by cmaclay | Mar 11, 2024 | Research
By: Manan Sharma Gender and Jobtech in Africa Women’s involvement and success on jobtech platforms presents a pathway to economic empowerment and better quality of life across sub-Saharan Africa. Globally, women are more actively engaged in online platform work than...
by cmaclay | Mar 5, 2024 | Unpacking the Box
This is a crowdsourced article from Jobtech Alliance Platform Members, who offer on-the-ground insights into the future of work. For this edition of Community Lessons, we asked them “what is the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on your jobtech business” While AI...
by cmaclay | Mar 1, 2024 | Jobtech Alliance Memo, Unpacking the Box
By Jared Adema and Chris Maclay Summary of Part 1 In our first blog on this topic, we explained how we measure job creation on jobtech platforms in Africa. If you want the summary, read the box below; if not, feel free to jump over: We explained how we chose to ‘count...
by cmaclay | Feb 26, 2024 | Research
By Manan Sharma Digital Tools for Worker Enablement have emerged in the global jobtech landscape, but – with exceptions – are yet to truly arrive on the African continent. They address critical infrastructure gaps for workers in the platform economy,...
by cmaclay | Feb 26, 2024 | Research
By Manan Sharma Tech-Enabled Skilling Platforms have emerged as crucial digital sources of knowledge within the platform economy. Driven by factors like COVID-19, generational shifts, and tech advancements, professionals now face the need to adapt to hybrid work...
by cmaclay | Feb 26, 2024 | Research
By Manan Sharma With 44 million micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in sub-Saharan Africa, of which 97% are microenterprises, “Digital Services for Microenterprises” present a compelling opportunity within the Jobtech landscape in Africa, as this...
by cmaclay | Feb 26, 2024 | Research
By Manan Sharma “Platforms for Digitally Delivered Work”, stand out as a particularly intriguing segment within jobtech and platform economy, mainly due to their independence from the limitations imposed by weak purchasing power in many African markets....
by cmaclay | Feb 26, 2024 | Research
By Manan Sharma Among the first wave of Jobtech platforms in Africa, Platforms for offline work function as digital means of discovery and distribution networks for physical services like transportation, delivery, and errands that are performed as a result of online...
by cmaclay | Feb 6, 2024 | Research, Unpacking the Box
By Michelle Hassan For refugees, the right to work is essential for building resilience and securing dignity. However, many obstacles hinder the integration of refugees into the workforce in host countries, such as identity issues, the legal right to work, the local...
by cmaclay | Feb 1, 2024 | Research
By Michelle Hassan South Africa has seen a substantial rise in the gig economy, particularly in urban areas. In 2021, 3.9 million gig workers constituted 1% of the workforce, with a predominant demographic of individuals under 30 concentrated in major urban hubs like...
