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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Andrea,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Excellent idea to seek input from Industry experts such as Bobby. An observation that he has made that many of us both in government and Industry have failed to tackle is “streamlining the workings between government (e.g. the KICTB & the PMs BPO working group – with the vision 2030 secretariat’s facilitation) and the Industry. The early years of disillusionment by entrepreneurs to sustain their venture into the industry has a lot to do with a weak industry body, and hence the domino effect of not realizing what Bobby has highlighted. So the question becomes, where do we go from here?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Edwin M Onchari<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>0720755951<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>eonchari@lynxbits.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea Bohnstedt<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 14, 2011 11:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> Edwin<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Is the Egypt Crisis an Opening for Kenya’s Nascent Outsourcing Industry?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hey all, <br><br>Someone raised this question recently and I thought I'd ask Bobby Varanasi, the outsourcing expert, and his thoughts are here: <br><br><a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201102113838/Kenya/Is-the-Egypt-Crisis-an-Opening-for-Kenyas-Nascent-Outsourcing-Industry.html">http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201102113838/Kenya/Is-the-Egypt-Crisis-an-Opening-for-Kenyas-Nascent-Outsourcing-Industry.html</a><br><br>Have a great week! <br>Andrea <br><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Andrea Bohnstedt</span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>Publisher<br>+254 720 960 322 <br><br><a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com" target="_blank">www.ratio-magazine.com</a><br></span><a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Find/post East Africa careers</span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br></span><a href="http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events</span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>