For the past few years, the Philippines has been climbing up through the ranks of top global outsourcing locations.

So far, Manila has been the main destination for foreign companies, but that is changing quickly. A new business hub has appeared on the corporate radar and its name is on everyone’s agenda:

Each location has its own geography, population, and resources. But put together all those particularities and you will see that the odds no longer favor the established, Manila, but the challenger, Davao, for five simple reasons.

The island of Mindanao supplies the local labor market with over 250,000 English-speaking graduates each year, with degrees in IT, Business Administration, Engineering, or Healthcare.