colonialism – The Digital Inequality Group

Be your own boss: Examining algorithmic burdens on ride-hailing platform drivers in Lagos

Posted on 18 May 2021 by Margie Cheesman

By Daniel Arubayi for the OII’s #DigitalInequality blog series It is another day as a platform driver roaming the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, waiting for a ping on a smartphone device signalling a trip assignment from a platform algorithm (Figure… Continue Reading →

Will broadband be East Africa’s 21st century railway to the world?

Posted on 17 November 2014 by

I have published a short piece The Conversation that summarises some work that I carried out with two colleagues (Casper Andersen and Laura Mann) on visions of connectivity in East Africa, and why they matter. The article follows how the… Continue Reading →