1. ICT WHITE PAPER SYMPOSIUM: FUNDING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
ICT WHITE PAPER SYMPOSIUM:
FUNDING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
Presentation by Xolani Qubeka
Chief Executive Officer
Small Business Development Institute (SBDI)

2. Commercial Facilitator
SBDI Roles
Solutions Provider
Matchmaker
Commercial Facilitator
Thought Leadership
Learning Champion
Catalyst
To build competitive , sustainable supply chains and small-growth orientated enterprises, through finding , leveraging and developing mutual needs and synergies

3. SBDI’s strategic FOCUS
The SBDI’s services are targeted at townships & rural areas as differentiated focus area of development through bridging the capability gap of SMMEs & COOPS

4. FUNDING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
Telecommunications Act 1996, no 103 of 1996
Primary Objects of the Act:
Promote the universal and affordable provision of telecommunication services
Ensure that, in relation to the provision of telecommunication services, the needs of the local communities and areas are duly taken into account
Encourage ownership and control of the telecommunication services by persons from historically disadvantaged groups
Promote small, medium, and micro enterprises within the telecommunications industry

5. FUNDING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
Telecommunications Act 1996, no 103 of 1996
Primary Objects of the Act:
Promote the universal and affordable provision of telecommunication services
What is the current universal service penetration that we are trying to bridge?
Ensure that, in relation to the provision of telecommunication services, the needs of the local communities and areas are duly taken into account
How have the needs of local communities been satisfied to date?
Encourage ownership and control of the telecommunication services by persons from historically disadvantaged groups
What are the current ownership patterns and how do we fair since the enactment of the Act?
Promote small, medium, and micro enterprises within the telecommunications industry
What is the current level of ownership and participation of SMMEs

6. FUNDING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
ICT White Paper
Key Questions relating to the Digital Fund:
What is the scope and application of the envisaged fund?
What are the key major value chains applicable to the Fund?
What would be the capacity of the Fund requirement to meet the needs of the local communities and black-owned SMMEs?
What would be the major sources of the funds?
What would be the relationship of the fund with other government institutions?

7. FUNDING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
ICT White Paper
Key considerations for the Digital Fund:
It needs to bridge the ownership patterns of the sector
It need to address the notion of radical economic transformation
The needs of local communities must be addressed, not just from services provisions but from income generation and wealth creation
Promote substantial ownership of key value chains by local entrepreneurs and entities
Promote innovation and philosophical entrepreneurial models
Rollout of services should result in increased licencing of local SMMEs
Development of a clear and concise black industrialist model for the sector
Collaboration with other key departments in changing trading laws to trap local income leakages from leaving townships and rural areas
Provision of monitoring and measurement mechanisms

8. Key Next Steps