Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in South Africa: A Strategic

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in South Africa: A Strategic Reference, 2007

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Icon Group International, Inc.
Published: July 2007
Product Code: R307-26066

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INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY

What Does This Report Cover?

The primary audience for this report is managers involved with the highest levels of the strategic planning process and consultants who help their clients with this task. The user will not only benefit from the hundreds of hours that went into the methodology and its application, but also from its alternative perspective on strategic planning relating to information and communication technology (ict) in South Africa.

As the editor of this report, I am drawing on a methodology developed at INSEAD, an international business school (www.insead.edu). For any given industry or sector, including information and communication technology (ict), the methodology decomposes a country’s strategic potential along four key dimensions: (1) latent demand, (2) micro-accessibility, (3) proxy operating pro-forma financials, and (4) macro-accessibility. A country may have very high latent demand, yet have low accessibility, making it a less attractive market than many smaller potential countries having higher levels of accessibility.

With this perspective, this report provides both a micro and a macro strategic profile of information and communication technology (ict) in South Africa. It does so by compiling published information that directly relates to latent demand and accessibility, either at the micro or macro level. The reader new to South Africa can quickly understand where South Africa fits into a firm’s strategic perspective. In Chapter 2, the report investigates latent demand and micro-accessibility for information and communication technology (ict) in South Africa. In Chapters 3 and 4, the report covers proxy operating pro-forma financials and macro-accessibility in South Africa. Macro-accessibility is a general evaluation of investment and business conditions in South Africa.

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY: 1.1 What Does This Report Cover?; 1.2 How to Strategically Evaluate South Africa; 1.3 Latent Demand and Accessibility in South Africa
2 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN SOUTH AFRICA: 2.1 Latent Demand and Accessibility: Background; 2.2 Latent Demand: Leading Segments; 2.3 Accessibility: The Structure of Competition; 2.4 Latent Demand: Market Data; 2.5 Latent Demand: Dynamics; 2.6 Key Suppliers; 2.7 Prospective Buyers; 2.8 Accessibility: Market Entry; 2.9 Key Contacts
3 FINANCIAL INDICATORS: COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT: 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Financial Returns in South Africa: Asset Structure Ratios; 3.3 Financial Returns in South Africa: Liability Structure Ratios; 3.4 Financial Returns in South Africa: Income Structure Ratios; 3.5 Financial Returns in South Africa: Profitability Ratios; 3.6 Productivity in South Africa: Asset-Labor Ratios; 3.7 Productivity in South Africa: Liability-Labor Ratios; 3.8 Productivity in South Africa: Income-Labor Ratios
4 MACRO-ACCESSIBILITY IN SOUTH AFRICA: 4.1 Executive Summary; 4.2 Economic Fundamentals and Dynamics; 4.3 Political Risks; 4.4 Marketing Strategies; 4.5 Import and Export Regulation Risks; 4.6 Investment Climate; 4.7 Trade and Project Financing; 4.8 Travel Risks; 4.9 Key Contacts
5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS: 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor; 5.2 Icon Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions

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