The African Safari Enters the BPO Industry

It seems the Dark Continent has much to offer intoo are also pretty low in this country that suits the
the field of Business Process Outsourcing. Many of itsgrowth of this business. The government also
countries are now well known names in this business.provides tax breaks.
Some of its more important nations that haveKenya has its own call center named KenCall EPZ Ltd.
already created a unique base in the BPO industry areMauritius too is making its mark in this area and trying
Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Morocco.to establish a cyber tower, which would be the
Kenya, Mauritius and Tunisia, too are in the fray.second one for this country.
Right now there is no doubt that Egypt has the bestThe major languages that you will find Egyptians
infrastructures to support its BPO industry. It is fromspeaking include English, French, Italian, Russian,
2003 that this country is trying to establish its ownSpanish, Portuguese, Arabic, and Hebrew. You will find
name in BPO industry. There are various topthat operators in these call centers can serve you
companies that now have their businesses in thisthrough languages like French, English, Arabic, and
African nation. Xceed is one such company that hasGerman.
its office in Egypt since the year 2001.In fact eight African countries have approached India
Tunisia, on the other hand, does not have that muchto forge an alliance with Nasscom so they can
of a presence in this field. Morocco is another nationprogress further in this field. These countries include
that has its share of call centers. Egypt also had anGhana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Mozambique,
affordable cost structure that made it a really seriousRwanda, Senegal, and Tanzania.
competitor.South Africa too is a powerhouse in BPO business.
The reason behind this growth of Egypt in theLast year TeleTech has established an office here.
market of World BPO is because of the variousThere is a majority of people in this country that
institutions established here that has given itsspeak English and moreover provincial and municipal
multilingual abilities a real boost. A good amount ofgovernment too provide full support to its BPO
Egypt’s population can speak English really well.industry.
This country also has many graduates. Among theseSo, it seems that Africa is ready to challenge the
graduates at least 40 percent join the call center.Asian nations that has so far solely ruled the BPO
The geographical location and political support of thissector.
country too are beneficial for BPO. Telecom rates