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Wairimu Gatahi
BBC reporter who filed the segment on digital platforms and gig work in sub-Saharan Africa, reporting on companies like Tendo and Roazi and interviewing gig workers and company founders.
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Can digital apps help solve Africa’s unemployment crisis?
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In this episode, Wairimu Gatahi, a BBC reporter, dives into Africa's youth unemployment crisis and the gig economy's role in addressing it. She discusses how digital platforms like Tendo and Roazi are creating new job opportunities through social sharing and consumer insight collection. Wairimu shares a gig worker's struggles with low pay and scams, highlighting the limitations of gig work in solving deep-rooted employment issues. She emphasizes that while technology offers hope, meaningful change requires wider economic reforms.
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