Flattening the COVID-19 curve has solicited a global policy response limiting the physical proximity between people. The potential economic impact for Africa is still being estimated for every type of worker and enterprise, and the complexity in our ability to understand the scale of the impact is not only a function of this crisis being unprecedented, but also a function of our limited understanding of the scale of African gig work.

Cenfri hosted a webinar in partnership with Annabel Schiff (co-Director on the Mastercard Foundation’s Learning Partnership at Caribou Digital), Herman Singh (CEO of Future Advisory), Hilda Kragha (CEO of Jobberman), Chernay Johnson (Engagement Manager, Cenfri and insight2impact) and Matthew Dunn (Senior Researcher, Cenfri and insight2impact).