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Jun 22, 20203 min read
Exploring how digital platforms are helping to fill skills gaps for African youth
We're focused on building a stronger evidence base for the impact on platform workers' livelihoods & the business case for platforms.
Jun 11, 20205 min read
Could logistic companies be the biggest winners of Africa’s COVID-19 e-commerce race?
If e-commerce companies make strategic shifts now, they could weather the pandemic.
May 5, 20205 min read
‘Platform-Led Upskilling’ in Africa: Can Digital Platforms Help Close the Continent’s Skills Gap?
Platforms offer potentially positive impacts beyond income generation, such as skills development.
May 5, 20203 min read
Online marketplaces can help close Africa's skills gap
The 'skills gap' in Africa represents a threat to the continent's digitization.
Apr 1, 20204 min read
Technology and training can bring safe roads and better jobs to Africa
Many platforms including motorbike ride-hailing companies of Lagos are investing in training entrepreneurs and workers using their sites.
Mar 30, 20204 min read
1600+ ways to teach “skills in the digital age”
As automation and digitization transform economies and usher in a new ‘future of work’, closing the skills gap is critical.
Jan 13, 20204 min read
Three Companies Helping Ease the Burden of Training for Platforms
When it comes to training, the majority of African platforms we spoke to are going it alone and both designing and delivering training...
Jan 13, 20202 min read
Training at Sky.Garden: co-created, scalable, and replicable
Launched in May 2017 into the burgeoning Kenyan e-commerce market, Sky.Garden’s differentiator is the bottom-up design of its platform:...
Jan 8, 20203 min read
Facebook: helping fill digital skills gaps in Africa
While Facebook’s original purpose was that of a social network, connecting people digitally with their friends and families, it has...
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