Why outsource your business to Madagascar?

• Very little time difference

Just 1 hour from Paris in summer and 2 hours in winter, exchanges are simplified. The Big Island remains a preferred destination for companies wishing to outsource some of their activities.

• A strong French culture on the island

Madagascar, as a former French colony, benefits from a French cultural heritage. To this day, the language used remains French, which children learn from an early age. After the baccalaureate, the children are perfectly bilingual, which enables them to join French-speaking companies, for various missions requiring a perfect command of French.

• Training courses increasingly focused on the web

More and more specialized schools are offering online or on-site training in web professions. Every year, more than 5,000 graduates are ready to join European companies. Thanks to numerous online training courses (Elephorm, MOOC...), young Madagascans have access to more technical, comprehensive and diversified training.

• Malagasy people have a wide range of skills

Since the development of offshore activities in Madagascar, the Malagasy people have acquired solid skills, particularly in terms of data entry, moderation, content creation, DTP and management of the customer relationship multi-channel. This has encouraged many companies based in Mauritius and North Africa to invest in the island on behalf of their subsidiaries.

• Good quality infrastructure

Madagascar benefits from three fiber-optic cables. Telma, the leading Internet service provider, offers connection speeds of up to 100Mb/s nationally and 6Mb/s internationally. The connection is therefore perfectly controlled and no longer represents an obstacle to business communications.

• Highly skilled, low-cost labor

There are real savings to be made when companies choose the Big Island. In fact, it's very affordable, compared with 'other Maghreb countries such as Tunisia or Morocco. You can save 30 to 50% on labor costs, so why deprive yourself?

• Major companies have already placed their trust in Malagasy firms

The Scemi group and Outremer télécom have decided to outsource their web projects to Madagascar. Indeed, the procedures for setting up a company have been simplified to attract new investors. What's more, social security charges and employer contributions remain reasonable.