Hi Walu, In my view the BPO conference was a great event and well attended by both local and international business delegates, perhaps beyond the expectations of the organizers. I am yet to secure copies of speeches by both the PS (opening) and the Minister (closing) so can not comment about these two as I missed both due to unavoidable circumstances. Still I heard delegates praising Bitange Ndemo's opening speech. Nevertheless, I participated in most of the presentations and debates for the too days. Congrats to Sean and the team. A few issues that I captured were; O Kenyans are ready to invest into the business, NOT enough info requirements are readily available in the public domain. More public awareness job for BPO Society and the Kenya ICT Board. A lady delegate from UK expressed her concern that most people are asking for basic information. O It was clear from the international presenters that Kenya is currently NOT in the global picture. Even to be a leading player in Africa is going to be an uphill task. Take e.g. Ghana has over 3000 BPOs in place compared to Kenya's about 16 BPOs. Both ICT Board and the BPO Society have a lot of work ahead, without ignoring local opportunities. O A challenge to the Kenya by the international delegates is; there is need to sell Africa first before selling as a country, then move to individual companies. The likes of Kencall seem to have defied this order to be where they are today. O What can Kenya achieve before Fibre Optic reaches Mombasa. O One advantage for sure over the rest of Africa and India is; our girls and boys speak the Queens language better than the rest. Remember these are only my personal observations as we wait for Sean's briefing, guys want to hear more. Regards, Akich D. Kwach Director - Research & Operations ARCHWAY Technology Mobile:+254 722 742155 Tel: +254 20 4778026 e-mail: <mailto:kwach@archway-productions.com> kwach@archway-productions.com <http://www.archway-productions.com> www.archway-productions.com *** Market & Social Research for Development *** -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+kwach=archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kwach=archway-productions.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of John Walubengo Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:08 AM To: kwach@archway-productions.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Re : Any news from BPO confrence @ Safari Park, Nairobi,KE? Hey, anybody attending the above ongoing conference. could we have someone blogging out the key events/highlights/announcements? walu. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kwach@archway-productions.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kwach%40archway-product ions.com