South Africa AI Text-based NLP Market Size and Forecast by Offering, Software, Service, Application, Deployment Model, Organization Size, and End User Industry: 2019-2033
Dec 2025
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Pages: 110+
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Type: Niche Industry Report
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Authors:
David Gomes
(Senior Manager)
In 2024, the South African market was assessed at USD 194.8 million.
By the end of 2033, the South Africa AI Text-based NLP Market size is expected to reach USD 656.2 million, reflecting a CAGR of 14.6% throughout the forecast window.
Local firms require multilingual text systems capable of handling English, isiZulu, Sesotho and other languages for banking, public services and content moderation; vendors supporting African-language datasets see rising demand.
South Africa announced its AI Institute expansion progress (Oct-2024), pushing public-sector pilots around local-language text models and stimulating supplier investment in African-language fine-tuning.
DataCube Research Report (Nov 2025): This analysis uses 2024 as the actual year, 2025 as the estimated year, and calculates CAGR for the 2025-2033 period.
*Research Methodology: This report is based on DataCube’s proprietary 3-stage forecasting model, combining primary research, secondary data triangulation, and expert validation.
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