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For leadership of jobtech platforms in Africa, to join a network of leading entrepreneurs creating jobs across the continent. You’ll join a peer network of like-minded entrepreneurs, gain access to resources and funding opportunities, and play a role in setting the agenda for jobtech in Africa.
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For operators in jobtech platforms, investors/funders, entrepreneur support organizations, researchers, policymakers, support organizations, and anyone interested in jobtech. You’ll get a monthly newsletter, invites to events and access to resources and opportunities.
Impact
We Care About Making Jobtech
Viable & Scalable
Build strong platform businesses that create more jobs for young people.
Inclusive
Platforms reach more vulnerable & excluded groups, particularly women.
Impactful
Platforms enable users to do quality work that offers enhanced incomes, work security, learning, and meaningfulness.
Learn more about support available to jobtech platforms through our acceleration activities and apply
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What Is Jobtech?
‘Jobtech’ refers to digital platforms which connect people to work opportunities that build livelihoods. You can get more detail here.
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Our News & Announcements
The latest news and insights on jobtech in Africa. If you’re interested in writing a blog, please contact us.
Turning Three: The Year of Exploring Independence
By Chris Maclay Back in 2022, I wrote a blog about my one-year-old son, Callum. The Jobtech Alliance is roughly as old as he is, given that it emerged from a bunch of fruitful conversations with jobtech entrepreneurs like Sayo Folawiyo (Kandua) and Paul Breloff...
Why We Invested in Mwingi Africa: Transforming Rural Retail Across Kenya
By Nick Markham & Wyclife Aketch A glimpse into rural Kenya Sixty kilometers down a dusty dirt road, far from the nearest tarmacked road and bustling town center, lies a remote village in Narok County, Kenya—a community of 2,000 people where access to electricity...
Exploring the Four Personas of Women on Jobtech Platforms in Kenya
By Jacob Winiecki Meet Mary, a single mother in Nairobi, Kenya, who discovered Africa AI during a challenging period when regular work in her field seemed out of reach. As an accountant by training, the closure of her firm during COVID-19 left her searching for...