<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Nik,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Very interesting blog to read. Thanks for the referall. But it kind of leaves one thirsting to see more of the debate and more justice done to salvage Kenya's "backwoods", "undereducated", "forest-dweller" image and paint a true picture of the "Netropolis" that this country truly is.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Brian</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:22 PM, Nik Nesbitt wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">I am being asked more and more about this blog that debates whether Kenya will ever make it as a large outsourcing destination before wage inflation chokes the whole industry in its infancy... In other words, will our education system fall short in producing enough capable people to work in the BPO industry to make a difference to the state of unemployment in Kenya. And is the lack of fiber the real choke point or is it the lack of a capable education system, they debate...<BR> <BR> Take a look and see what the rest of the world has to say about us, and what some locals also have to say....<BR> <BR> FYI<BR> <BR> <A href="http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/04/kencall_again.php">http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/04/kencall_again.php</A><BR> <BR> <BR> --<BR> Nicholas A. Nesbitt<BR> Chief Executive Officer<BR> KenCall EPZ Ltd.<BR> Sameer Industrial Park, Mombasa Road<BR> P.O. Box 27507 – 00506 <BR> Nairobi, Kenya<BR> <BR> +254 (721) 458.458 (mobile)<BR> +254 (20) 66.02.101 (direct)<BR> +254 (20) 66.02.222 (fax)<BR> <BR> +1.703.937.8970/1 (USA line to Kenya)<BR> +1.866.9KENCALL (Toll free to Kenya)<BR> +1.914.801.4500 (USA fax)<BR> +1.914.380.9444 (USA cell)<BR> <BR> <A href="mailto:nnesbitt@marketrace.com">nnesbitt@marketrace.com</A><BR> <BR> <A href="http://www.kencall.com">www.kencall.com</A><BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><BR> </SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><BR> <BR> <HR align="CENTER" size="3" width="95%">_______________________________________________<BR> kictanet mailing list<BR> <A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A><BR> <A href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</A><BR> <BR> This message was sent to: <A href="mailto:nnesbitt@kencall.com">nnesbitt@kencall.com</A><BR> Unsubscribe or change your options at <A href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nnesbitt%40kencall.com">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nnesbitt%40kencall.com</A><BR> </SPAN></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>