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

Posted on 18 May 2021 by Margie Cheesman
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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 →

algorithms, colonialism, digital inequality, fairwork, gig economy

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

Posted on 17 November 2014 by Mark Graham

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 →

Africa, colonialism, connectivity, EastAfricabroadband, kenya, neoliberalism, production networks

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This group aims to understand the differences that ICTs and changing connectivities make at the world’s economic peripheries; to uncover who the winners and losers; and to critically consider what ‘development’ is, and should be, in a hyper-connected age.

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