We work with governments who seek to expand their AI-enabled services exports. We assist with research-based consultation, and we help coordinate with the digital services export industry, development partner organisations, and skilling institutions for job readiness.
We work with Global Business Services firms in search of new delivery locations in Africa. We conduct research into cost structures, labour pools, infrastructure, real estate, local governance, and regulations. And we can provide connections to government counterparts and relevant development partners. We can assist with impact sourcing portfolios (see country profiles).
We work with development partners and foundations in conducting research into the future of work in Africa’s AI-enabled services industries. We draft and publish our findings for policy makers, an academic readership, and for a wider public. We also advise development partners directly, e.g. in identifying their own roles in the AI training landscape in partner countries (if you are interested in this aspect, check our online course).
We work with global think tanks, universities, and foundations on conducting research into the future of work in Africa. We submit all our work to academic peer review. Where possible we make our publications freely accessible online. This link to academia helps us apply new research methods and makes our work transparent. This makes it easy for others to build on our findings (see publications).
We work with African industry associations who seek to consolidate the local ecosystem in the AI-enabled services export sector. We help to coordinate with incoming investors (see our Rwanda case study).
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Our focus is in supporting the growth AI-enabled services.
This study builds on the notion that IT-enabled services exports – the types of digital work that requires only a computer and an internet connection and can thus be conducted from anywhere in the world
To better understand digital labour market changes in the context of the Global South, GIZ commissioned in-depth Future-of-Work scenario analyses of two case countries – India and Rwanda.
As the world is taking extreme measures to fight the coronavirus, efforts to slow the rates of infection have moved the workplaces of billions into their homes.
