While from this end IT outsourcing to Africa may stink of exploitation and job cuts and other capitalist odours, in Africa it may have a slightly less pungent aroma.
Any country that has the intention of entering this market has to make sure that it has the infrastructure to be a player. This involves having fatpipes that can link said country to the rest of the world, quickly and reliably. A work force that has the ability to perform the required operations is also paramount. This means education, literacy and access to knowledge.
Apparently, Nigeria has all that in place, but their ideas on what to do with it seriously need a kick in the ass so that they can see ways of using IT to generate diNeros beyond email scams. While the companies going in the may not want that for the Nigerians, I don't doubt some will see the light.
As for the other countries who aren't ready yet, well they just might get up off their asses, lay down some fatpipes and teach their kids to string code so they can get a piece of this digital pie.
Outsourcing will bring with it a lot of Worldcorp evil, but it may also cause Africa to get connected, like seriously connected, not just 56k over a 20 year old copperwire. Maybe at some stage more Africans will be able to post their opinions on subjects that concern them.
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While from this end IT outsourcing to Africa may stink of exploitation and job cuts and other capitalist odours, in Africa it may have a slightly less pungent aroma.
Any country that has the intention of entering this market has to make sure that it has the infrastructure to be a player. This involves having fatpipes that can link said country to the rest of the world, quickly and reliably. A work force that has the ability to perform the required operations is also paramount. This means education, literacy and access to knowledge.
Apparently, Nigeria has all that in place, but their ideas on what to do with it seriously need a kick in the ass so that they can see ways of using IT to generate diNeros beyond email scams. While the companies going in the may not want that for the Nigerians, I don't doubt some will see the light.
As for the other countries who aren't ready yet, well they just might get up off their asses, lay down some fatpipes and teach their kids to string code so they can get a piece of this digital pie.
Outsourcing will bring with it a lot of Worldcorp evil, but it may also cause Africa to get connected, like seriously connected, not just 56k over a 20 year old copperwire.
Maybe at some stage more Africans will be able to post their opinions on subjects that concern them.