'It's Just a Chain of Exploitation Happening in Africa', Workers' Rights Advocate Says
'It's Just a Chain of Exploitation Happening in Africa', Workers' Rights Advocate Says
#AfricanCurrents | "Another reason why they bring this work to Africa is that they use African data workers as also data subjects. I don't think someone in the West can agree to their pictures being taken in real time while working or their videos being taken while working," Mophat Okinyi, Founder & CEO, Techworker Community Africa, lamented.
Data workers in Africa risk their physical and mental well-being and struggle with poor pay, unfair firing, covert surveillance, and short-term employment. These abuses stem from hidden labor‐arbitrage practices in which companies representing Western tech giants exploit regional wage disparities to drive down costs.
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