There is a need to create regional or continent-wide regulatory frameworks for protection of African gig workers.
- Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development, University of Edinburgh
Whereas digital work can bring freedom and flexibility into the lives of workers in Africa, it can also contribute towards their precarity and vulnerability.
Unlike India’s, South Africa’s business process outsourcing sector is not generating jobs that offer workers the chance of progressing up the career ladder.
South Africa’s recently announced economic recovery plan failed to break away from the cumbersome neo-liberal line.
Despite a growing chorus of deniers, white monopoly capital continues to be a South African reality that shapes the country’s political, economic and social life.
The strategy of Brazil, Russia, India and China towards African development seems to be muddled with selfish national interests. Their focus is on areas critical to the growth of their economies.
Foreign investors need to tread carefully when acquiring land in Africa. This is best illustrated in the ecologically sensitive Gambela region of Ethiopia, where firms have endangered livelihoods.
The crisis in Ukraine, as Russian troops apparently occupy Crimea and threaten its borders with the rest of the country, has sent strong tremors through the international diplomatic community. Both Barack…
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