[kictanet] Newest Name for AID ? Impact Sourcing ...

Tue Jun 21 17:22:46 EAT 2011

How did Samasource help BPOs get started? I don't remember Nik Nesbitt from
KenCall, for example, talking about Samasource (but maybe I wasn't paying
enough attention).

I do remember Nik Nesbitt and a number of others talking about perception
issues: that Kenya is not seen as a BPO market internationally, it's not on
anyone's radar screen, the operations are still too small to carry weight
etc. I very much doubt that an NGO-type outfit like Samasource, with people
in refugee camps, does much to create a perception of Kenya as a punchy,
professional, grown-up BPO player.

On 21 June 2011 16:57, Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com> wrote:

> Not quite aid, leans more towards trade (or traid). Players like Samasource
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> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> First, they called is Social Entrepreneurship, Then impact Investing
>> ....now its Impact Sourcing .......
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>> http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/press-releases/rockefeller-foundation-foster-impact
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>> Press Releases
>>  ShareThis
>> Rockefeller Foundation to Foster Impact Sourcing in Africa: Poverty
>> Reduction through ICT Jobs
>> June 17, 2011 / Press Releases
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>> *New York, NY*—A new report funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
>> estimates that the field of Impact Sourcing, employing socioeconomically
>> disadvantaged people in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centers, is
>> currently $4.5 billion and has the potential to reach $20 billion and employ
>> 780,000 by 2015. The report, conducted by Monitor Group, suggests a strong
>> business case for Impact Sourcing, which can provide high-quality, reliable
>> services at prices that are at least competitive with traditional BPO
>> centers and, in some cases, almost 40 percent lower than what traditional
>> providers can offer.
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>> The findings, contained in the new working paper, *Job Creation through
>> Building the Field of Impact Sourcing<http://www.monitor.com/Portals/0/MonitorContent/imported/MonitorUnitedStates/Articles/PDFs/Monitor_Job_Creation_Through_Building_the_Field_of_Impact_Sourcing_6_16_11.pdf>,
>> *also finds significant potential for poverty alleviation because Impact
>> Sourcing workers can earn incomes up to 100 percent over alternative
>> employment options.
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>> The working paper is part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Poverty
>> Reduction through Information and Digital Employment (PRIDE) work. Through
>> PRIDE, the Rockefeller Foundation plans to support the development and
>> testing of Impact Sourcing business models, support research on
>> interventions and continue to build the network of key Impact Sourcing
>> stakeholders to advance the field.
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>> Impact Sourcing employs individuals with limited opportunity for
>> sustainable employment as principal workers in Business Process Outsourcing
>> (BPO) centers to provide high-quality, information-based services to
>> domestic and international public and private-sector clients.
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>> “Harnessing the global BPO trend, PRIDE exemplifies the Rockefeller
>> Foundation’s commitment to promoting growth with equity, in which the poor
>> and vulnerable have more access to opportunities, such as ICT employment,”
>> said Dr. James Nyoro, Managing Director, Africa.  “The Foundation is proud
>> to partner with Monitor on this important research, which drives the idea
>> that employing low-income workers will provide them with sustainable income
>> which can lead to positive social outcomes, ultimately helping to improve
>> livelihoods and build relevant skills for employment in the fast growing ICT
>> sector.”
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>> *Job Creation through Building the Field of Impact Sourcing<http://www.monitor.com/Portals/0/MonitorContent/imported/MonitorUnitedStates/Articles/PDFs/Monitor_Job_Creation_Through_Building_the_Field_of_Impact_Sourcing_6_16_11.pdf>
>> *features case studies on current Impact Sourcing models in Africa, India
>> and other regions, including those of Foundation grantees like Digital
>> Divide Data, a social enterprise with the objective of creating jobs for
>> poor and disadvantaged youth in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya; and Samasource, an
>> intermediary that markets and sells Impact Sourcing services to clients
>> based in the United States and United Kingdom.
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>> “Based on more than 120 interviews across 13 countries with Impact
>> Sourcing managers, providers of BPO services, outsourcing experts,
>> employees, outsourcing clients, government officials, and other individuals
>> linked to the Impact Sourcing space, this analysis creates a shared
>> understanding of the current situation, the size of the opportunity and
>> action agenda necessary to build this field,” said Michael Kubzansky, Global
>> Heald of the Monitor Inclusive Markets Initiative.
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>> * *
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>> *The Rockefeller Foundation*
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>> The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission to promote the well-being of people
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>> First, we seek to build resilience that enhances individual, community and
>> institutional capacity to survive, adapt, and grow in the face of acute
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