African countries vie for outsourcing business

rakib · 04-09-2007, 02:16 PM

Though South Africa leads the effort to expand business processing outsourcing (BPO) on the continent, other countries are also vying to attract foreign business.

There are common elements in the African countries' pitch: language skills, time zone/geographical location and an underemployed workforce with resulting low labor costs.

However, the only real competitor to South Africa in the BPO services market is Egypt, according to Albert Rossouw, chief executive of BPO consultancy Strategy360 in Cape Town. The big difference is the level of government support and the clarity of the country's BPO proposition, he said.

Full story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...ourcing_1.html

ablaye · 04-09-2007, 08:59 PM

Interesting. I have always wondered why businesses are getting outsourced to Asia and not to Africa.

04-09-2007, 02:16 PM	#1
rakib Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bangladesh Posts: 269	African countries vie for outsourcing business Though South Africa leads the effort to expand business processing outsourcing (BPO) on the continent, other countries are also vying to attract foreign business. There are common elements in the African countries' pitch: language skills, time zone/geographical location and an underemployed workforce with resulting low labor costs. However, the only real competitor to South Africa in the BPO services market is Egypt, according to Albert Rossouw, chief executive of BPO consultancy Strategy360 in Cape Town. The big difference is the level of government support and the clarity of the country's BPO proposition, he said. Full story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...ourcing_1.html __________________ Allthelook web directory::Web information guide

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