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Advancing Kenya's digital infrastructure: navigating challenges and embracing AI
With the support of the ILO, the Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs gathered to analyze the main obstacles to overcome infrastructural challenges and to find pathways to ensure fair and inclusive access to emerging AI technologies.
PROSPECTS podcast series - Episode 1
Bringing digital skills and jobs for youth in rural areas and refugees in Turkana, Kenya
Unlocking the potential of e-commerce and digital financial services in Kenya
Kenya’s e-commerce and digital financial services are increasing in size and scale, but regulatory and infrastructural gaps remain. The Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs gathered to discuss approaches to unlock the potential of...
Improving the PROSPECTS for workers powering AI
The PROSPECTS programme and the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization jointly hosted the fifth installment of the Learning Lab Series, with a focus on how AI could mitigate or broaden the digital divide and the...
Highlighting emerging practices to improve access and working conditions in digital labour platforms
ILO and UNDP jointly hosted the fourth installment of the Learning Lab Series, focusing on good practices by digital labour platforms that enhance inclusion and provide labour protections for both refugees and host communities.
Digital risks: safeguarding refugees and host communities in accessing online services, learning and job opportunities
ILO and UNHCR co-hosted third installment of the Learning Lab Series on comprehending digital risks and how vital this is to safeguard forcibly displaced populations and host communities in unlocking the advantages of the digital economy.
Uganda's National Employment Policy: A journey towards sustainable job creation and inclusive growth
The International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a three-day capacity-building training session designed to support the revision of Uganda's National Employment Policy to accelerate decent job creation and inclusion.
Kenya needs digital skills and inclusive strategies to connect young people with productive jobs
Kenya’s Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs met for the second thematic discussion on digital skills, inclusion and education. The participants identified need to rethink education and upskill strategies as a crucial way forward to...
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ILO pilot workshops to equip workers to navigate platform work effectively in Uganda
Online platforms, trade unions and young people took part in a series of pilot workshops raising awareness on the opportunities and challenges workers, including refugees, face when embarking in gig work
ILO-UNICEF Learning Lab explores effective approaches to develop digital skills to empower refugees and host communities
Supporting young people to acquire skills to use technology at work is crucial to address systemic drivers of exclusion and narrow the digital divide.
Community of Practice on Digital Skills and Jobs kicks-off with a discussion on digital entrepreneurial activity in Kenya
On the heels of a rapidly growing digital economy, the ILO, Government of Kenya and social partners came together to discuss coordinated responses to drive forward innovation and decent work.
Assessing the potential of online labour platforms to connect displaced talent with decent jobs
PROSPECTS Learning Labs series set to explore ways in which online labour platforms can connect displaced individuals with decent work
Community of Practice established to foster an inclusive digital economy in Kenya
The ILO and government partners convened a two-day visioning workshop to establish a Community of Practice on promoting a Kenyan digital economy that is more productive, sustainable and inclusive for all.
With Uganda embracing digital transformation of jobs, stakeholders gather to discuss opportunities and challenges
The ILO brought together government, private sector actors and social partners to discuss findings of its exploratory assessment of the microwork and gig economy in Uganda and gathered recommendations on how to improve digital skills training and...
Migration Summit 2023: gauging challenges and prospects in hiring refugees for freelance work
Online labour platform representatives, researchers and digital skills training providers convened at the Migration Summit 2023 to exchange views, approaches and lived experiences around the challenges and opportunities in hiring refugees in...
Social dialogue promotes decent work in Kenya’s digital economy
In a first-of-its-kind national social dialogue for Kenya on an inclusive digital transformation, ILO, government, social partners and the voices of key sector stakeholders convened to promote a digital transformation that is more productive and...
WSIS Forum - An expanding digital economy offers opportunities for forcibly displaced youth, but challenges remain
A panel discussion organised by the ILO in the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2023 shed light on, and convened different voices around, the multiple ways in which a digital transformation is changing how forcibly...
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Digital labour platforms offer young refugees a possible route to decent work
Digital labour platforms have the potential to transform how young refugees make a living, according to a new ILO report, but coordinated action is needed to help them access the gig economy and decent digital jobs.