Who is Salience

We are a management advisory firm specialising in the Digital Infrastructure and ICT sectors, offering innovative digital infrastructure strategies and advanced technology solutions, as well as regulatory, economic, commercial, and financial advisory services. Our team of industry consultants provide valuable insights, ensuring practical, implementable outcomes.

We support a wide range of clients—including telecom operators, ICT regulators, regional organisations, development banks, investor bodies, and governments in developing countries.

Discover the difference we can make for you.

Areas of expertise

Technical Advisory

We offer forward-looking perspectives across the full spectrum of technical domains in the digital & ICT sectors, from digital transformation strategy and technical due diligence to connectivity and networks advisory, cybersecurity guidance, and infrastructure mapping.

Complimenting our advice, we provide implementation assistance based on previous strategic and operational experience, while remaining closely aligned with emerging technologies and industry trends.

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Regulation, Economics & Operating Models

We help optimise decision-making by providing strategic advice on defining and implementing public policy, regulation and public-private partnerships (PPPs).

We also provide economic analyses including cost-benefit analysis, network costing, valuation and auction design.

Commercial & Financial Advisory

We support our customers by identifying investment opportunities, developing and implementing commercial strategies and business cases. Our financial experts provide crucial insights supporting digital infrastructure investment decisions.

For established market players, we provide cost and capital structure analysis, asset optimisation, and internal financial audit services.

Recruitment Solutions

We provide bespoke recruitment services for the Telecom and Digital sectors, ensuring you get technically strong and culturally aligned candidates.

Our consultants are industry experts who understand your specific needs, and every candidate is evaluated by in-house Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to guarantee a high-quality match that adds value to your team from day one.

Our company in numbers

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Years

Established as a specialist telecom advisory in 2010

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People

Experts in digital infrastructure, regulation and policy, commerce, and finance. Our organisation acts as a central hub for subject-matter experts, consultants, market analysts, and infrastructure mapping analysts.

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Offices worldwide in 3 continents

Middle East: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
Europe: North Macedonia
Africa: Kenya

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Nationalities

A diverse team that understands local sensitivities

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Projects

Delivered projects across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Latin America.

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Languages

Bridging communication gaps across borders.

Geography and case studies

Chile

Chile Antractic Cable Project

Armenia

Analysis of the state access to
digital infrastructure and broadband
connectivity.

Azerbaijan

Analysis of the state access to digital infrastructure
and broadband connectivity

Azerbaijan ICT - CSAP Implementation

- WB -

Development of regulations in the field of Electronic
Communications in EaP countries

Turkey

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Analysis of the state access to digital infrastructure
and broadband connectivity

Ukraine

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Part of Project Development of regulations in the field
of Electronic Communications in EaP countries

Kazakhstan

Development of regulations in the field of Electronic
Communications in EaP countries

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Kyrgyzstan

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Tajikistan

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

- WB -

Assessment of the impacts of investments and
policy reforms in the digital sector in Tajikistan

- Tcell -

Annual Network Audit, and Fiber Optic roll out,
Feasibility for Fixed Business Launch

Turkmenistan

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Uzbekistan

Development of regulations in the field of Electronic
Communications in EaP countries

Mongolia

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Phillipines

Due Diligence and Options Analysis for the
Broadband Connectivity

Afganistan

Strategic advisory for Roshan Afghanistan
on mobile investments

Pakistan

Climate-Resilient Digital Infrastructure
PPP Pipeline in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Macedonia

Balkans Digital Highway:
Preparatory Studies

4iG - Market analysis

Albania

Balkans Digital Highway:
Preparatory Studies

Bulgaria

Market analysis for Towers'
acquisition

Romania

Market analysis for Towers'
acquisition

Moldova

Part of Project Development of regulations in the field
of Electronic Communications in EaP countries

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Montenegro

Balkans Digital Highway:
Preparatory Studies

Croatia

Comprehensive Assessment of the Digital Market
in Croatia Balkan Digital Highway

Slovenia

Market analysis for Towers'
acquisition

Lithuania

Market analysis for Towers'
acquisition

Latvia

Market analysis for Towers'
acquisition

Georgia

Strategic management advisory and business case
for company expansion. Business case and
commercial strategy

Serbia

Business case for an open-access broadband
wholesaler in Vojvodina

Rural Broadband Access in Serbia – Independent
Observer for the Selection Process

Algeria

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

- Tawal - 

Tawal's portfolio expansion - market
opportunities analysis

Angola

Angola Telecom Strategic
Options Study

Benin

EBRD - Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Botswana

Study on telecommunications sector reform and
advancing universal broadband access in Botswana

Burundi

One Network Area Roaming
Framework Project

Burkina Faso

Internet Exchange point

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Central African Republic (CAR)

Broadband Missing Links and Regional
Market Enabling Environment analysis

Chad

Broadband Missing Links and Regional
Market Enabling Environment analysis

Comoros

Audit of Comoros Telecom, a valuation of its assets,
and an update of the strategic
restructuring options

DRC

Part of the One Network Area
Roaming Framework Project

Congo

Broadband Missing Links and
Regional Market Enabling
Environment analysis

Cote d’Ivoire

Market analysis for the feasibility for the development
of the Amilcar Cabral Submarine cable.

EBRD - Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Djibouti

The development of a regulatory framework for establishing & operating data centers and providing hosting & cloud computing

Egypt

Tawal's portfolio expansion -
market opportunities analysis

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Eritrea

Study and development of policy and regulatory
frameworks on optical fibre infrastructure

Eswatini

Broadband Missing Links and
Regional Market Enabling
Environment for the SAR

Ethiopia

Study and development of policy
and regulatory frameworks on optical
fibre infrastructure

Ghana

The development of a regulatory framework for
establishing & operating data centers and providing
hosting & cloud computing 

- ECOWAS -

Market analysis for the feasibility for the
development of the Amilcar Cabral
Submarine cable.

- EBRD -

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Gambia

Market analysis for the feasibility for
the development of the Amilcar
Cabral Submarine cable.

Gabon

Broadband Missing Links and Regional Market
Enabling Environment for the Central Africa
Region

Kenya

Kenya Public Digital Infrastructure Options
Assessment and Pre-Feasibility Study

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Feasibility study on the extension of the Optical
Ground Wire Network in Kenya.

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National Digital Development
Program

Restructure Telekom Kenya’s profitable enterprise
and wholesale into a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Funding support for the digital
and consumer businesses.

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Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Part of the One Network Area
Roaming Framework Project

Lesotho

Broadband Missing Links and Regional
Market Enabling
Environment for the SAR

Madagascar

Broadband Missing Links and Regional Market
Enabling Environment for the Southern Africa Region

Technical Assistance to Strengthen the Telecom
Regulator in Madagascar - Support on Licensing
Framework and Spectrum

Malawi

Broadband Missing Links and Regional Market
Enabling Environment for the Southern Africa Region

Morocco

Tawal's portfolio expansion - market
opportunities analysis

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Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Mozambique

Consultancy Services for the Government
and NREN Communication Network
Expansion Feasibility Study

Namibia

Study on telecommunications sector
reform and advancing universal broadband
access in Namibia

Niger

Market analysis for the feasibility
for the development of the Amilcar
Cabral Submarine cable.

Nigeria

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity.

Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth

Rwanda

Rwanda Options Study for
Broadband Market Development

Development of a strategy, implementation roadmap,
and regulatory instruments for enhanced mobile
broadband connectivity - beyond 3G towards
adoption of  
5G technology in Rwanda.

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Part of the One Network Area
Roaming Framework Project

Senegal

EBRD - Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Seychelles

Study and development of policy and regulatory
frameworks on optical fibre infrastructure

Somalia

Country analysis - Part of One Network Area
Roaming Framework Project

South Africa

Broadband Missing Links and Regional
Market Enabling Environment for the SAR

South Sudan

Country analysis - Part of the One Network
Area Roaming Framework Project

Sudan

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Tanzania

Country analysis - Part of the One Network
Area Roaming Framework Project

Tunisia

Sector Diagnostic - Competition
and Regulation in the
Tunisian Telecommunications Sector

Uganda

Technical and Operational Review
of the National Backbone
Infrastructure (NBI) in Uganda

Country analysis - Part of the One Network Area
Roaming Framework Project

Zambia

Broadband Missing Links and Regional
Market Enabling Environment for the SAR

Zimbabwe

Broadband Missing Links and Regional
Market Enabling Environment for the SAR

Cape Verde

Internet Exchange point

Togo

Internet Exchange point

Cameroon

Broadband Missing Links and Regional
Market Enabling Environment for the
Central Africa Region

Sierra Leone

Market analysis for the feasibility for
the development of the Amilcar
Cabral Submarine cable.

Mali

Market analysis for the feasibility
for the development of the Amilcar
Cabral Submarine cable.

São Tomé and Príncipe

Transactional Advisory Services
for Telecommunications Infrastructure
Investment Transaction

Guinea

Market analysis for the feasibility
for the development of the Amilcar
Cabral Submarine cable.

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Technical assistance to develop a strategy
for the cross-border sale of internet capacity to
neighboring countries in Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Review of the Legal Framework
for the Universal Access Service and
Fund in Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Telecom Sector Market Study
and Price Regulation

Saudi Arabia

Private national fiber network and TETRA
strategic & technical analysis

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Negotiating effective ICT regulation Highlights
towers permitting system

Provision of experts to
NEOM Tonomus (6 years)

Rua Al Medina infrastructure design

Al Qiddiya infrastructure design

TETRA Implementation, Go to Market and Mission
Critical Growth Enablement

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CST Enterprise services benchmarking

Execution of comprehensive due diligence for
TAWAL’s assets

Bahrain

Tower Rationalization and
Permitting in Bahrain

Technical analysis of Batelco's reporting of its
deployment and performance of fibre
network infrastructure

Bnet Information System and Information Technology
System Separation and Deployment Audit

Highlights towers permitting system

Oman

National Broadband Network
launch in Oman

End to end fibre broadband
operator launch in Oman

- Oman Information and Communication
Technology Group S.A.O.C -

Terrestrial connectivity and International
interconnection Business Plan

- Awasr -

Managed Services for high-speed broadband
internet service provider

Yemen

Pre-feasibility study for international
redundancy options

Qatar

Strategic and technical resources for Qatar
National Broadband Network Company

Kuwait

Managed end-to-end process for participation
in tender for fixed telecommunications network
development project

Establish the ICT regulatory framework in Kuwait

West Bank and Gaza

West Bank and Gaza
Digital Assessment

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Analysis of the state access to digital

infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Iraq

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

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Market research for Towers' acquisition

Jordan

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Lebanon

Analysis of the state access to digital
infrastructure and broadband connectivity

Vietnam

Broadband connectivity assessment
and identification of opportunities for investment
in digital infrastructure

Projects