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South African Electrotechnical Export Council

February 2007

Thank you for your support

Mrs. Eileen LeopoldChief Executive Officer

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Overview of SAEEC

• The South African Electrotechnical Export Council (SAEEC) is a Public-Private- Partnership between industry and the Department of Trade and Industry

• Not-for-gain company

• Reports to a Board drawn from industry

• 6th year of operation

• Currently over 75 members and also work closely with relevant South African Industry Associations

• Focus on the Electrical Engineering, Industrial Electronics, Information Technology and Telecommunications sectors

• Objective is to facilitate trade for member companies

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South African firms are leaders in applying technology and developing

innovative solutions that meet the requirements of emerging and developing countries and new market requirements

We are credible partners for developing solutions

The South African Competitive Advantage

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information technology and telecommunications

• South African market is over ZAR152b (USD 22b) excluding mobile operators

South African Electrotechnical Sector

• Competitive advantage created from the defence and mining sectors and high level government investment in R&D in strategic programs e.g. synthetic fuels

• Strong engineering and integration capabilities from working as a prime contractor on complex projects in satellites, missiles, radar tracking

• Industry characterised by combination of entrepreneurship underpinned by strong design and implementation principles

• Offer a one stop destination for clients

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transmission and distribution

• Services range from design, project management, contracting, manufacturing, operation, implementation, training and maintenance

• South Africa is a driver in regional initiatives to interconnect national power markets

Power Engineering

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– Cables, switchgear, transformers

• Power conversion, distribution and protection products and solutions

• Renewable and alternative energy

• Leaders in prepayment solutions and developers of the Standards Transfer Specification (STS)) Revenue and energy management systems

• SCADA

• Lighting

Power Engineering

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Export Statisticshttp://www.thedti.gov.za/econdb/rapport/rapmenu1.html

Sector Level Sub Sector Level

Total Export Value 2004 in US$ thousand

Electronics

Consumer 126,640,804

Defence 3,670,942

Industrial 262,785,935

Power 268,953,168

Security 14,900,309

Transport 87,762,287

TOTAL ELECTRONICS 764,713,446

Sector Level

Sub Sector Level Total Export Value 2004 in US$ thousand

ICT

Information Content 14,389,645

Information Technology

62,282,535

Telecommunications 231,689,645

TOTAL ICT 308,361,825

TOTAL ICT/ELECTRONICS $1,073,075,271

2004 (Exchange Rate Dec. ’04 1:6.47)

Sector exports (value):

USD Million

2000 592.3

2002 714.1

2003 876.7

2004 1073.1

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ESKOM TRANSMISSION SYSTEM SUPERIMPOSED ON A MAP OF EUROPE

ESKOMENTERPRISES

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• Niche applications examples– Financial sector– Tracking, security– e government solutions, e health, e learning, voter registration– Maritime– Energy management, revenue management, prepayment– Biometrics– Process Control integration, Geographical Information Systems– DC power systems

• Wireless applications and technology– Routing and interfaces between fixed and mobile– Microwave– Antennae– RFID

• Embedded software– Real time mission critical solutions– Sensor electronics, signal processing, industrial controllers– Radio networking, signal /data distribution systems– Security comprising surveillance and sensor data

ICT

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South African IT and Telecoms Market Revenue Forecasts (ZAR)South African IT and Telecoms Market Revenue Forecasts (ZAR)

CAGR6.6%

8.8%

5.8%

3.8%43,894 45,838 48,900 52,060 55,200 58,198

33,379 35,355 35,721 36,405 38,210 40,286

50,65758,081

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Total IT Total fixed line and fixed wireless mobile cellular operators

127,930 139,273 148,405 157,294 166,192 175,853 Total

('000’000)

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In essence South Africa offers …

• Specialised, hybrid ingenious ICT collaborative interventions

• For complementary customised world class breakthrough ICT solutions

• Based on an open minded innovative approach (thoughts and processes) and a ‘can do’ attitude

• Making us an excellent partner of choice

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• High-end Electronics subsystems and products focused on the

• Transport sector• Aviation sector• Commercial applications from the Defence sector

• Examples include– Decoders– Speed point terminals– Robotics

• Niche Contract Manufacturing

Electronics

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Information Sources

• SAEEC website: www.saeec.org.za

• SAEEC CD ROM and brochure

• Dti website: www.savant.co.za

• Please contact SAEEC for specific requests

CEO: Eileen Leopold director@saeec.org.zaSecretariat : Adele Visser adele@saeec.org.zaTelephone: +27 11 315 0209