Our online panel in South Africa helps businesses understand consumers and their consumption habits.
You can assess more than 2,500 brands on a daily basis with Sagaci’s Research consumer sample.
Representative online panel in South Africa with a robust quality
Each month, consumers across Africa provide their opinions about the brands they love thanks our online panel.
The results from the surveys can provide you with an insight into the reasons why your trade may be performing as it is. It is also gives you up-to-date information about competitors. With this knowledge, you can position your brand and marketing campaigns to suit your intended market.
Precious insights with our consumer panels
Your brand could use the data from our online panel in South Africa to understand which demographic profiles are least likely to recommend their brand, and can focus upcoming marketing efforts towards these groups.
The performance of the ad campaigns and resulting changes in brand image can then be tracked to providse a qualitative measure of return on investment (ROI) of the campaign.
Benefits of our online sample in South Africa
Reach
Access customers across the country through a simple click
Accurate
Trusted and engaged members providing high-quality answers
Representative
Nationally representative sample cutting across all socio-demographics: age, gender, income, urban / rural,…
Reactive
Gather massive amounts of data in a short-time frame
Targeted
Leverage profiling data to target specific groups
Fast
Quick-turn around times and accelerated fieldwork
Online panels in South Africa: understanding consumers
We recognise the importance that our clients place on high quality data. Because we use our own African consumer panels, we have confidence in the data we share through our online research panel in South Africa. On a daily basis, over 10,000 consumers share their opinions directly with us about brands, current affairs, and much more!
We have online panels in 34 countries across Africa, including South Africa, with projects running in the majority of these.
Read more about South Africa here.
Panel Demographics in South Africa
Country population
58 million
Urban
85 %
Rural
15 %
Smartphone penetration
~ 91%
Are you trying to better understand and model the market size?
Reach out to our team now to request feasibility and costs
Our insights from online panel in South Africa
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Retail execution in Africa: five mistakes FMCG brands make at shelf level
Retail execution in Africa is where FMCG strategies either hold up or fall apart. Distribution plans, pricing decisions, and visibility investments all depend on what the audit is actually measuring. And in African markets, where retail is fragmented and informal trade dominant, standard approaches often miss the picture. Poor retail execution rarely comes from a
08/06/2026 -
Top FMCG products in Nigeria: consumer goods ranking and insights
Nigeria is Africa’s largest consumer market, with over 220 million people and one of the continent’s most dynamic retail landscapes. Yet understanding which products actually dominate Nigerian households can be difficult. Much of the country’s FMCG consumption happens through informal channels (open markets, roadside kiosks, neighbourhood traders), which is why panel-based data captured directly by
02/06/2026 -
Inside Africa’s largest panel: scope, quality and what it means for your research
Six years ago, Sagaci Research built its first panel, consisting of members in a handful of strategic African markets (Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, etc). Today, SagaPoll is the backbone of the largest proprietary panel on the continent, with 645,000 active members spanning 30+ African countries. What this scale makes possible for your research Three things
19/05/2026 -
Top supermarkets in South Africa: what the data reveals about preference, satisfaction and brand positioning
South Africa’s supermarket sector is one of the most competitive retail landscapes on the continent. According to Statistics South Africa — Retail Trade Sales, December 2025, retail trade sales grew by 3.7% in 2025 (vs. 2024). The top supermarkets in South Africa are competing hard to capture every rand of that growth. In a market
06/05/2026