BMI-TechKnowledge

"BMI-TechKnowledge strives to be a trusted and respected research and advisory partner by providing our clients with valuable information, strategic advice, and dependable assistance to help them implement their strategies effectively"

BMI-T Navigator is a collaborative effort between a team of high profile BMI-T consultants and associates, led by international ICT expert Dr Martyn Roetter. Click through above to find out more!

Latest Market Monitors

Bandwidth prices set to fall more rapidly in future

Brian Neilson

Submarine and terrestrial fibre-optic cable developments in Africa to explode over the next two years

Broadband connections shooting the lights out.

Fezekile Mashinini

The South African broadband market is showing no signs of maturing and continues to record phenomenal growth in terms of service take-up, a trend that is poised for even bigger growth going forward.

Where is the IT Spend?

Lesley-Anne Dos Santos

The hot topic that people have been talking about since the beginning of 2009 is how the economic recession is not only impacting South African markets but also how the corporate market IT expenditure is being affected due to the downturn in the economy.

Latest Press Releases

Transport, Communications and Media roll with the punches

The recession has adversely affected the Transport, Communications and Media sectors to a significant degree, but there is a positive side, which includes the preparations for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. According to Lesley-Anne Dos Santos, BMI-T’s Enterprise Research Business Manager, the event has to a large extent mitigated the effect of the economic downturn in South Africa in these sectors.

Report:

SA Expanded ICT Market Vertical Sector Programme

2009 was rocky but will 2010 be rolling?

Many South African citizens are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what will happen when the 2010 FIFA World Cup begins and when the influx of visitors stream into the country. From the very beginning the event has been deemed to significantly contribute to the social and economic opportunities not only in South Africa but for the whole African continent. Consulting firm BMI-TechKnowledge published a report on government ICT spending trends which revealed current trends and opportunities in this key market space.

Report:

SA Expanded ICT Market Vertical Sector Programme

Our Service Areas

Investment Due Diligence Services

BMI-TechKnowledge conducts market due diligence studies in support of investments in telecoms operators across Africa.

Market Strategy Services

BMI-Techknowledge provides strategic and tactical consulting supporting both the development and implementation of your business strategy.

Customer Satisfaction

The continued growth of any organisation will be determined by its ability to deliver superior customer value.

Tender Support Services

BMI-TechKnowledge can provide support services to companies involved in tendering processes

Public Sector Services

BMI-T's Public Sector Expertise Centre's core purpose is to inspire, inform and educate the public sector by offering them strategic support, services and information to enhance their decision making, enabling them to fulfill their mandate to the citizens of their country, and make them globally competitive.

Competitor and Stakeholder Intelligence

Understanding your competitors and stakeholders is essential to actively and successfully enter, grow and maintain market share in markets today.

Know Your Customer

A market related example of KYC (Know Your Customer) is the due diligence and bank regulations that financial organsiations and similar companies must conduct in order to identify their clients and ascertain crucial information before conducting financial business with these organisations.

Custom Events

From end-user conferences to product announcements to press briefings and multi-country roadshows, we are able to organise essential communication for your company.

Lead generation

The objective of the Lead Generation program is to bring you closer to your end users, understand them and enable your sales and marketing teams to focus on bringing relevant solutions to the end user.

Case Studies

Government Enterprise Research Study

The client was a major communications company that focuses on the African continent who wished to measure the income and profit potential.

Customer satisfaction for Government Agency

The client was a governmental agency tasked with supporting SMMEs from a non-financial point of view.

Consumer Market Strategy for Broadcaster

The client was a new entrant to the television broadcasting sector, having applied for a broadcast licence from Icasa.

Government Department Profiling for IT Solutions Provider

The client was a specialist IT services and solution provider who assists clients with planning, building, supporting and managing their IT infrastructures.

Market strategy advisory service for a network operator

The client was a telecoms service provider in South Africa with research requirements around the marketing and development of their products and services.

Customised Lead Generation

Following their incorporation of another brand, the client, a leading player in the applications delivery solutions industry, required to have a better understanding of the local market’s use of virtualisation and application delivery solutions. They wanted to discern their position in the market, and obtain an idea of the level of brand awareness in the virtualisation and application delivery space, particularly.

Provincial ICT market assessment research case study

One of the larger provincial governments required specific research, analysis and assessment of the IT and telecoms sector in the province.