President Jacob Zuma at the ANC's 100 year celebrations identified unemployment, poverty and inequality as the three greatest issues needing South Africa's attention. According to a BizCommunity press release he was also quoted as saying that "as we move into the future...
In the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) the leaders of the continent have agreed that for the future development of Africa there is a need for:
The location of a new dealership or relocating one to a new location may have a significant impact on the market share of several dealerships in the network. AfricaScope has conducted a catchment area analysis of Suzuki dealerships in Gauteng to provide the company with a scientific approach to making informed decisions about the optimum location of dealerships in the province. AfricaScope provided its information on 2010 population estimates and income statistics.
The data sub-committee of the Spatial Committee for Information (CSI) through the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have appointed AfricaScope in partnership with EIS-Africa to conduct a project on Defining the research criteria for the identification of South Africa’s
A geomarketing tool has been developed for Iveco to assist them in their review of dealerships in southern Africa. The tool enables information on Iveco dealerships in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana to be viewed. Information is also provided on all their competitors in the South Africa. Africascope assisted in Iveco in defining their Dealership Areas of Responsibility (DAR) and integrated volume sales data for their vehciles and that of their competitors into the system. The volume data for Man, Mercedes, Scania, UD Trucks and VW was incorporated into the system.
AfricaScope was commissioned by Nissan South Africa to assist it optimize the location of its dealerships. Africascope used accessibility modelling to identify the optimum location of new dealerships using various options. On the demand side information on where new developments are being planned and where people of a particular socio-economic character are located was used to define the tarket market. The location of existing dealerships was taken into consideration and optimum sites for new dealerships were considered.
AfricaScope has been commissioned by OneSys to do an analysis of their branch locations, target market and sites for new branches. AfricaScope uses a suite of innovative methods including geocoding their branches and customers and analysis of customer data to define the unique trade areas of their branches. Using proprietary data available to AfricaScope and its partners, it is able to identify other unique markets for companies.
AfricaScope completed two reports for the Royal bafokeng Nation (RBN). The first was on a Population and Use of Land Audit (PULA). This project involved mapping the all buildings in the area, defining the land use and counting all the people living within the formal villages of the RBN. A questionnaire was completed for all households in the area and extensive information collected on the poipulation. One of the main purposes of this study was to get a handle onb the number of people living in the RBN.
A Citizen Report Card commissioned by the World Bank in Accra, Ghana is showing its value. The purpose of the Citizen Report Card is to understand what the service needs of people are so that a social compact can be drawn up between service providers and citizens. The results of the Citizen Report Card have been used to target needed interventions in suburbs of Ghana's capital city. Similar exercises are desperately needed in South African municipalities - maybe there is opportunity for lessons to be learnt from our Ghanian counterparts.
On the 16 September 2010 the Permenent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands and Human Settlements Development launched the 2002 census data for Tanzania. The workshop was attended by various dignitaries including the Director General of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Technical Director of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT).
AfricaScope is working with Trialogue in the development of a Google Earth based application that will show where private corporations are allocating their social investment funds.
AfricaScope has been commissioned by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) to look at how accessible key government services are in the poverty nodes of South Africa. The services include schools, health facilities, social grant pay points, home affairs offices, police stations, Thusong Service Centres, labour centres and magistrate courts. The project will be completed at the end of March 2009 and will show the average distances that people have to travel to get access to government services, what are the optimum
AfricaScope is working with InfoSense, a distributor of InfoTools products in South Africa, to develop mapping and analytical trend tools for companies interested in investing in Africa. The main source of the data is the World Banks African Development Indicators database that has been modified and spatialized in the development of this new product.
With significant competition in the pharmacy sector, AfricaScope has captured the location of outlets for the main companies. This includes Clicks, Link Pharmacies, Dis-Chem and Medi-Rite.
AfricaScope has recently completed the mapping of shopping centres in South Africa. Presently with additional information coming from the capture of retail outlets the shopping centre database is being updated.
With significant competition in the pharmacy sector, 
President Jacob Zuma at the ANC's 100 year celebrations identified unemployment, poverty and inequality as the three greatest issues needing South Africa's attention. According to a BizCommunity press release he was also quoted as saying that "as we move into the future...
In the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) the leaders of the continent have agreed that for the future development of Africa there is a need for: