Dear Paul, To make your proposed tour more Pan-African, the group would be welcome to stop in Nairobi on your way to SA to participate in the fourth annual East African Outsourcing & Contact Centre Conference, to be held over 11-12 November. The knowledge members of your group could bring to Kenya's emerging BPO industry would be greatly appreciated. The draft programme with confirmed speakers so far is attached for your reference. I look forward to having your response. Regards, Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa <mailto:seanm@aitecafrica.com> seanm@aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Fax: +44(0)1480-880765 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Kenya Mobile: +254(0)721-845674 Mozambique Mobile: +258-82-6181618 Nigeria Mobile: +234(0)802-0571766 SA Mobile: +27(0)724-577887 Skype: seanmoroney <http://www.aitecafrica.com> www.aitecafrica.com UPCOMING AITEC Africa EVENTS: * CCK 10th Anniversary Celebrations: Forum and Expo, Nairobi, 22-24 July 2009 * AITEC Mozambique National ICT Convention, Maputo, 17-18 September 2009 * East African Fibre Summit, Nairobi, 22-23 September 2009 * Customer Service & Contact Centre, Lagos, 14-15 October 2009 * ComBIT, Lagos, 2-4 November 2009 * Outsourcing & Contact Centre East Africa, Nairobi, 11-12 November 2009 AITEC Africa is the trading name of AITEC Conferences Limited UK Company registration number: 4698475 _____ From: kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Victor Gathara Sent: 22 June 2009 11:04 To: seanm@aitecafrica.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] May be of interest: IT-destination Africa Dear colleague, Many Dutch companies are currently investigating the advantages of offshore sourcing of IT-related projects. Although most of the work will be done in India or in Eastern Europe, there is also a growing interest for Africa. South-Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria are upcoming outsourcing destinations. The attached article: "The Next India" deals with this topic. A longer version of the article has just been placed on the website of The Broker: <http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/articles/The-next-India> http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/en/articles/The-next-India (and where comments can be added as well; a debate on IT and developing countries is being welcomed). The IT-promotion of Africa Most African nations are not yet well-known offshore destinations, and many promotional activities will be needed. Organizing business missions to Africa is an effective way to generate publicity. We are planning to organize an IT- and BPO-studytour to South-Africa (14 - 21 November 2009). The focus will be on software development, administrative and financial services and call centers. During this visit, we will also take part at an international outsourcing conference, organized by ITC (United Nations) and with delegations from various African countries. Information about these topics has been attached as well. It will be the first time for us to organize a public IT- and BPO-studytour to South-Africa, and we are inviting partners and sponsors to join us, in order to make this unique mission a successful event. With best regards, Paul Tjia (sr. consultant 'offshore sourcing') GPI Consultancy, P.O. Box 26151, 3002 ED Rotterdam, The Netherlands E-mail: paul@gpic.nl tel: +31-10-4254172 fax: +31-10-4254317 Website: www.gpic.nl N.B. Information about various topics, including the Dutch offshore market, can be found in my book: "Offshoring Information Technology - Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global Workforce" (Cambridge University Press). The third print is now available: http://www.gpic.nl/bookTOC.pdf Our activities include: -the promotion of 'offshore IT sourcing' (through seminars, videofilms, publications and study tours) -consultancy (e.g. offshore strategy, feasibility study, country and partner selection, offshore transition) -intercultural training (e.g. 'how to deal with the Dutch business culture', 'how to deal with the Indian business culture') Please reply this message with the text 'Cancel' if you do not want to receive our E-mails DFID, the Department for International Development: leading the British Government's fight against world poverty. Find out more about the major global poverty challenges and get the facts on what DFID is doing to fight them: http://www.dfid.gov.uk ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Peapod. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.peapod.co.uk/cleanmail
