Complex national IT programmes, delivered with engineering discipline.
Infopicture helps African transport authorities and their delivery partners turn licensing, registration and identity programmes into clear, accountable deliverables, from specification and procurement through to stable operation.
The systems we specify, procure and oversee, and how they exchange data.
Who we are
Industrial engineering rigour, applied to public-sector technology
National traffic, licensing and registration systems carry millions of records and underpin revenue, road safety and law enforcement. When they are specified poorly or managed loosely, the cost falls on the citizen.
Infopicture (Pty) Ltd is a Pretoria-based consultancy led by Johan Vorster, an industrial engineer with more than three decades on national transport information systems. We work for ministries, road agencies and the system integrators who serve them, and we bring the same discipline to each engagement: define the outcome, measure it, and hold the programme to it.
ClarityWe make complex and contested positions clear in documents, reports and decision papers.
RigourEvery deliverable is structured, evidence-based and traceable. Fact is kept apart from opinion.
AccountabilityWe own our outcomes and never pass risk downstream without prior agreement.
PartnershipWe build long-term relationships and leave capability behind in the organisations we serve.
Service coverage across the programme life cycle
01Diagnose
02Specify
03Procure
04Deliver
05Transfer
Programme and project management
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Requirements and specification
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Procurement and tender advisory
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Assessment and modernisation
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Independent quality assurance
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Migration and integration oversight
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Primary serviceSupporting service
What we do
Services across the programme life cycle
We work at the points where national programmes most often fail: unclear requirements, weak procurement, and loss of control during implementation.
Programme and project management
PMBOK-aligned leadership for multi-year, multi-vendor programmes.
Project charters, WBS and integrated schedules
Risk and issue management, RAID logs
Steering committee packs and status reporting
Requirements and specification
Specifications that a supplier can price and a client can test against.
URS, BRD and SRS development
Business process mapping
Requirements traceability matrices
Procurement and tender advisory
Support for buyers and bidders under national procurement frameworks.
Tender specifications and evaluation criteria
PFMA, PPPFA and PPDA compliance
Bid strategy and response preparation
Assessment and modernisation
An independent view of where a system stands and what it will take to move it.
Current-state and gap analyses
Architecture and modernisation roadmaps
Business cases and options analysis
Independent quality assurance
Oversight on behalf of the client throughout implementation and acceptance.
Design and deliverable reviews
Test strategy and acceptance testing
Contract and SLA performance monitoring
Migration and integration oversight
Control of the highest-risk phase of any system replacement.
Data migration planning and reconciliation
Interface and systems integration planning
Cut-over, transition and handover
Domain expertise
We specialise in the systems that identify drivers and vehicles
Generalist consultants learn these systems on the client's budget. We have worked on them for three decades.
01
Vehicle registration and licensing
Motor vehicle registration, licensing, roadworthiness and number-plate administration systems.
02
Driving licences and card production
Driver testing, licence issuance, and secure card personalisation to ISO/IEC 18013 and SADC layouts.
03
Biometrics and identity verification
Fingerprint and facial capture, AFIS matching, and integration with national population registers.
04
Traffic information and enforcement
National traffic information systems, fines and infringement processing, and road-safety data.
EnrolFingerprints, facial image and signature captured once.
VerifyAFIS 1:N de-duplication and population register check.
PersonaliseSecure licence card produced to ISO/IEC 18013.
AuthenticateHolder verified at the counter and at the roadside.
A weak link at any step undermines every licence issued after it.
The vehicle record life cycle
1Import or manufacture
2First registration
3Annual licensing
4Roadworthiness
5Change of ownership
6Deregistration
One vehicle, one record, from entry into the fleet to final deregistration.
How we work
A delivery approach built on engineering method
Each engagement follows the same five-stage discipline, scaled to the size of the programme.
Diagnose
Establish the current state, the stakeholders and the real problem to be solved.
Specify
Translate policy and business need into measurable, testable requirements.
Procure
Structure a fair, compliant procurement that attracts capable suppliers.
Deliver
Govern scope, schedule, cost, quality and risk through to acceptance.
Transfer
Hand over a stable operation and leave the client able to run it.
Outcome first. Our reports open with the finding and the recommendation. The evidence follows, quantified in weeks, Rand and risk ratings, so that decision-makers can act on them.
Where we work
Programme experience across Southern and East Africa
We understand the institutional, legislative and procurement settings of each country we work in, which shortens the path from mobilisation to results.
South AfricaSADC
UgandaEAC · COMESA
NamibiaSADC
LesothoSADC
MalawiSADC · COMESA
ZambiaSADC · COMESA
MozambiqueSADC
SADCEACCOMESA
Programme footprint, plotted by capital city
Positions are to scale by latitude and longitude; country borders are omitted.
Sister company
Ciber Consulting
Ciber Consulting (Pty) Ltd is Infopicture's sister company: an independent technology and programme advisory firm that helps African public institutions move national-scale technology programmes from policy and procurement into secure, sustainable operation. Where a programme calls for a larger multidisciplinary team, the two firms work together.
