Selvie Naicker

Selvie has been involved in the research industry for more than 10 years, firstly with Research International, undertaking various roles in understanding the market research industry and in 2002 she moved to Development Research Africa, a social research organisation where she took on the role of a Researcher.

Selvie spent approximately four years at DRA, working in various sectors such as Health, Security, Democracy and Governance sectors as well as the Poverty sector. Selvie worked on several national based studies with large sample sizes covering both rural and urban areas.

Selvie gained valuable experience from such studies, which involved quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. She has worked closely with various organisations such as the National Prosecuting Authority (2005), Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) (2005), South African Police Services (2005), Department of Health (DOH) (2002-2005).

In April 2006 Selvie joined BMI-T as an analyst where her research knowledge is utilised across various sectors within BMI-T, mainly the Financial Services Sector, Telecoms, Customer satisfaction and Consumer research. Since joining she has been the primary analyst on:

  • Business Electronic Banking in the Corporate Sector – a tracking study undertaken every year

    • Selvie has also worked on several telecommunications projects:

  • Primary analyst on the SA PBX and Emerging Voice Systems Study
  • SA Hosted PABX Study
  • Mobile Number Portability Study for ICASA
  • Product and concept testing for major telecommunications companies in SA

    • Aside from working on published reports, Selvie has been involved in adhoc projects such as the ICASA Mobile Number Portability Study and other projects such as market sizing, competitor profiles, for the various Telecommunications operators in the country.

    Over the years Selvie has worked on several studies, gaining experience in:

  • Concept and Product Testing
  • Brand and Reputational Surveys
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Assessment / Demand type surveys
  • Tracking studies
  • Segmentation studies

    Selvie holds a BA degree, specializing in Forensic Criminology. Selvie is currently completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Marketing Management.

    • Industry Expertise: 

    Financial Services

    BMI-T has been involved in the financial services industry for the past 20 years and offers a wide spectrum of research and consultancy services to the financial sector and other players or providers in this sector.

    Research in this industry extensively covers the financial sector itself as well as the activities of this sector pertaining to ICT. We can therefore offer a holistic financial sector, IT and telecoms research solution.

    Telecoms

    BMI-TechKnowledge telecoms expertise centre is the leading telecoms-focused advisory service in South Africa, with over 20 years of experience in the field, and is in the forefront of new developments in the market.

    Through both our in-house resources and our extensive network of analysts and consultants spread across the African region and the globe, we advise and assist a diverse range of clients, including the leading mobile and fixed line telecoms operators in the region, regulators and government agencies, investors and infrastructure providers.