A recent article in the New York Times cites 'good things happening in Kenya' and has also been quoted by Kenyan mainstream media.
Kenya has been in excitement mode, anticipating the coming of the fiber optic link to the world, hoping for the cost of communication to come down drastically so that Kenya can cash in on the call centre business currently dominated by India. One reason given for this is that Kenyan speak better English.
Kamale T urges Kenya to aim higher than call centres.