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• The South African Government’s contribution to public education remains their single largest investment. The budget for 2014 allocated £15bn to the sector, 20% of Government expenditure. South Africa has 12 million pupils in 25,000 schools. There are 23 public universities, 50 public further education colleges and numerous private institutions.
• South Africa has both an advanced and developing economy in ICT in education. The higher income population has access to sophisticated technology but the majority of state run education institutions have limited access to computers and skills for ICT. The South African Government, through its Broadband policy strategy: South Africa Connect, has set a target to offer 90% of South Africans a minimum speed of 5 Megabits per second (Mbps) by 2020.
• South Africa operates a policy of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) to redress the imbalances of black participation in the economy under the apartheid regime. This legislation influences government procurement and as a result we recommend looking for a local partner to represent you in this market.

• Education/ ICT features in most of the countries’ National
  Development Plans in the region
• Companies with a targeted and strategic approach are more
  successful in operating in the region.
• The countries in the region are at different stages of development of
  this sector therefore there is no generic scope or landscape for the
  region.

Representing:
Southern Africa
(Botswana, Namibia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
BASED IN JOHANNESBURG