Call centres probably provide about 2300 jobs, says ICT industry source

There appears to be a difference between the Government of Guyana and informed industry opinion regarding the number of jobs which call centres are contributing to the overall tally of jobs being provided for Guyanese in the country’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.

In March this year, at an event held to mark the handing over of 24,145 laptops, a gift from the Chinese Government to buttress the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh was quoted in the media as saying that while just a few years ago there were no ICT-related jobs