Hi Andrea, 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? Best Regards, Edwin M Onchari 0720755951 eonchari@lynxbits.com From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Andrea Bohnstedt Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 11:52 AM To: Edwin Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Is the Egypt Crisis an Opening for Kenya's Nascent Outsourcing Industry? Hey all, Someone raised this question recently and I thought I'd ask Bobby Varanasi, the outsourcing expert, and his thoughts are here: http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201102113838/Kenya/Is-the-Egypt-Crisis-an-Open ing-for-Kenyas-Nascent-Outsourcing-Industry.html Have a great week! Andrea -- <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Andrea Bohnstedt Publisher +254 720 960 322 www.ratio-magazine.com <http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php> Find/post East Africa careers <http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php> Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events