[kictanet] Progress Report Implementation Of The Mckinsey BPO/ITES STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS

[Paul Kukubo]

Listers

Edwin, thank you for your email.

Will provide a comprehensive response later. Meanwhile find attached an
update on the forthcoming Kenya ICT Board Value Proposition Summit to be
held in Bellagio Italy next week which I have also written about severally.


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On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Edwin Onchari <eonchari at lynxbits.com>wrote:

> Listers,
>
>
>
> For the benefit of those that closely follow the outsourcing sector goings
> on, this progress report was posted on the KICTB website. Access to such
> information minimizes unnecessary queries by the private sector to the
> concerned agencies and affords all stakeholders a standard script to read
> from.
>
>
>
> As I read this report and while 50% of 70% of the recommendations have been
> achieved, I feel that the following status points need further
> clarification:
>
>
>
> 1.       *Under the “Launch a go-to market campaign to bring investors”* –
> from the 12 or so targeted international events in 2010, what are the
> success numbers? How many firms have expressed interest in
> investing/outsourcing to Kenya? Did they partner/expressed interest to
> partner with any firm in Kenya? Did they have contacts of these
> organizations in Kenya? Did Kenyan firms send have their profiles included
> in any marketing materials by the board at these events?
>
> 2.       *Prioritize large scale operators* – Is this strategy working?
> How many operations that are under this threshold are successfully doing
> business in Kenya? Is the lack of 250 seat capacity operations as a result
> of lack of business, limited access to funding or lack of industry
> knowledge?
>
> 3.       *Government commitment to the industry* – are the special
> economic zones extendable to foreign firms only or has this been applied to
> local firms that have onshore (Kenyan company outsourcing to a Kenyan firm)
> work? What is the criteria for special economic zone exemptions? Which
> agency is responsible for which licenses, exemptions, etc?
>
> 4.       *Improve the international perception of Kenya…as the country
> awaits for a NASSCOM type body to emerge* -  Does this report recommend
> then that the BPO/ITES working group assumes the role of the industry body?
> Does the board/ working group have guidelines for the industry?
>
> 5.       Is the BPO syndicate committee in place? Who are the members and
> what are their roles?
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Edwin M Onchari
>
> 0720755951
>
> eonchari at lynxbits.com
>
>
>
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