The gig economy is experiencing profound growth in Africa. Yet, all that growth hasn’t changed the status of workers who are seen as contractors rather than employees. Because many of them, particularly in the two-wheeler space, lack access to some financial services, being contractors is disadvantageous. Some gig platforms have tried to embed financial services into […]
The gig economy is experiencing profound growth in Africa. Because many of them, particularly in the two-wheeler space, lack access to some financial services, being contractors is disadvantageous. Meanwhile, other fintechs are providing a broader spectrum of financial services for these gig workers (who, according to the Mastercard Foundation, are expected to reach over 80 million by 2030).
I FELT LIKE I was artfairing for the very first time. Was it always this distracting, so disorienting? The return of FOMO is particularly weird. Between the Super Bowl and the Oscars, Los Angeles had its first major art week since February 2020. Though centered around the Frieze Art Fair in Beverly Hills, the pageantry also included the Felix Art Fair at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, Spring Break (an artist-directed fairish thing) in Culver City, and about a million parties and openings, dinners, launches, screenings, and talks.For some, the week began at the beloved artist Kaari Upson’s
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