Ruare, Kenya

  A ground breaking ceremony for the first business outsourcing

Summary:   A ground breaking ceremony for the first business outsourcing park in East Africa was held in Nairobi on Thursday Located along Nairobi s Mombasa road the proposed Sh2 2 billion ultra modern Sameer Business Park will have more than 500 000 square feet of offices show rooms coffee lounges and car parking facilities for at least 600 vehicles chairman Naushad Merali said The park is to be completed in December 2009 The second phase will see development of a modern hotel and conference facilities next to the park   President Kibaki who inaugurated the construction said the investment was a sign that the business climate in the country had improved Our country is now ready to be a destination of choice for local and international investors he said The President said the park will help ease unemployment among the youth which stands at over three million It is the private sector through investments like this that creates jobs I am pleased to see that one of the main business lines for this facility will be Business Process Outsourcing   The park will position Kenya to compete in the dynamic and rapidly growing ICT sector he said He said the Government wanted to make Kenya the top Business Process Outsourcing destination in Africa in five years and plans were in the pipeline to build a Business Process Outsourcing park with world class infrastructure geared at attracting global businesses to Kenya to compete in the ICT sector The Government has speeded up the improvement of roads airports seaports electricity water telecommunications railways and other supportive infrastructure to achieve this goal he said To ensure policy support for these measures at the highest level we have now created Cabinet portfolios for Industrialisation Trade Nairobi Metropolitan Development and the Vision 2030 Daily Nation   A ground breaking ceremony for the first business outsourcing park in East Africa was held in Nairobi on Thursday Located along Nairobi s Mombasa road the proposed Sh2 2 billion ultra modern Sameer Business Park will have more than 500 000 square feet of offices show rooms coffee lounges and car parking facilities for at least 600 vehicles chairman Naushad Merali said The park is to be completed in December 2009 The second phase will see development of a modern hotel and conference facilities next to the park   President Kibaki who inaugurated the construction said the investment was a sign that the business climate in the country had improved Our country is now ready to be a destination of choice for local and international investors he said The President said the park will help ease unemployment among the youth which stands at over three million It is the private sector through investments like this that creates jobs I am pleased to see that one of the main business lines for this facility will be Business Process Outsourcing   The park will position Kenya to compete in the dynamic and rapidly growing ICT sector he said He said the Government wanted to make Kenya the top Business Process Outsourcing destination in Africa in five years and plans were in the pipeline to build a Business Process Outsourcing park with world class infrastructure geared at attracting global businesses to Kenya to compete in the ICT sector The Government has speeded up the improvement of roads airports seaports electricity water telecommunications railways and other supportive infrastructure to achieve this goal he said To ensure policy support for these measures at the highest level we have now created Cabinet portfolios for Industrialisation Trade Nairobi Metropolitan Development and the Vision 2030 Daily Nation

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