[Kictanet] Press Release (Senior U.S. Diplomat Helps Open New Joint Venture in Kakamega) US Embassy]

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Attached please find the US Ambassador's speach at Masinde Muliro
University at the officiallaunch of the a new joint venture between G7
Systems of Tampa, Florida and the Masinde Muliro University of Science and
Technology in Kakamega.  This innovative new business, called G7 Systems
Kenya Ltd., has hired 30 Kenyan engineers to provide Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO) services to G7's global clients, which include a number
of Fortune 500 corporations in the United States.  G7 Kenya's engineers
will provide customized computer programming services to customers over
the internet using a satellite uplink in the University's Science and
Technology Park.  If the company succeeds and expands, it could eventually
employ up to 800 Kenyan staff, providing a major boost to the local
economy in Kakamega.

As Ms. Slutz pointed out in her remarks, delivered on behalf of U.S.
Ambassador Michael E. Ranneberger, the venture also proves that Kenya can
use the advantages of its well-educated, English-speaking citizenry to
compete and prosper in the global economy. "Far from fearing
globalization, Kenya can and should embrace it...by tapping into the vast
potential of its educated workforce and by linking that
talent to the rest of the world through digital technologies."  She
praised Kenyan Government plans to improve the infrastructure and the
regulatory environment in the information and communications sectors.
These efforts, she said, are pivotal to the success of companies like G7
Systems and to catalyzing economic development and reducing poverty
in Kenya.


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