1. Broadband as a Catalyst for innovation and job opportunities
Sonke Ngidi; Network Engineer
26 March 2015
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2. Broadband as a catalyst for innovation and job opportunities

3. 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

4. Agenda Introduction Definitions: Main Concepts Benefits of Broadband
Applications
Job opportunities
Required Formal Qualification

5. 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 10 percentage point increase in broadband penetration adds 1.3 percent to a country’s gross domestic product.
The applications enabled by the Internet are especially important for small businesses and rural communities.
Crucial platforms for innovation in health care, education, entrepreneurship, communications, art and entertainment.

6. 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 /

7. 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.

8. Broadband Benefit – Social Interaction
Total Online Population in 2012:
8,5 million
Percentage of Population Online in 2012:
17.4%
2.4 million SA users
9.4 million SA users
5.3 million SA users
3.3 million SA users
1.9 million SA users
4.6 million SA users

9. Economic Benefits – Knowledge Economy
More and more South Africans are accessing news and information websites
South African websites
All websites
Website
Unique Visitors
Page views
Alexa rank
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
Source: Effective Measure, July 2012

10. Economic Benefit – Education & Skills
School connectivity initiatives
e-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

11. 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

12. 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 benchmarking
Cost 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

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

14. Job Opportunities Specialist Internship Engineers Marketing and Sales
Technicians
Management

15. Required Formal Training

16. Opportunities for SMMEs Within Broadband Infraco
Technical
Professional
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
Engineering: planning and design
Way-leaves
Project management
Security services

17. 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

18. Thank You