[kictanet] ICT/BPO Marketing Strategy

[waudo siganga]

Hi - I think that the ICT Board, being a public entity owes a duty of
reply in cases where questions are directed at it - and that includes
the one from Wambui. Why has the Board fallen into a "Do Not Resopond
Syndrome"? There must be a communications person there or a PRO being
paid from public funds and they should do their job! Can we have an
official response to Wambui's concerns FROM THE ICT BOARD.
Waudo

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:07:01 -0700 (PDT), "John Walubengo"
<jwalu at yahoo.com> said:
> Hey Wambui,
> 
> No offense meant with regard to BPO.  Its just that your concerns were
> beginning to sound somewhat personal than generic.  As Otuoma mentions in
> another mail, there seems to be things beyond the ICTBoard that could be
> effected - e.g on Bandwidth susbsidies because of pending funds from
> World Bank...
> 
> walu.
> NB: and by the way, this Richard guy if I could speak for him, is
> actually still in the BPO industry, he simply diversified into
> non-bandwidth intensive processes and in the interim focuses in
> Backoffice rather than bandwidth intensive Call-center operations. He
> does for example, data transcripting, research, training, etc). Something
> to keep you busy as you await bigger things.  
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Wambui Wakarema <wambuiwakarema at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > From: Wambui Wakarema <wambuiwakarema at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT/BPO Marketing Strategy
> > To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 7:10 PM
> > Walu
> >  
> > BPO will not take me to heaven, but is a pillar of Vision
> > 2030 and is an industry that can create thousands of new
> > jobs in Kenya. i am surprised at your flippant attitude.
> >  
> > If the ICT Board cannot deliver on this very important
> > mandate, then Kenya risks losing out on an industry that can
> > be a very large revenue generator for this country. Our
> > competitors, like South Africa, Mauritius, India, Egypt, are
> > working overtime to position themselves to the markets out
> > there. If Kenya doesnt position itself at this time, we
> > shall lose out.
> >  
> > Richard Mwangi's challenges (whichever they were) are
> > besides the point. Kenya needs to put in much effort if this
> > industry is to become a force to reckon with.
> >  
> > Wambui
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 7/8/08, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT/BPO Marketing Strategy
> > To: wambuiwakarema at yahoo.co.uk
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
> > <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Date: Thursday, 7 August, 2008, 2:38 PM
> > 
> > Wambui,
> > 
> > ....without defending the ICTBoard (am trying to look for
> > their ToRs before
> > passing judgement), I can only observe that you seem to be
> > single-minded and
> > persistent on this BPO thing...
> > 
> > my general and non-ICT advice is that keep your eyes open -
> > if BPO wont take
> > you to heaven, am sure something else you maybe refusing to
> > see will. God (or is
> > it the ICTBoard?) may have shut the BPO door for you, but
> > just look around and
> > you will probably see many other opportunities.
> > 
> > Richard of richard at northwestoffshore.com, a BPO company who
> > is on this list had
> > similar challenges and he did manage to work around them.
> > Reach him out in case
> > he prefers to keep his silence on the list. 
> > 
> > walu.
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >      
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