Africa is the last wave of outsroucing

Kenya has an advantage over most other cheap countries for call center outsourcing, and it's the accent. The kenyan accent is easy to understand and more crisp, compared to accents like Indian, Chinese or West African. See sample: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U1h51HiqTg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U1h51HiqTg</a>

Kenya is interesting. Heard of a competitor doing it while I was in Asia. I looked at Ethiopia, but the cost of telecom is huge. With Kenya getting a fiber and some semblance of stability that alone is a game changer. Not sure what the labor differential is, but English+Fiber+Relative Stability == pretty good candidate. Assuming cost is equal or below Philippines, I would definitely consider it.

A friend of mine from grad school was born to a Nigerian father (who now practices medicine in South Africa) and spent a good bit of time there growing up. He said that a handful of people there are desperate for the ability to start firms like this because of the large number of native-English speakers and the fact that they are in the same time zone as England. There's definitely a belief among successful Africans that Africa could be the next step for outsourcing.<p>However, they all knew that it wasn't something that could work because of the perception of doing business in Nigeria. The article makes it seem like there is a still a little of that concern with Kenya, but it looks like they may be the ultimate winner in this arena.

You can fix the typo. [ outsroucing -&#62; outsourcing ]

The linked to map of the undersea cable network is pretty interesting as well:<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11864350" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11864350</a>

What about outsourcing to Russia when it becomes a reasonable place for foreign firms to do business? It seems like that wave is yet to come.

Business is about profit &#38; loss. Do not expect patriotism.<p><pre><code> Chinese economy = American capitalism - Human rights Indian economy = American capitalism + Wage slavery African economy = American capitalism + Slavery </code></pre> In globalized economy, jobs will go where businesses get maximum profit.

Race to the bottom.