"In discussions about the locations that make up the key productive nodes of the #DigitalEconomy, #Africa rarely gets a mention.

Autonomous vehicles, #ArtificialIntelligence and machine learning systems, next-generation search engines, recommendations systems, and online content:
how many of these technologies do you think are ‘made in Africa’?

The answer is actually ‘all of them’.

More importantly, few of these #DigitalWork types are typically thought to be associated with #HumanLabour — let alone with
African workers participating as a central cog in them.

In fact, there are thousands and thousands of African workers helping create some of the most sophisticated technologies available today, from some fairly unlikely locations."

"The #Digital #Continent - Placing Africa in Planetary Networks of #Work" (#PDF)

#MohammadAmirAnwar
#MarkGraham

https://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/academic/pdf/openaccess/9780198840800.pdf

#OpenAccess