by cmaclay | Apr 5, 2022 | Lessons Learned (the Hard Way)
By Chris Maclay When I joined Lynk in 2017, I was excited about embarking on our mission of connecting millions of informal workers in Kenya to jobs. Millions. I was so excited. This was tech-enabled scale. Or so I thought. Back then I used to work on the customer...
by cmaclay | Mar 7, 2022 | Unpacking the Box
By Timothy Asiimwe We’ve previously sought to understand what the infrastructure for jobtech in Africa looks like (see here). This article dives into a critical part of the jobtech stack – portable reputation. The emergence of gig platforms has reshaped...
by cmaclay | Mar 2, 2022 | Unpacking the Box
By Jenn Otieno In this series, we’ll explore how different African jobtech initiatives have leveraged the powerful combination of technology and partnerships with government to generate exponential growth. In this article, we begin by looking at three models of...
by cmaclay | Feb 2, 2022 | Lessons Learned (the Hard Way)
Author: Tracy Mwaura In this article, we look to India for global inspiration in social commerce. We explore how this e-commerce platform has created income for over 1 million people in India. As a very timely note for this article, Ghanaian social commerce platform...
by cmaclay | Feb 2, 2022 | Unpacking the Box
By Gituku Ngene This article summarizes what’s really going on in the jobtech space in Africa: explaining what the key business models are calling out some well-known actors. Remember that you can find a full mapping of jobtech actors in Africa here. UNCTAD’s...
by cmaclay | Feb 2, 2022 | Unpacking the Box
In addition to sharing interesting content in the Jobtech Alliance newsletter, we will share particularly relevant content as cross-posts. Here, we introduce Justin Norman from The Flip’s excellent recent article on the Future of Work in Africa. You’ll...
by cmaclay | Dec 2, 2021 | Unpacking the Box
Authors: Timothy Asiimwe & Chris Maclay Ecosystem infrastructure? Ecosystem stack? While getting feedback on the Jobtech Alliance strategy, we spoke with many fascinating and impressive ecosystem builders. Karan Chopra, founder of Opportunity @ Work (a social...
by cmaclay | Nov 30, 2021 | Jobtech Alliance Memo
Finally, a map for jobtech! This month, start-up market intelligence platform, Briter Bridges, launched their flagship jobtech map. Briter has developed dozens of maps of key sectors in the start-up ecosystem in Africa, and we’re excited that jobtech got its...
by cmaclay | Nov 9, 2021 | Lessons Learned (the Hard Way)
Author: Paul Breloff Shortlist is a Nairobi-based executive search and talent tech company building great teams across Africa, India, and 20+ countries. In this article, Shortlist’s CEO shares his experience building a jobmatching platform across Africa and India, and...
by cmaclay | Oct 27, 2021 | Jobtech Alliance Memo
Author: Jennifer Otieno Yesterday we invited 50+ leaders in jobtech in sub-saharan Africa to come together to envision and co-create the next phase of the Jobtech Alliance. We connected with new and familiar faces through brief networking interactions and introduced...
