[kictanet] Africa IT Jobs Outsourced to China ? Africa

[Ali Hussein]

Exactly Matunda..

In my previous life when I worked in the motor industry there was a
requirement that commercial vehicles required a minimum of 40% local
content. And although we never succeeded in building our own vehicles from
scratch (Nyayo car anyone?) we succeeded in creating a vibrant local OEM
industry that still exists to date.

This was government policy. And it worked. Where and when did we lose the
plot?

We must start as a country to act GLOCAL (Think Global but act Local).


*Ali Hussein*

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On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Matunda Nyanchama <
mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com> wrote:

> On this subject, we really need laws that would guarantee capacity
> building, e.g. you can require that at least 40% local participation in
> every aspect of a contract where the principal winner is a foreign company.
> In the case of infrastructure projects, this will entail that level of
> participation right from conception, feasibility, financing, design,
> implementation, ...
>
> Kwani how else are we supposed to build capabilities?
>
>  Regards.
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