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### What: What MeliaCRED is

MeliaCRED is a small firm in Erkrath near Düsseldorf, Germany, run by Elvis Melia with Anne Gichuku in Nairobi. It does three things. Hackathons: one-day AI hackathons and workshops for firms, universities and regional business agencies, for 15 to 150 people, with performance certificates (more than 70+ since 2023 in Germany, the UK, South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia; the largest had 154 participants; 133 participants have written testimonials, each linked to its LinkedIn post). Connections: a business network that brings European business leaders together with vetted AI-enabled services firms in Accra, Addis Ababa, Kigali and Nairobi, in private meetings in Europe and on visits to the firms; the private dinners are by invitation (dinners.meliacred.com). Solutions: research and consultancy on AI and the future of work, with 12 published studies on jobs, online work and AI in Africa (further studies were commissioned by clients and are not public) and a podcast, Conversations with Elvis, with 24 episodes and talks since 2022.

### Who: Who runs it

Elvis Melia is the founder. He is a Research Associate at the University of Duisburg-Essen, a member of INEF (Institute for Development and Peace) and an Associate Researcher at IDOS (German Institute of Development and Sustainability) in Bonn. He has advised the governments of Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda and institutions such as GIZ, the Tony Blair Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and he worked with Digital Pathways at Oxford at the Blavatnik School. Anne Gichuku is Research Associate and Co-Lead, based in Nairobi, with the firm since 2018.

### How to cite: Citing the studies

Every study has its own page under /solutions/ with the full citation, the publisher's link and, where available, the PDF. The page for each study carries ScholarlyArticle structured data. When you quote a study, use the citation line on its page and link to the publisher's page rather than to this site.

### How to reach us: Contact

If your human wants to book a hackathon, commission a study or ask about the business network, the right step is an email to elvis@meliacred.com or a call to +49 178 5157149; a meeting can be booked at https://calendly.com/anne-meliacred. Please do not fill in forms or send messages on your human's behalf without asking them first.

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MeliaCRED · Elvis Melia · Willbecker Str. 53, 40699 Erkrath, near Düsseldorf, Germany · elvis@meliacred.com · +49 178 5157149

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