Platform Livelihoods
Working, Trading, Renting and Creating in a digital age. I am editing a book on this, coming out in April 2024. https://www.cariboudigital.net/2023/12/platform-livelihoods-book/
Platform Livelihoods
we gathered data from gig work ers working for Uber and Zomato in India , and from secondary sources on gig work in India. Some workers were able to realise capabilities such as decent income, freedom from ill -health and exclusion, and skill development. However, others were not, and t here were general constraints on achievement of capabilities... See more
Hiroto Yanaka • Analysing the Development Impact of the Gig Economy using Sen’s Capability Approach: A Case Study of the Physical Gig Economy in India
How Selling Online is Affecting Informal Firms in South Asia
This paper examines the impact of selling online through e-commerce platforms on informal firms in South Asia, focusing on market access and business expansion.
documents1.worldbank.orgecommerce small firms even informal
Research and Resource Library - Jobtech Alliance
jobtechalliance.com
A startup ushered thousands of Indian women into gig work, for better and worse
Sonia Faleirorestofworld.org
Academic Fellows Report November 2022
This report examines the role of young African influencers and viral hashtags on TikTok and Instagram in challenging Afropessimism and nurturing an African digital cosmopolitan practice.
africanofilter.orgThe Academic Fellows program has brought together 11 African academics based around the continent
and the diaspora to investigate Africa's narrative across a range of mediums and topics that include
social media, arts reinstitution, the impact of Covid-19, and spoken word poetry. The program brings
academic rigour and an evidence-based approach to African No Filter's work to understand and shift
harmful and stereotypical narratives about Africa. It forms part of a larger research agenda to
understand narrative and its impact. It is co-funded by Facebook and supported by The African Union,
AUDA-NEPAD and the New York-based Africa Centre.
Brian Chesky Lost His Mind One Night—and Now He's Relaunching Airbnb as an Everything App
Steven Levywired.com
The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped
theflip.africaThe Jobtech Landscape in Africa: Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities in a Critical Sector - NextBillion
nextbillion.net
