Electronics assembling and Business Process Outsourcing to create 1000 jobs in Kenya.[Photo/techweez.com]The recently released draft budget policy statement shows, Kenya is expanding on electronics assembling and Business Process Outsourcing.The government aims to sign at least two investors for electronics assemblies and a similar number of BPO players this year in a policy move striving to creat jobs and growing the manufacturing sector , this is according to the document.The Treasury says in the budget policy statement (BPS) that attracting BPO players will create at least 1,000 jobs while signing up investors for electronics plants will firm up manufacturing.In the plan the government will include an IT entrepreneurship programme to support the ICT sector and strengthening the innovation ecosystem. The government projects that in five years it will attract at least five BPO players to create up to 10,000 jobs and have phone, laptop and TV assemblers.The plan is to increase contribution of manufacturing sector from 9.2 per cent in 2016 to 15 per cent of the GDP by 2022. For this to be possible the government’s priority initiatives include computer, light electronics and IT-related parts assembly.Under the Vision 2030, it is expected that access to ICT will contribute to the country’s economic growth by reducing transaction costs and increasing business efficiency.Lack of government support and poor business environment have been cited as key challenges to BPO companies success in Kenya.

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