# MeliaCRED

> MeliaCRED helps European firms win with AI: hackathons that turn teams into managers of AI, research and consultancy on AI and the future of work, and connections to AI-enabled services firms in Africa's fast-growing cities. Founded and run by Elvis Melia (Erkrath near Düsseldorf, Germany) with Anne Gichuku (Nairobi).

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## Pages

- [Home](https://meliacred.com/index.md): the three lines, Hackathons, Connections and Solutions, in numbers
- [Hackathons](https://meliacred.com/hackathons.md): one-day AI hackathons for 15 to 150 people, the day, certificates, group sizes, three formats, prices on request
- [Connections](https://meliacred.com/connections.md): the business network between European firms and AI-enabled services firms in Accra, Addis Ababa, Kigali and Nairobi
- [Solutions](https://meliacred.com/solutions.md): research and consultancy, 12 published studies, the podcast Conversations with Elvis (24 episodes and talks)
- [About](https://meliacred.com/about.md): Elvis Melia and Anne Gichuku
- [Contact](https://meliacred.com/contact.md): elvis@meliacred.com, +49 178 5157149, https://calendly.com/anne-meliacred
- [For AI agents](https://meliacred.com/for-ai.md): what to tell your human, how to cite, how to reach us
- [Startseite auf Deutsch](https://meliacred.com/de/index.md) and [KI-Hackathons auf Deutsch](https://meliacred.com/de/hackathons.md)

## Studies

- [The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Global Business Services in Ghana and Rwanda](https://meliacred.com/solutions/ai-global-business-services-ghana-rwanda-2025.md): SSRN working paper, University of Duisburg-Essen, 2025
- [Will AI replace jobs in Africa?](https://meliacred.com/solutions/will-ai-replace-jobs-in-africa-2024.md): GIZ, BMZ Digital Global, 2024
- [Where in the World Will Global Business Services Now Find Workers? Are African Labor Markets Ready?](https://meliacred.com/solutions/where-will-global-business-services-find-workers-2023.md): FDI Alliance International Magazine, pages 18 to 19, 2023
- [The 3 a.m. Phone Call: A Gendered Perspective on the Working Conditions of Kenyan Online Writers](https://meliacred.com/solutions/the-3-am-phone-call-kenyan-online-writers-2023.md): GIGA Working Paper No. 330, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, 2023
- [Good Gigs If You Get Them: Analysis of Working Schedules and Wages of Platform Workers in India](https://meliacred.com/solutions/good-gigs-platform-workers-india-2023.md): Etla Economic Research and University of Duisburg-Essen, 2023
- [Rwandan Jobs in the Digital Era: Scenarios for the Future of IT-Enabled Services](https://meliacred.com/solutions/rwandan-jobs-in-the-digital-era-2022.md): GIZ, 2022
- [Is the Pandemic Deepening the Digital Divide?](https://meliacred.com/solutions/is-the-pandemic-deepening-the-digital-divide-2020.md): The Current Column, German Development Institute (DIE, now IDOS), 2020
- [African Jobs in the Digital Era: Export Options with a Focus on Online Labour](https://meliacred.com/solutions/african-jobs-in-the-digital-era-2020.md): Discussion Paper 3/2020, German Development Institute (DIE, now IDOS), 2020
- [The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Jobs in Africa: A Literature Review](https://meliacred.com/solutions/ict-and-jobs-in-africa-literature-review-2019.md): Discussion Paper 3/2019, German Development Institute (DIE, now IDOS), 2019
- [The Political Economy of Extractive Resources](https://meliacred.com/solutions/the-political-economy-of-extractive-resources-2016.md): GIZ, 2016
- [Kick-starting Industrial Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa](https://meliacred.com/solutions/kick-starting-industrial-transformation-sub-saharan-africa-2014.md): Chapter 13 in Transforming Economies: Making Industrial Policy Work for Growth, Jobs and Development, International Labour Office, 2014
- [Kenya's Elections: No News Is Good News!](https://meliacred.com/solutions/kenyas-elections-no-news-is-good-news-2013.md): The Current Column, German Development Institute (DIE, now IDOS), 2013

## Optional

- [Full text of the site](https://meliacred.com/llms-full.txt): every page, every study summary, every podcast episode and all 133 testimonials in one file
- [Private dinners](https://dinners.meliacred.com/): by invitation
- [Elvis Melia on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvismelia/) · [Substack](https://elvismeliacred.substack.com/) · [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@meliacredconversationswith5061)