[kictanet] Is the Egypt Crisis an Opening for Kenya?s Nascent Outsourcing Industry?

[Wamuyu Gatheru]

Whats interesting is that a predominately Arab speaking country gets  
all that BPO work. Perhaps its the numbers that are on the net that  
count e.g. they have 5 million on Facebook.

Egypt's reputation is now greatly boosted by the widely covered non  
violent revolution. Also, it's the country that other Arab countries  
look up to for culture, education (read IT) and other trends. So they  
are likely to stabilise sooner rather than later.

Question is..what advancement will Kenya have had in the meantime?


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Quoting Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com>:

> Hey
>
> I think its too early to make a good call on this one
>
> Alot about Egypt (reputation, stability etc) is still in the air. It will
> take some time before things settle.
>
> That said, Kenya is not in a position to benefit. We are still quite behind
> ... with only a few BPOs in operation in a very disillusioned sector
>
> My two cents
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Andrea Bohnstedt <
> andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com> wrote:
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>> Hey all,
>>
>> Someone raised this question recently and I thought I'd ask Bobby Varanasi,
>> the outsourcing expert, and his thoughts are here:
>>
>>
>> http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201102113838/Kenya/Is-the-Egypt-Crisis-an-Opening-for-Kenyas-Nascent-Outsourcing-Industry.html
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>> Have a great week!
>> Andrea
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