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Map
of the Information and Telecommunications
Technology Sector of SA (Mitts SA) 2003 report
The survey is 250 pages long and
contains
- An overview of the industry covering economic background,
ICT policy, Internet access, human resources, etc
- Profile of the ICT market, identifying key characteristics
and key needs of SA ICT users
- An analysis of the performance of ICT stocks on the JSE
since the dot-com bomb
- Over 120 company profiles
- Profiles of five representative bodies or associations
- 23 articles profiling 10 ICT subsectors
- Four articles covering government's ICT policies, the
legislative
environment, and BEE
- Detailed profiles of 36 ICT publications
How to order
The report is available in PDF file format and costs R8 400.
A single copy of the report may be used by all the staff members
of one organisation in one location (it may not be distributed
to holding company, subsidiaries, or branch offices in other
cities).
To order or for further information, please contact:
Local
Queries: Arthur Goldstuck Tel 27-11-886-7976
International
Queries: Bruce Conradie Tel 27-11-792-4140
Or
e-mail to: bruce@editors.co.za
The Research Team
The principal research team consisted of:
- Bruce Conradie, Independent Researcher Principal Researcher
- Dr. Jonathan Miller, Partner, Miller, Esselaar & Associates
Consulting Researcher
- Philip Esselaar, Partner, Miller, Esselaar & Associates
Consulting Researcher
- Arthur Goldstuck, MD, World Wide Worx Consulting Researcher
A number of other organisations and individuals contributed
to the survey, notably:
- Johnnic Publishing: ICT Media Division
- Freelance ICT journalists
About the principal research
team
Bruce Conradie
Bruce Conradie is a Johannesburg-based independent consultant
and researcher specialising in the information technology (IT)
sector. He has thirteen years of experience in research and
trade and technical publishing. He has conducted, or participated
in, research projects on:
- Land mobile radio (for a US client)
- Loyalty programmes
- SA IT market profile
He has held, or currently holds, the position of Editor of:
- Computers in Africa, a pan-African IT magazine published
by AITEC.
- The ICT in Government Handbook 2001, published by Forge
Ahead BMI-TechKnowledge, a IT market research house.
- The AllAbout Information Technology Handbook 2002 and
2003 editions, published by WriteStuff Publishing.
- Technology writer for the Journal of Marketing, published
by the Marketing Federation of SA.
He has a BA degree from Wits University and an Intermediate
Certificate of Marketing Management from the IMM (now part of
the Marketing Federation of SA). The IMM's qualifications are
recognised by the UK's Chartered Institute of Marketers (CIM).
Trigrammic
Jonathan Miller and Philip Esselaar formed Trigrammic in 1998 as an
ICT consultancy specialising in the effective use of ICT in
business and in government. Jonathan Miller obtained his PhD
in this area and Philip Esselaar his Masters. Initially, Trigrammic
conducted effectiveness surveys for a variety of companies including
Liberty Life and the Board of Executors. Jonathan also developed
a computer-based business game that allows participants to learn
the basic principles of business and the role of the computer
in effective management
decision making. Over 100 companies have now used this product.
Over the past few years the scope of Trigrammic's activities has expanded
to include consulting and collecting and analysing data related
to the condition of the information and communications technology
industry in several African countries and elsewhere. In the
process, Trigrammic have interviewed hundreds of key stakeholders and
developed an extensive network of contacts in countries such
as Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zambia,
Malawi and SA. The Trigrammic partners have been active in a variety
of major South African projects such as the National Research
and Technology Foresight Project, the SA IT Industry Strategy
Study, and the eCommerce process.
World Wide Worx (Pty) Ltd
World Wide Worx is an independent research and consulting organisation
with a focus on business strategy. It offers a range of services
intended to provide both industry intelligence and strategic
insight into the hi-tech economy.
It has entered strategic alliances with leading practitioners
in specialised areas of strategy, from mobile commerce to procurement
systems to wireless supply chains. All of these competencies
are unified under World Wide Worx's strategic guiding principle,
namely that the embrace of new technologies must ideally occur
as an extension of, support for, or enhancement to existing
business strategy.
While pure technology-driven strategies are also supported,
they are not pursued for their own sake, but rather as vehicles
for achieving wider business goals.
World Wide Worx is headed by Arthur Goldstuck, a pioneer in
SA in the use of the Internet as a tool for productivity.
The organisation comprises four main areas of competency, namely:
- Research
- Strategy
- Benchmarking (usability, content analysis, strategic evaluation)
- Publishing (online magazines and email newsletters)
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Africa’s Common
Position for Digital Inclusion
The UN Economic Commission for Africa organised the African
Development Forum ’99, which was a major conference on
ICT in Africa. Among the outputs were commissioned papers on
four key themes: Electronic Commerce, Youth and Education, Health
and National Policies and Strategies.
Trigrammic associate, Tina James, was the coordinator for the Youth
and Education paper, and Trigrammic partner Jonathan Miller carried
out extensive editing and consolidation of all four papers -
see www.uneca.org/aisi.
A follow up was the adoption of Africa’s
Common Position for Digital Inclusion.
Tina James is currently preparing a strategy document for the
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Policies Related to
ICT in South Africa
There are many government policies that influence or are influenced
by ICT. This report (Review
of Policies) commissioned by the SAITIS project details
the key ones and makes recommendations to facilitate the adoption
of ICT for social and economic development.
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