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Africa Enters Global Market For IT Outsourcing

Posted by michael on from the race-to-the-bottom dept.

nusratt writes "MarketWatch reports that many organizations 'are moving away from India as the place to outsource, because of the labor churn, and Africa supplies the highest rate of return on investments. New York's parking ticket system is managed from Ghana, Nigeria has an entire ministry for ICT, and Mauritius is building its own CyberCity. Gartner predicts that up to 25 percent of IT jobs today will be moved to emerging markets by 2010'."

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  1. electricity by sinnfeiner1916 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    i didn't know they had electricity in africa. besides, if they don't have food how do they have C compilers?

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    1. Re:electricity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      I didn't know they had electricity in Ireland. Besides, if they don't have potatoes how do they have C compilers?

  2. Re:The REAL Victims of Offshoring by Greg+Lindahl · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Ah. I never realized that ALL 3rd world people didn't speak English with a comprehensible accent. I guess your Mom's example really proves it.

    You know, I've been to Ghana, and I met quite a few people with excellent English accents. But I must have been dreaming. Ditto for all the Indians I've met who learned English, with a British accent, at home. Yeah, I must have been smoking something.

    Thanks for setting me straight.

  3. IT OUTSOURCED TO NIGGERS! HA HA HA HA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    As if I would ever trust my IT outsourcing needs to a bunch of darkies. At least some of the Indians have half a brain, but African spear chuckers?? ROFLMFAO!!

  4. Re:WorkForce Strength by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So the competition for coolies for the West is among the former slave/colonized nations of the Indian subcontinent, sub-saharan Africa and the Phillipines.

    When are these failed nations of servants and beggars gonna learn to stand on their feet and create things for themselves?

    Watch how they tout their ability to speak their colonial masters language in their desperate attempts to find jobs.

    Pathetic.