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Kenya plans to position itself as one of the world's leading outsourcing hubs for companies in North America and Europe looking to cut costs in their business processes. In an interview, the country's Information and Technology Permanent Secretary revealed a strategy to set up outsourcing incubators at local universities that are hoped to create up to 30,000 jobs. The new enthusiasm to push the Kenyan economy to the digital age follows last week's approval of the long-awaited Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policy by President Kibaki's new Cabinet, at its second sitting.