[kictanet] Day 4 of 10- BPO Discussions, Govt Subsidies

[Gakuru Alex]

Evidence-based thus example,
http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/05/27/ushahidi-wins-an-open-source-award-in-kenya/
 (see their iPhone application
http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/09/16/the-ushahidi-iphone-application-please-critique/

regards,


On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Gakuru Alex<alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> You summarise it very well Badru. Indeed we have soo many "approach" problems.
>
> The actual people with potential and capability to deliver on
> outsourcing (aka innovative youth) are locked out of conversations
> deliberately. Investment in ICTs is "the brains" which we have plenty
> of locally but do the establishment recognise this and nurture this
> Human Capital? (I am not taking about a fancy conference or meeting
> here or there, rather tangible strategies  lifting their innovative
> ICT entreprises.) I see new barriers and obstacles, fees etc everyday
> than 'enabling environment'
>
> "Outsourcing" discussions immediately and mistakenly become "call
> centre" debates, WB cash, conferences, "inspiration" trips - All while
> the ICT landscape is so vast..
>
> Notable successes by youths left 'hacking' outsourcing on their own
> are emerging.
>
> regards,
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Badru Ntege<ntegeb at one2net.co.ug> wrote:
>> If i May from .UG
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>> I have followed the discussion queitly with keen interest.  I think the idea
>> of getting our local population into some sort of gainfull employment should
>> always be the primary objective.  However how we do this especially when we
>> are attempting to use government funds to achieve this objective has to be a
>> carefully thought out strategy with clear deliverables and exit strategy.
>> On that note i totally object to any use of public funds to be used as
>> operational expenditure especially in terms of bandwidth subsidy.
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>> Government should look at creative ways of facilitating BPO’s through skeems
>> like interest free loans to BPO’s with clear repayment plans once
>> profitability is achieved.  This way we safeguard the meagre public funds
>> available to our governments but also avoid public funds being spent on
>> unsustainable business plans.   The future of any structure is always set at
>> the foundation level.   There’s no doubt BPO in any format is going to be
>> very key for the future of our economys by just the shear number of the
>> population we can bring into the earning bracket and it’s not the size of
>> the paycheck that makes the difference but the consistency since it creates
>> money circulation.
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>> So i think we have to in a way drop our facination with getting jobs from
>> abroad done in kenya or Uganda but look at how many local services we can
>> outsource to create more jobs.
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>> Underlining rule on subsidies mainly being CAPEX and not OPEX.
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>> Regards
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