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Article: Ghana goes for IT lead.
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- African Business
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- July 1, 2001
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Until now the S40bn offshore information services industry has by-passed Africa - but one company is determined to change that. AQSolutions, based both in the US and Ghana. wants a slice of this lucrative market and as reports, is getting it.
The offshore information services market is valued at between $3Obn and $40bn and countries like India, Russia, Ireland, Israel, Barbados, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines, have made a name for themselves with US companies for the high quality and low cost of their services.
Services range from basic data entry to software engineering and the writing of software solutions. Africa has not figured ...