Badii Kechiche Manager, Head of EMEA

Badii leads Pyramid’s EMEA practice. He is responsible for Pyramid’s advisory portfolio in EMEA and manages the analyst team covering the region. Badii contributes extensively to Pyramid’s consulting practice, leading and executing on strategic planning and market sizing projects in the region. His latest engagements covered thematic areas of enterprise services, managed services, backhaul, SP OPEX and CAPEX, FTTH, and fixed mobile convergence among others.

Badii’s latest publications and contributions include the following titles:

• Global Cloud Computing Market is Strengthened by Telco Competition
• Yota creates 300k LTE Muscovites over night
• Mobile Advertising in AME to become key value added service for operators
• MVNO Strategies beyond the traditional Ethnic and discount Models
• How Western European Telcos Meet the Cloud Computing Needs of Enterprise
• LTE in the Middle East: Timing and Pricing Are Key, but So Is Device Strategy
• Business Services to drive WiMAX success in AME markets
• Nigeria regulatory reforms spur competition and keeps operators busy
• South Africa: Operators continue to upgrade networks as mobile data demand builds
• Fixed Services in AME: Exploring Greenfields and Navigating Minefields
• 3G Licensing in Tunisia: The Effect on Mobile Broadband Uptake
• Submarine Cables in Africa: The Race for Africa’s Connectivity Goes Underwater

Prior to joining Pyramid Research, Badii worked with Small Business Development Center, a US-based organization that assists with business plan creation and evaluation, as well as the analysis and projection of operational and financial KPIs for small and medium-sized enterprises. Badii holds an MBA from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, and a dual undergraduate degree in International Business and Finance from Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. Badii also studied English Literature at the University of Sfax, Tunisia. In addition to being fluent in English, Badii is a native Arabic and French speaker.