The Future of Work Won't Look Like a Job
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The future of work in the African context is going to be a lot of different things. It mimics the nature of work itself for many individuals on the continent. They're taking this portfolio approach to work. Even in more "developed markets" we're seeing work become less formal and more flexible, as work becomes unbundled from employment. And this evolution of work itself provides a whole set of new challenges and opportunities.  So this episode is a retrospective on the entire season, in which we explore more of these questions about the future of work in this context. And joining The Flip's Justin Norman and Kandua's Sayo Folawiyo for this conversation is friend of The Flip, Chris Maclay, the Program Director for the Jobtech Alliance at Mercy Corps. 00:00 - Intro.04:30 - Portfolio of work, earnings, stability, growth.08:40 - Who gets to decide if a job is good or bad?15:48 - Training, enablement, and platforms.19:48 - The HustleOS and micro-franchising.24:28 - The Future of Work is a portfolio of work.29:54- Digital services for export.32:57- Market sizing platform-enabled digital work.41:39 - Should there have been an episode called The Future of Work is Universal Basic Income? This season of The Flip is sponsored by MFS Africa.
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