Africans Find Opportunity in Digital Outsourcing Jobs
A growing number of youths in Kenya and other African countries are using business process outsourcing as a means of employment, and international organizations are stepping up their support.
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Africa:
Boosting Youth Employment Through Digital Jobs
allAfrica, 14 May 2013
The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie,… Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya Creating Digital Employment
The Rockefeller Foundation, 13 May 2013
Featured Grantee: Digital Divide Data Read more »
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Africa:
Initiative to Create Digital Jobs in Africa
Biz-Community, 14 May 2013
Dr. Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, yesterday, 13 May 2013, launched a new foundation initiative that will focus on Africa's youth and employment, Digital… Read more »
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Uganda:
Outsourcing to Create 100,000 Jobs Every Year
Monitor, 17 January 2011
At least 100,000 jobs in the ICT sector will be available for new graduates every year as the government moves to implement an ambitious outsourcing plan. Read more »
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Kenya:
Outsource Our Jobs? - Why Firms Are Afraid of BPOs
East African, 26 October 2009
Even as Kenya's business process outsourcing industry continues to grow, companies that are meant to be its customers are becoming its competitors as they shun outsourcing of… Read more »
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Kenya:
Country Plans to Create 30,000 Outsourcing Jobs in Varsities
Nation, 17 January 2006
Kenya plans to position itself as one of the world's leading outsourcing hubs for companies in North America and Europe looking to cut costs in their business processes. Read more »