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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. Re:ummmmm.... security? by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Would you trust any sensitive customer data in Nigeria? Im not being racist, just that they dont exactly have a glowing track record."

    Just so ya know, you would have sounded less racist if you had mentioned the Nigerian scam (419 I think?) as a point for why anybody'd trust them.

    I'll be honest, though, I don't think it's all that fair to generalize. Sadly, though, I share the same fear, too. Hopefully one day I'll evolve.

    --
    "Derp de derp."
  2. They took are jobzzz! by LoadingTheOwner · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They took are jobzzzzzz!