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

Wed Jun 22 09:10:25 EAT 2011

Andrea,

Maybe it would help if Samasource provided some actual facts on this, rather
than the story....

Gilda
Quoting Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>:

> 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
> > have helped BPOs here get started.
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > *Muchiri* Nyaggah
> >
> > Principal Partner
> >
> > @muchiri
> >
> > +254 722 506400
> >
> > Semacraft.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> First, they called is Social Entrepreneurship, Then impact Investing
> >> ....now its Impact Sourcing .......
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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.
> >>
> >> * *
> >>
> >> *The Rockefeller Foundation*
> >>
> >> The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission to promote the well-being of people
> >> throughout the world has remained unchanged since its founding in 1913.
> >> Today, that mission is applied to an era of rapid globalization.  Our
> vision
> >> is that this century will be one in which globalization’s benefits are
> more
> >> widely shared and its challenges are more easily weathered.  To realize
> this
> >> vision, the Foundation seeks to achieve two fundamental goals in our
> work.
> >> First, we seek to build resilience that enhances individual, community
> and
> >> institutional capacity to survive, adapt, and grow in the face of acute
> >> crises and chronic stresses.  Second, we seek to promote growth with
> equity
> >> in which the poor and vulnerable have more access to opportunities that
> >> improve their lives. In order to achieve these goals, the Foundation
> >> constructs its work into time-bound initiatives that have defined
> objectives
> >> and strategies for impact.  These initiatives address challenges that lie
> >> either within or at the intersections of five issue areas: basic survival
> >> safeguards, global health, environment and climate change, urbanization,
> and
> >> social and economic security.
> >>
> >> * *
> >>
> >> *About Monitor Group*
> >>
> >> Monitor works with the world's leading corporations, governments and
> >> social sector organizations to drive growth in ways that are most
> important
> >> to them. Monitor Group offers a range of services—advisory,
> >> capability-building and capital services—designed to unlock the
> challenges
> >> of achieving sustainable growth. Monitor brings leading-edge ideas,
> >> approaches and methods to bear on clients' toughest problems and biggest
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> >>
> >> Monitor Inclusive Markets (MIM) catalyzes support for market-based
> >> solutions to social challenges. MIM does this by understanding and
> improving
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> >> the bottom of the economic pyramid, particularly helping these
> enterprises
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