SA Business Digitisation Survey - Muslim Entrepreneur & Software Engineer

01

What industry is your business in?

Pick the one that fits best.

Retail / e-commerce Professional services (legal, accounting, consulting) Manufacturing / industrial Hospitality / food & beverage Health / medical Construction / trades Technology / software Education / training Non-profit / NGO Other (please specify)

02

How many people work in the business?

Include yourself.

Just me 2 – 10 11 – 50 51 – 200 More than 200

03

What is your role?

How do you show up in the business?

Owner / founder Director / C-level Manager Marketing / sales Operations / admin Other (please specify)

04

Does your business currently have a website?

Be honest – outdated counts.

Yes – live and up to date Yes – but outdated or rarely updated No – but planning to build one No – and no plans right now

05

What is your website address?

Optional – but if you share it, I will run a one-time page-speed and tech stack check and send you the results.

06

How would you rate your website speed?

Gut feel is fine.

Very fast Fairly fast Average Slow Not sure

07

How satisfied are you with your website overall?

1 = not at all, 5 = completely satisfied

1 Poor 2 Fair 3 Okay 4 Good 5 Excellent

08

Do you know what your website is built on?

WordPress, Wix, Shopify, custom code, etc.

Yes – I know exactly Roughly No idea

09

When you need a change made to your site, what typically happens?

Be honest – this is where most businesses get stuck.

I can do it myself, easily I ask someone and wait a bit I pay an agency or developer each time It basically never gets updated

10

Which of these frustrations have you actually faced?

Select all that apply.

I cannot get a price without long emails, briefs or sales calls I cannot change my own site or tools without going back to the vendor My data feels locked into a platform that is hard to leave I worry about POPIA / protecting customer data I have tried digital tools or AI that never really got used Slow turnaround on digital work None of these

11

What is your email address?

Optional – only if you want the page-speed snapshot or the aggregate findings.

12

Would you like a copy of the aggregate findings?

When the survey closes, I will share what South African businesses actually look like digitally.

Yes, send them to me No thanks

13

Almost done

One last thing before you submit.

I am happy for Asif Amod to run a one-time automated page-speed and technology check on the website I entered (if any), and to include my anonymised answers in the aggregate findings.

Thank you

Your answers have been recorded. If you shared your email, you will hear from me when the findings are ready.

Back to Blog

How Digitised Is South African Business, Really?