Dobek Pater currently works at Africa Analysis in the capacity of a Telecommunications and Market Analyst.

Dobek has participated in a numerous telecommunications projects, assessing both telecommunications markets and telecommunications technologies in various countries in Africa. Typical projects range from project design and research to researched-based analysis and consulting. Dobek has experience in servicing a diverse base of clients: operators, service providers, infrastructure suppliers, government departments and agencies, as well as market monitoring bodies, such as regulators.

Dobek was previously employed as a Senior Research Executive with Millward Brown South Africa, the South African office of a global market research company, specialising in marketing, branding, and the media industry. Prior to his involvement in the media market research, Dobek was Telecommunications Business Unit Manager at BMI-TechKnowledge Group, preceded by an office management position with a fibre optics cabling and systems integration company. The six years of immersion in the telecommunications industry have presented Dobek with an opportunity to learn about the subject from a technological as well as an analytical perspective, having played an active fibre optic product and services marketing role and performed numerous market and technology analyses. At BMI-TechKnowledge Group, Dobek was involved in developing the company’s capacity to work in Africa and on projects outside of South Africa. This work continues at Africa Analysis through the company’s continuous expansion into African markets.

As a telecommunications analyst, Dobek presents at numerous conferences and events, is frequently quoted in the press and industry literature, and is regularly interviewed by television and radio stations to provide insights into market developments.

Dobek achieved a Master of Arts in International Studies degree at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA in 1996 and a Master of Business Leadership at Unisa, South Africa in 2005.

Areas of specialisation

• Telecommunications markets and technologies
• Project management
• Analytical and strategy development skills
• Industry Africa experience
• Has sound track record of public speaking, appearing on TV and over the radio and is quoted extensively in the press and various trade journals

Theo Scribante is a financial analyst with a focus on assignments in the telecoms industry and with considerable technical experience in the telecoms industry.

From 1997 to 2000 Theo worked as the IT & Electronics Investment Analyst at Investec Securities and was responsible for the financial analysis of large capitalisation companies listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) falling within a broad technology theme and maintaining current investment recommendations to large institutional investment clients with significant funds under management. As lead analyst he was responsible for other analysts in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT team which, at various times, included a dedicated media sector analyst, a dedicated telecommunications sector analyst and a dedicated small capitalisation IT sector analyst.

Theo was ranked in sixth place overall by South African institutional fund managers in the 1998 annual Financial Mail survey of sell-side investment analysts, acted as sponsoring broker analyst for the then Comparex Ltd (currently BCX Ltd), Control Instruments Ltd, Set Point Technology Ltd and Siltek Ltd and participated in the listing of Valuecom Ltd on the Venture Capital board of the JSE. As part of his duties he provided ongoing ad-hoc technology company and technology sector consultancy to the Investec Corporate Finance and Private Equity divisions on a deal- or client-specific basis and rendered bespoke investment advice and client seminars for and on behalf of the Investec Private Bank and Private Stockbroker Clients divisions.

Theo was a member of the Alcatel Altech team established at the outset of the introduction of GSM in South Africa and had dealings with both Vodacom and MTN at the time. He was subsequently involved with the implementation of the first generation integrated client management and billing system for Telkom SA and the establishment of a support team responsible for the operational support of the first generation itemised billing CDR collection system for Telkom SA.

Theo completed a B.Sc in Electronic Engineering at the University Pretoria in 1978, an M.Eng in Electronic Engineering (with a telecommunications topic) at the University of Pretoria and an MBA at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1998 with a research report “The Relationship Between Quality Drivers and Business Results”.

Areas of specialisation

• Telecommunications financial analysis and financial modeling
• Regulatory accounting
• Business analysis and turn around analysis
• Industry Africa experience
• Project management

Alroy currently works at Africa Analysis  in the capacity as Director of IT .

Anton Heÿdenrÿch has been actively involved in IT research and consulting for the past decade. During this time he has completed numerous assignments amongst others in the following areas: Internet, eCommerce (with an emphasis on financial services), systems, storage, data warehousing, SAP and the software market in the local IT industry. He has furthermore mentored a number of less experienced research analysts to become successful themselves. During this time Anton has also managed projects ranging from establishing ISO 9001 compliant quality management systems in large corporates to contributing on SAP implementation projects and has also been involved in strategic planning and culture and climate studies.

Before becoming involved in the IT industry, Anton was product manager and responsible for international marketing in Europe, the East and Australasia for a company supplying traffic engineering products. Responsibilities included identification, appointment, training and support of agents and managing one of the products. This followed a career as an electronics engineer on systems development projects where his role was initially technical and project management and later programme manager.

Anton is actively involved in local and small business organisations. He was a founding member of Cenbis (Centurion Business Support Centre) and has been actively involved in the local business forum since 1994, serving a term as chairperson and several terms as member of the management committee.

He holds a BSc (Eng)(Electronic) from the University of Pretoria and a MBL (cum laude) from the SBL (Unisa).