Industries

The 21st century is called the African century, a nod to the potential the continent holds for cultural, political and industrial revival. The global interest in Africa is powered by recent innovations in healthcare, information technology, automation and chemical markets. This report highlights sheds lights on some of the recent trends in these ma...

Facing the increasing challenge of mature mobile voice services, network operators are seeking new sources of revenue to retain customers. Mobile value-added services (VAS) have been an effective tool to drive data service revenue in South Africa. Services designed with culturally relevant contents and being practical are key value propositions in ...

Facing the challenge of increasing market competition and declining average revenue per user (ARPU), mobile operators have developed strategies, offering innovative products and services and pricing structure to achieve revenue growth. Moreover, with the expansion of the middle and upper-middle classes, in conjunction with the impact of the global ...

This study provides a overview of the eEducation and eGovernment initiatives in South Africa. It discusses the key concepts of the successful integration of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) into the market, including the different types of focus areas. Key drivers and restraints into ICT integration are mentioned as well as the recommen...

This research sets the stage for visionary thinking by identifying the most important mega trends in Africa, including potential scenarios of specific trends in 2020, and the implications of these mega trends in a transforming society. It focuses on eight Mega Trends, as identified by Frost & Sullivan. It provides an understanding of the nature and...

Mobile telecom expansion into rural South Africa is now seen as a key driver for the future of cellular market growth. In a time where subscriber growth begins to fall due to the over saturation of mobile devices, the under-served rural areas present alternate growth opportunities for operators. Expansion into rural areas of developing countries p...

The study provides a strategic analysis of telecommunication and IT industry merger and acquisition opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Facing challenges of increasing competition and rising operational costs, service providers and technology vendors are offering innovative products and services and expanding footprints to achieve revenue growth. ...

The study provides an opportunity analysis on the value-added services (VAS) market in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). VAS has been an effective tool to retain customers in the dominant mobile communications market of SSA. With the increasing deployment of VAS, VAS are becoming a new source of revenues of telecommunication service providers. The study pr...

Infrastructure sharing has been widely adopted in the United States, Europe and India. Towers have been consolidated into companies to unlock the value of a reduced CAPEX. Tower sharing is gradually being adopted in various parts of Africa. This study aims to find out what opportunities can be attained through infrastructure sharing and whether the...