2015 - LEDET · LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVEL OPMENT, ENVIRONMENT A ND TOURISM The heartland of southern Africa – development is about people! Definition….Main Concepts

LIMPOPO DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISMThe heartland of southern Africa – development is about people!

2015

ICT YOUTH CONFERENCE

Broadband as a Catalyst for innovation and job opportunities

Sonke Ngidi; Network Engineer26 March 2015

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Broadband as a catalyst for innovation and job opportunities


Bursary student

National Diploma: Electrical Engineering(L/C)

Bachelor of Technology: Electrical Engineering (L/C)

Registered with ECSA

Currently a Network Engineer at Broadband Infraco

9 years Experience

Currently enrolled for Honors in Technology Management

Broadband as a catalyst for innovation and job opportunities


Agenda

•Introduction

•Definitions: Main Concepts

•Benefits of Broadband

•Applications

•Job opportunities

•Required Formal Qualification


Introduction

Crucial driver of job creation and economic growth.

Research shows that there is link between technology innovation &overall economic prosperity.

Christine Qiang (2009) conducted a study: for that each 10percentage point increase in broadband penetration adds 1.3percent to a country’s gross domestic product.

The applications enabled by the Internet are especially important forsmall businesses and rural communities.

Crucial platforms for innovation in health care, education,entrepreneurship, communications, art and entertainment.


Definition….Main Concepts

Broadband – high speed Internet access that is always on and faster than the traditional dial-up access.Mobile Broadband (3G, LTE, GPRS, WIFI, Satellite, WIMAX)Fixed Broadband (ADSL, Optic fibre (Metro Ethernet /


Definition….Main Concepts

Innovation is a continuous process developing new ideas that are

commercially viable and can be easily diffused. These are creative

concepts which should ideally better the way we do things, it needs to be

properly researched so that it can benefit the aim it seeks to resolve or

achieve. More importantly, these concepts needs to be marketable so to

achieve maximum diffusion possible.


Broadband Benefit – Social Interaction

Total Online Population in 2012: 8,5 million

Percentage of Population Online in 2012: 17.4%

9.4 million SA users2.4 million SA users

5.3 million SA users3.3 million SA users

4.6 million SA users

1.9 million SA users


Economic Benefits – Knowledge Economy

South African websites All websites

Website Unique Visitors Page views Alexa rank Website

news24.com 2,027,167 36,134,448 1 google.co.za

howzit.msn.com 1,639,540 26,027,665 2 facebook.com

iol.co.za 1,056,345 15,304,265 3 google.com

property24.com 725,590 21,970,078 4 youtube.com

supersport.com 654,985 11,946,522 5 yahoo.com

sport24.co.za 654,858 5,824,534 6 bidorbuy.co.za

junkmail.co.za 602,412 14,048,832 7 gumtree.co.za

channel24.co.za 568,379 3,569,658 8 wikipedia.com

mybroadband.co.za 545,159 4,910,260 9 linkedin.com

ananzi.co.za 516,672 2,578,138 10 news24.com

More and more South Africans are accessing news and information websites

Source: Effective Measure, July 2012


Economic Benefit – Education & Skills

School connectivity initiativese-Schools’ Network (an NPO ISP for school connectivity) - has connected 1700 schools country wide

Major Telco operators have CSI school internet centres - to facilitate learning and teaching through broadband, particularly in rural areas


Economic Benefits eCommerce

e-commerce in SA is growing at a rate of about 30% annually (World Wide Worx, 2012).

SA Retailers are now incorporating online shopping into their corporate strategies

410,000 SMEs in SA have a website (Effective Measure, 2012)

SA has over 150 Internet Service Providers, many of them as start-ups


Broadband benefits Enterprise

Use of digital marketing and communication platforms by businesses is on the rise. Benefits include:

Wider market reach – for campaigns, PR, sales leads, and benchmarkingCost savings (internet is cheaper than traditional marketing media)

Cloud computing (remote storage & apps)affordable professional services and resources to SMMEs for business setup

e.g. Google SA business applications

Internet creativity, e.g. Mxit, local banks’ mobile banking


Economic Benefits GDP

Worldwide there is correlation between broadband penetration and the GDPSouth Africa’s internet economy currently contributes 2% to GDP and is on the increase (World Wide Worx, 2012)


Job Opportunities

Internship

Marketing and Sales

Technicians

Specialist

Engineers

Management


Required Formal Training


Opportunities for SMMEs Within Broadband Infraco

Technical

Fibre supply Fibre installation Fibre accessories Containers, both supply of new and

refurbishment of existing Cabinets Civil works: trenching, fencing, Poles Construction of buildings Bush clearing

Professional

Engineering: planning and design Way-leaves Project management Security services


How to Become a Service Provider

Required Information

Supplier Application Form (stating your areas of expertise);

Company Profile

Valid Tax Clearance Certificate;

Certified ID Documents;

B-BBEE Certificates;

CIDB Certificates


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