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/

Jonathan Donner

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.org

The 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.

Working Without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work

The document explores gender differences in engagement with online gig work, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for increasing female labor force participation.

thedocs.worldbank.org