Event Socio Economic "I just want to survive" A comparative study of food courier riders in three African cities. Recent research conducted with platform workers in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Accra, points to the emergence of a new worker in the digital economy. This new worker is subject to a new business model based on authoritarian algorithmic management. Promising freedom, flexibility, self- employment and shared business ownership (SBO), multinational tech conglomerates claim to be creating new economic opportunities in Africa. However, our study shows a different picture. Launch of Report and Opening of Photo Exhibition Date: 24 March 2022 Time: 16:00 Live stream: Facebook or Register here to join via Zoom Speakers Launch of Report: On the working conditions of food couriers in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Accra Prof. Edward Webster and Fikile Masikane Photo Exhibition: On impressions of the lives of food couriers in Johannesburg James Oatway Please download the publication here. "I just want to survive" 1 MB
