[kictanet] Newest Name for AID ? Impact Sourcing ...
Eugene Lidede (Synergy)
eugene at synergy.co.ke
Thu Jun 23 15:43:58 EAT 2011
Chocolate on me Andrea,
Successful countries have created a successful private sector with
plain-vanilla, for-profit companies. They employ people, train people, pay
taxes, provide products and services. If you make profits, the sky is the
limit. If you don't, your reach is restricted by the amount of
subsidies/donations you get.
This is a powerful statement. Coupled with the lethargy at KICTB makes for a
serious rethink of the role of KICTB.
I wonder what would happen if half the energy spent "petitioning" government
and donors would be spent getting stuff done on the ground.
Regards
From: kictanet-bounces+eugene=synergy.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+eugene=synergy.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of Andrea Bohnstedt
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:23 PM
To: Eugene Lidede
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Newest Name for AID ? Impact Sourcing ...
Admittedly I'm feeling a bit ranty about this. Successful countries have
created a successful private sector with plain-vanilla, for-profit
companies. They employ people, train people, pay taxes, provide products and
services. If you make profits, the sky is the limt. If you don't, your reach
is restricted by the amount of subsidies/donations you get. None of these
endless and headline-grabbing contortions of impact sourcing/impact
investing/refugees/marginalised youth/social entrepreneurship. Good grief.
I've been commissioned to write an article on mobile 'buzzwords' in emerging
markets. The commissioning editor suggested including txteagle. I wasn't
convinced to start with, but have tried to find out a bit more how txteagle
actually works (beyond the claims of 100+ corporate partnerships with
telcos, and a 2bn+ potential network of people). If anone here has done any
work with them, I'd appreciate a direct email - I can't actually figure it
out from their website.
In the meantime, I've assemble a list of topics/'buzzwords' that are mostly
a lot more focused on straightforward business and investment issues. Just
to show that yes, Africa can actually be perfectly dull in a familiar way:
corporates, suits, boardrooms, accountants, stuff. It's not all touching
refugees in camps and marginalised youth.
Rant over. Off to find some chocolate.
On 21 June 2011 17:47, Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com> wrote:
Andrea,
Your comments on that article have put a big grin on my face :) Samasource
definitely wasn't any good to the KenCall sized BPO operators but a few
smaller players. Samasource bids for work with large players in the west and
finds operators with 'social impact' to work with apart from setting up shop
in Dadaab.
Kind regards,
Muchiri Nyaggah
Principal Partner
@muchiri
+254 722 506400
Semacraft.com
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt
<andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com> wrote:
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).
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 <tel:%2B254%20722%20506400>
Semacraft.com
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-foundat
ion-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/MonitorUnitedState
s/Articles/PDFs/Monitor_Job_Creation_Through_Building_the_Field_of_Impact_So
urcing_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/MonitorUnitedState
s/Articles/PDFs/Monitor_Job_Creation_Through_Building_the_Field_of_Impact_So
urcing_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
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