dc.contributor.author | Iraki, XN | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-11T06:46:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-11T06:46:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Iraki, X. N. (2013). Outsourcing and Vision 2030: An analysis into Kenyas new economic frontier. African Journal of Business Management, 7(15), 1218-1223. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1380730555_Iraki.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/87233 | |
dc.description.abstract | Vision 2030 is Kenya’s new blue print that aims at transforming the country
into a middle income
country by the year 2030. One of the identified sectors that will catalyst the achievement of Vision 2030
is Business Process Offshoring (BPO). Thousands of jobs are expected to be created in this sector
whose strength is expected to
come from a well trained manpower,
Information Communication
Technology
(
ICT
)
infrastructure and supportive Government policy. The arrival of EASSY, TEAMS and
SEACOM undersea cables are seen as the first step in starting off this sector. This papers analyz
es the
state of Kenya’s readiness for BPO and makes bold recommendations on transforming Kenya into an
outsourcing hub which can compete favorably with other hubs such as India and Philippines. The paper
further analyses on how BPO can be scaled up to incl
ude high value jobs such as in R and D, beyond
the back office. The operational issues arising from BPO are also addressed | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.subject | Business process off shoring, outsourcing, Information Communication Technology ( ICT ) . | en_US |
dc.title | Outsourcing and Vision 2030: An analysis into Kenyas new economic frontier | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |