Hi Edwin, We have not met this year given that most people were settling back to work. Our first meeting will be this month. I agree with you about Kenya taking advantage of the situation in Egypt and positioning itself- indeed we briefly chatted with Paul Kukubo on this last week. I must however state that the current squabbles we are seeing in the media and reading in the press are not endearing us to be an alternative destination. This would have been an excellent time for us to shout out loud. IGACC will do what it can- the citizens can do the rest to help steer things in the right direction. Regards, Gilda Quoting Edwin Onchari <eonchari@lynxbits.com>:
Hi Gilda,
Hope your team is progressing well. Just requesting - what is the progress on the bi-monthly Inter-Governmental Agencies Committee meetings on BPO /ITES? What is their take on positioning Kenya in light of what is happening in Egypt? Egypt is a key BPO/ITES destination, how are we positioning Kenya to take advantage of the situation (sadly), or are we to bite our fingers after all the work ends up elsewhere?
Ed
-----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of godera@skyweb.co.ke Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:27 PM To: Edwin Cc: 'Raychelle Injete'; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'; 'Bobby Varanasi' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Need for BPO sector re-alignment?
Hi,
Yes we got to speak to Vision 2030 Director of Economic Pillar and they will be involved. The BPO Society has been attending and would represent the training institutions. I think KEPSA ICT Governor should sit in to represent all other ITES associations since this is not a BPO affair but ITES as a whole. As was discussed in the NASSCOM forum, we need to see how to leverage formation of the one ITES Private Sector body. Since Kepsa already exists I think it may be one way to start this- comments from listers needed.
Any useful recommendations would be taken into account for membership into the IGAC. An example of how this collectiveness works well is the way the team played a role in the NASSCOM visit last week. Each group chipped in and played a key role in hosting the visitors and it worked out very well. If we have to wait for one organisation to have sufficient budgets to do anything, the way I have observed things we would wait forever and nothing much would happen. But if the agencies jointly chip into activities then much can be achieved. I forgot to mention that the Ministry of Information and Communication, outside the KICTB due to policy issues needs to sit in this group too.
Thanks.
Gilda Quoting Edwin Onchari <eonchari@lynxbits.com>:
Hi Gilda,
Any input from Vision 2030 secretariat in the committee? Any plans to get input from the industry body, operators, training institutions, support services providers, etc?
Edwin
Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game.Service wins the game. TONY ALESSANDRA
-----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of godera@skyweb.co.ke Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 3:02 PM To: Edwin Cc: 'Raychelle Injete'; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'; 'Bobby Varanasi' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Need for BPO sector re-alignment?
Sorry I also forgot the involvement of Ministry of Immigration in the IGAC committee... Quoting godera@skyweb.co.ke:
Hi Sean,
I guess this is already happening and is in the evolving stage so this discussion would be very useful. There is an Inter-Governmental Agencies Committee comprising of BPO/ITES Working Group,KICTB,KenInvest,EPC,Min of Finance,Brand Kenya (was invited but
yet to
participate),Min Of Labour and EPZA,. The group meets twice a month and it do do the things so far raised in this discussion. It is only collectively that we can drive this industry in the right direction. It is a start although I get wary sometimes of lifespan of "committees".
But we have to start somewhere and help things to evolve in the right direction.
Kind regards,
Gilda
Quoting Sean Moroney <seanm@aitecafrica.com>:
Hi Edwin,
You are pushing the discussion in the right direction, but it needs to go much further than a communiqué or strategy. What Kenya needs is a Public-Private Outsourcing Pinnacle Organisation (Outsource Kenya?) on which all the bodies you mention below are represented and through which all national BPO development efforts are co-ordinated on an on-going basis. I believe the BPO Society is currently in the process of reconstituting itself so while it is doing that why not make it the PP body everyone works through? Then capacity can be developed to facilitate and co-ordinate all national outsourcing strategy, capacity-building, marketing etc. (What do you think, Raychelle?)
This is my outsiders view, based to some extent on the Malaysian experience Bobby Varanasi, as well as the South African BePESA initiative that Pumela Salela shared with us at the Outsourcing and Contact centre Conference back in November. (Im copying Bobby in on this in case he has any other advice to add.)
Regards,
Sean
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From: kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edwin Onchari Sent: 07 October 2010 10:41 To: seanm@aitecafrica.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Need for BPO sector re-alignment?
Dear Listers and passionate BPO industry practitioners,
In recent constructive discussions on the state of the BPO sector in Kenya, and how this will impact the contribution to realizing our Vision 2030 goals, one thing clearly emerged. As a country, we have a fragmented strategy of creating a sustainable industry.
I strongly feel that we need to a have a joint communiqué (re-aligning of strategies) from the following and any other agency that has/should have BPO as part of its TORs:
1. Kenya ICT Board (The line ministry and supporting agencies such as CCK)
2. KenInvest
3. OPM- BPO/ITES working group
4. Brand Kenya
5. Vision 2030 secretariat
6. The Kenya BPO Society and by membership extension; KEPSA
7. Any other auxiliary industry/government agencies
It is imperative that we have a unified, well thought through, strategy for the sector if we were to achieve much.
This call is in the back-drop of many industry start-ups and auxiliary service providers, either shutting shop altogether, or suspending BPO departments in their operations (over 40 start-ups have shut down in the last 4 years with a potential loss of 5000 direct jobs).
What are your thoughts?
Kind regards,
Edwin
Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game.Service wins the game. TONY ALESSANDRA
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