Edge Evolve — Advance with Confidence

ICT & digital transformation group · Africa and the Middle East

Advance with confidence.

We bring strategy, people, technology and data under one accountable partner. Our eight practices are built to hand over to each other, so every step your organisation takes is one that holds.

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0102030405 Set direction Build & deliver Run & inform Protect & grow Scale Strategy · ESG PMO · Software Cloud · Data Security · Skills AI CoE
2002Founded in Johannesburg
21Countries served across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia
6Offices: South Africa, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, India, Lebanon
8Practices, plus an AI Centre of Excellence

Why Edge

Transformation fails at the joins.

Most change programmes don't stall because the strategy was wrong or the software didn't work. They stall where one specialist hands over to the next. Edge Evolve brings those specialists under one roof and one point of accountability, so the handovers hold.

01 Set direction

Strategy delivery

Plans that never reach the projects meant to deliver them. We design the organisation, then run the portfolio that carries the strategy into practice.

Strategic Solutions · Professional Solutions

02 Build & deliver

Build run

Systems that work on launch day, then nobody owns. We build the software and integrations, then host and run them under an agreed SLA.

Digital Transformation · Managed Cloud

03 Run & inform

Data decisions

Information spread across systems that nobody fully trusts. We bring it into one governed view that leaders can act on, and report ESG from the same source.

Data Management · Sustainability

04 Protect & grow

Technology adoption

Systems that go live but don't get used, or get used unsafely. We secure the technology and train the people who will run and use it.

Cyber Security · Training

05 Scale

Pilot production

AI pilots that impress in a demo and stop there. We start from data you can trust, prove the use case, then put it into daily work with the controls to scale.

AI Centre of Excellence · Data Management

One partner, end to end

Strategy, implementation, data and support from one group, with one point of accountability.

Regional depth, global standard

Teams who know African and Middle Eastern markets, working with global technology partners.

From data to decisions

Information turned into insight leaders can act on, and kept secure.

People-first transformation

Change that works for the people who use it, not only the systems that run it.

Our practices

Eight practices, built to work together.

Our People & Strategy and Technology practices follow the life of a transformation, from setting direction to growing the capability that keeps it going. Select a practice to see what it delivers and which practices it hands over to.

Select a practice. Lines show where its output becomes another practice's input.

Where the practices meet

The Intelligent Organisation platform

Our strategy practices and our data practices meet in one platform where leaders check, design and run the organisation. Seven connected areas report into a single role-based dashboard, built on your own data, industry benchmarks and AI-assisted analysis.

  1. StrategyOKRs, Balanced Scorecard and weekly confidence scores
  2. Organisation designModel structures that account for AI and automation
  3. CultureCulture you have, culture you need, pulse surveys
  4. DigitalDigital and AI maturity turned into a costed roadmap
  5. ChangeReadiness, adoption and benefits tracked live
  6. Sales & marketingFull-funnel health check across marketing, sales and CRM
  7. ESGPlans and reporting ready for GRI, ISSB, TCFD and CSRD
  8. One dashboardHeadlines for executives, detail for function leaders
Level 1Doing it yourselfLicensed platform, templates and self-paced learning
Level 2Doing it with youWorkshops, training, coaching and a named Edge contact
Level 3Doing it for youA fully managed service with board-ready insight

How we deliver

One programme, five handovers.

Take a financial services group that wants a single view of its customers. This is how the work moves through Edge, and what each stage passes to the next.

  1. 01

    Align

    Strategic Solutions

    Agree the customer strategy, design the operating model and structures around it, and test readiness for change.

    Hands overAn approved roadmap and target operating model

  2. 02

    Mobilise

    Professional Solutions

    Set up a transformation PMO with governance gates, and staff the programme with project managers, analysts, architects and change managers.

    Hands overA governed portfolio with named owners

  3. 03

    Build

    Digital TransformationData Management

    Integrate CRM and core systems, build the data pipelines and the single customer view, and redesign the service interface.

    Hands overA live data platform and connected applications

  4. 04

    Run & protect

    Managed CloudCyber Security

    Operate the platform under an agreed SLA, monitor it through SOC services, and test it with security assessments and penetration testing.

    Hands overA stable, monitored service

  5. 05

    Adopt & grow

    TrainingAI Centre of ExcellenceSustainability

    Train executives, ICT teams and staff. Use the trusted data to prioritise AI use cases and report ESG performance from the same platform.

    Leaves behindCapability that stays in your organisation

Then the cycle starts again. We treat strategy as continuous adaptation, so what you learn in stage 5 feeds the next round of direction-setting.

Illustrative journey based on our practice methods. It does not describe a specific client engagement.

Talk to us

Start with one conversation.

Tell us what you need to change and by when. We'll bring the right practices to the table and show you where the first step should land.

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