IT Strategy & Transformation: South Africa

IT is a vital component of high performance, and South African companies can benefit from Accenture's global expertise coupled with its profound knowledge of local business conditions.

Accenture's continuing research into the factors determining high performance shows that mastery of the IT functionality pays off in creating growth and competitive differentiation within any industry. For South African companies facing increasing competition for their home markets and looking to expand, IT is a strategic competency.

The challenges of using IT to create business value are significant: vast amounts of internal and external data are accessible, competition is fiercer and smarter, and technology advances constantly open up new possibilities. Accenture South Africa can partner with organisations to help them create IT strategies that are appropriate to local conditions while founded on global experience.

Accenture South Africa combines its profound knowledge of local market conditions and top-notch skills with full integration into the global Accenture organisation, perfectly positioning it to help clients achieve high performance.

For South African companies competing for their home markets and assessing international opportunities, Accenture South Africa offers a strong local partner that can help you create a strategy to transform your IT for high performance, based on both local conditions and international experience.

Client Successes:

Discover how Accenture partnered with Standard Bank to formulate a strategy for the development of the marketplace through IT Strategy and Transformation.

Read more about how VirtuallyHR, South Africa's first eCommerce platform for human resource practitioners is the vision of an entrepreneur.

Discover how SARS, which employs more than 12,000 people across the country and collects in excess of $50 billion in taxes each year, benefited from Accenture's SingleView taxpayer project.

Vodacom—Mobile Data Solutions that give Vodacom a leading edge over its competitors, breaking new ground in the South African market.

Accenture helped The South African Revenue Service to start filling the estimated tax revenue gap of $5 billion by having a single view of the taxpayer.

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Find out more about Accenture's global expertise in IT Strategy and Transformation.

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