    Limpopo: broadband developments
Mpumalanga
  • Mpumalanga profile
  • Mpumalanga: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • Mpumalanga: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • Mpumalanga forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Mpumalanga forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Mpumalanga forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • Mpumalanga economic growth
  • Mpumalanga industry sectors’ contribution
  • Mpumalanga geographic GDP
  • Mpumalanga Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (MERRP)
  • Mpumalanga: tourism
  • Mpumalanga: SEZ
  • Mpumalanga: renewable energy projects – hydrogen
  • Mpumalanga: renewable energy projects – hydrogen
North West
  • North West profile
  • North West: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • North West: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • North West: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • North West forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • North West forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • North West forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • North West economic growth
  • North West: economic developments
  • North West: industry developments
  • North West SEZ, Industrial Park
  • North West: broadband
Northern Cape
  • Northern Cape profile
  • Northern Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • Northern Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • Northern Cape forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Northern Cape forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Northern Cape forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023 to 2028
  • Northern Cape economic growth
  • Northern Cape: provincial Vision 2040
  • Northern Cape: Vision 2040
  • Northern Cape: Northern Cape Information Society Strategy
  • Northern Cape: SEZs development
  • Northern Cape: renewable energy projects
  • Northern Cape Industrial Corridor, Kathu IP & De Aar Logistics Hub
  • Northern Cape Industrial Corridor – Upington IP and Boegoebaai
  • Northern Cape: Broadband
Western Cape
  • Western Cape profile
  • Western Cape: business IT market size, by sector, 2023
  • Western Cape: business telecoms market size, by sector, 2023
  • Western Cape forecast IT spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Western Cape forecast telecoms spend, by vertical, 2023 to 2028
  • Western Cape forecast IT and telecoms spend, by company size and ICT category, 2023cto 2028
  • Western Cape economic growth
  • 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

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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

For further information and details on how to subscribe to this research please contact Anita Mathews on 011 540 8000 or 082 4662317 or anita@bmit.africa