# The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Jobs in Africa: A Literature Review

*Elvis Melia · Discussion Paper 3/2019, German Development Institute (DIE, now IDOS) · Discussion paper · March 2019*

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**Citation:** Melia, E. (2019). The impact of information and communication technologies on jobs in Africa: A literature review (Discussion Paper 3/2019). German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE).

**Publisher's page:** https://idos-research.de/discussion-paper/article/the-impact-of-information-and-communication-technologies-on-jobs-in-africa-a-literature-review

## Summary

A review of what the research says about information and communication technologies and jobs in Africa: which jobs mobile phones, the Internet and digital platforms create, which they change, and where the evidence is still thin.

**Topics:** ICT, jobs, Africa, literature review

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