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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is BPESA?

02 Oct 2020
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Techday's 10 Minute IT Jams provide sharp, to-the-point insights into emerging and established technology companies that operate in the Asia-Pacific region.

Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPESA) is an industry body association for business services in South Africa, and is focussed on the growth opportunity for South Africa on the world stage for traded services.

Techday spoke with BPESA CEO Andy Searle, who discusses the trend of big brands flocking to South Africa for software development, the impact of COVID-19 on risk mitigation for offshore outsourcing, and the company's upcoming webinars in Australia this month.

Watch the video below.

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