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

Tue Jun 21 17:28:09 EAT 2011

Two years ago, I stumbled over this little Samasource PR clip:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/iphone-app-provides-kenya_n_318692.html

As you can see from the comments underneath, it was probably at a slightly
undersugared, over-caffeinated moment of my day :)


On 21 June 2011 17:22, Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com
> wrote:

> 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).
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> 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.
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> On 21 June 2011 16:57, Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com> wrote:
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>> Not quite aid, leans more towards trade (or traid). Players like
>> Samasource have helped BPOs here get started.
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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
>>>
>>> Press Releases
>>>  ShareThis
>>> Rockefeller Foundation to Foster Impact Sourcing in Africa: Poverty
>>> Reduction through ICT Jobs
>>> June 17, 2011 / Press Releases
>>>
>>> *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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> “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.”
>>>
>>> *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.
>>>
>>> “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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