1. Solutions that work

2. Agenda
 Background to our Company
 Who are we ?
 What do we do?
 Our Macro Environment
 Conclusion

3. Meet your African Solutions Partner….

4. Who are we?
 Privately held company - Established in 2001
 Young dynamic company created out of new found democracy
 Owner funded and well capitalized
 Turnover USD 25+ Million
 Active in the Southern African region
 Employ 200+ people
 Main customers are Telecommunication Operators, Government
Departments, Large Enterprises.

5. What are we?
A values based organisation – Nobody in the company should compromise on
our values
•Innovation and breakthrough thinking;
•Integrity and honesty;
•Trust and respect;
•Maximising stakeholders value; and
•Good citizenship.
A humble organisation committed to learning and improving
 A passionate organisation that loves the work that it does.
A vehicle for employees to allow their creative and entrepreneurial skills
flourish.
 a home for highly skilled people to grow and contribute.
A responsible organization

6. Our Mission…

7. We exist to:
 Provide client services that sets the standard for others to follow
 Deliver Innovative solutions that work
 Use technology to solve real business and social problems
 Deliver effective and timely support to our customers
 Provide training and development opportunities to our employees
 Give back abundantly to the communities that we serve

8. Four corners that function
collectively to empower
business excellence
 Consulting
 Integrity Operations
 Technology Solutions
 Value Added Services

9. Consulting
Cornastone’s overarching promise is to deliver solutions that meet
clients’ business and technical needs in order to boost their efficiency
and profitability.
 New Product Design
 Business Process Optimization and Implementation
 Technical Architecture Design and Implementation
 Configuration Management
 High end consulting in ERP such as SAP, Oracle

10. Integrity Operations

11. Integrity Operations
Cornastone’s Teams help operators to ensure integrity on their
systems and in their business processes.
 Build integrity and fraud management processes
 Provide security audits and implement checks and balances to ensure
platforms are not compromised.
 Conduct Revenue Assurance and fraud management
 Provide technology audits
 Fix rating and billing errors
 Compile executive reports on the status of the business.

12. Technical Solutions

13. Technology Solutions
Providing end to end automated solutions through the use of
converged Telecommunications.
 Mobile Point Of Sales
 Automated Health Vaccine survey
 Employee Self Help Kiosk
 Wireless Point to Point network
 M-Education (R&D phase)
 M- Health (KTT)

14. Value Added Services

15. Value Added Services
Cornastone’s team of telecommunications experts offers value-
added services for telecommunications applications to address key
business issues.
 Location Based Services
 Fixed Line / Mobile converged Solutions
 Mobile application self help
 Messaging solutions

16. Southern Africa Macro Environment

17. 3rd Fastest growth region in the World
“Growth in sub-Saharan African may exceed growth in all other
regions except developing Asia” - IMF
 PWC International said that over the next 40 years Sub Saharan Africa
growth is expected to be the 3rd fastest in the world
 Regional political stability, democracy and rollout of infrastructure is
driving economic growth
South Africa is viewed as the gateway into the rest of the region
South Africa is part of the BRICS.
Has the 3rd Largest Hospital in the world “Chris Hani Baragwanath” in
Soweto, Johannesburg

18. Government’s R1.06 Trillion Budget (USD 133 Billion)
Government is looking to the Private sector to implement key
strategic projects.
 Education – Budgeted R206 (USD 26) Billion for 2012/13 and R236
(30 USD) Billion for 2014/15 with R18 (USD 2.3) Billion to drive access to
Grade R (entry level)
 Health – R121(USD 15) Billion for 2012/13 (increases from R107
Billion)
 Infrastructure – R400 (50 USD) Billion into Transport and Energy.

19. Department of Science and Technology
 The Square Kilometer Array Telescope
 South African National Space Agency
 German – South African Science Year
 Tax incentives to do R&D in South Africa

20. DST Six Clusters of Development
Dr Q Williams, DST ICT Roadmap, August ,2011

21. Telecommunications Infrastructure
 In 2008 380Gbps. In 2011 – 11Tbps
 +100% Cellular Penetration
 Current 3.5G speed = 7 Mbps.
 LTE with Wi Fi offloading planned to
launch this December
 Huge Investment in fibre rollout
 Current ADSL is 10 Mbps – Existing
Consumer trial of 40 Mbps is underway

22. South Africa compared to the other BRICS Nations

23. The Gateway into Africa

24. Thank You

25. Contact Details
Ansu Sooful
+27 82 990 9836
ansu@cornastonetelecoms.co.za