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Simultaneously, there have been transformative develop-
ments in Africa’s Information Communications Technology
(ICT) sector in the last decade, which is expected to reach
$150 billion by 2016. New technologies are creating new
types of work along with cost-effective ways to distribute
work across the globe. For example, the global Business
Processing Outsourcing and Information Technology
Outsourcing sectors are expected to reach $574 billion
by 2015—representing one of many ways to create digital
job opportunities that build skills for a young population
and allows them to increase their income between 40
and 200 percent, all while giving businesses the potential
to reduce their costs by up to 40 percent.
D
igital Jobs Africa is a Rockefeller Foundation initia-
tive that seeks to impact the lives of 1 million
people in six countries in Africa by catalyzing sus-
tainable Information and Communications Technology-
enabled employment opportunities for African youth who
would not otherwise have an opportunity for sustainable
employment. The Foundation’s work will deliver impact
at two levels—through improving the well-being of those
employed, their families and communities as well as influ-
encing broader adoption of inclusive business practices
that lead to job creation for youth at scale in ICT-enabled
sectors. The work will be led out of the Foundation’s Africa
Regional office in Kenya, and will focus on Egypt, Ghana,
Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa. The initiative
will span 7 years and leverage significant funds and sup-
port from other stakeholders with an $83 million budget.
THE CHALLENGE
Africa has the youngest and fastest growing youth popula-
tion in the world today.
n The number of people between age 15 and 24 is
expected to double to 400 million by 2045.
n By 2050, the continent will have a larger working-
age population than India or China.
n Youth under the age of 25 represent 62 percent
of sub-Saharan Africa’s unemployed population,
and nearly three-fourths live on less than $2 a day.
McKinsey’s World and Work report says that there will
be an estimated shortage of 45 million medium-skilled
workers in developing countries to meet the demand
of labor intensive industries—showing that job creation
is not keeping pace with the demands of a growing
youth population.
How Will Digital
Jobs Africa Create
New Jobs?
The Digital Jobs Africa initiative will create new jobs
in three ways—by leveraging the rising demands from
African-based companies, government and multi-
nationals to create employment opportunities, by
exploring new and innovative digital job opportunities,
and by catalyzing the Impact Sourcing sector. Impact
Sourcing is the socially responsible arm of the busi-
ness process and information technology outsourcing
industry that employs individuals, especially high
potential but disadvantaged youth, women and
marginalized people, who would otherwise not have
an opportunity for sustainable employment.
page 1
Digital
Jobs
Africa
WHAT THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
IS DOING: OUR STRATEGY
Digital skills are fast becoming a requirement for gaining
well paid employment, and ICT-powered jobs are critical in
helping young people develop the required skills for the jobs
of the future. Digital Jobs Africa will seize upon the tremen-
dous opportunity presented by the youth bulge in Africa and
the phenomenal rise of the ICT sector to bring about sustain-
able impact, through job creation, consequently improving
the well-being of those employed, their families, and com-
munities. To achieve its goal of impacting one million lives,
Digital Jobs Africa will focus on three specific interventions:
n Creating digital jobs by catalyzing the Impact Sourcing
sector, leveraging the rising demands from African-
based companies, government and multinationals to
create employment opportunities, and exploring new
and innovative digital job opportunities.
n Working with local organizations to provide skills
training that prepare youth for digital jobs. Skills include
data entry, transcribing and digitizing information,
tagging audio and video files, problem-solving and
communications, and learning Android and iOS plat-
forms, among many others.
n Coordinating an enabling environment for digital jobs
by coordinating government and businesses without the
continued involvement of philanthropy—leading to broad
global adoption of inclusive business practices.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Digital Jobs Africa will improve
the lives of one million people
in six countries in Africa
through jobs and skills training
for high potential youth.
Employment of African youth
will generate greater social
and economic benefits and
have a powerful multiplier
effect by helping improve the
welfare of households and
catalyzing indirect job creation
for their communities.
Digital Jobs Africa will increase the demand for African
youth in the workforce by engaging directly with the private
sector to identify and prioritize job opportunities that can
employ youth at scale, while the employment opportuni-
ties created will develop the skills and digital literacy that
is critical to accessing future jobs. Ultimately, Digital Jobs
Africa will create an enabling environment by coordinating
government and businesses leading to broad global adop-
tion of inclusive business practices.
IMPACT SOURCING IN ACTION
Diana Muthee is the CEO of a business center in Kenya,
an enterprise she began in 2007 to create jobs for Kenyan
youth. Despite the demand for this work, Diana did not
initially have the connections to win contracts from large
clients. Samasource, a Rockefeller Foundation grantee,
secures contracts from Fortune 1000 companies, local
governments and multinationals with a local presence
in Africa, and assigns individual projects to centers, like
Diana’s, in developing countries. Through a web-based
interface, Diana’s enterprise assigns portions of a project
to young workers who have been ICT-trained via virtual
platforms. Assignments range from updating business
databases to transcribing and digitizing receipts and
business cards to tagging audio and video files.
Today, Diana’s enterprise employs 70 full-time workers,
many of whom now make up to three times the average
living wage in Kenya. Stephen, one of Diana’s employees,
was having difficulty finding work in Kenya’s job market—
even though he was enrolled in an engineering program.
Stephen was hired by Diana’s company, where he
now puts his education and skills to work—giving him
financial freedom and increasing his prospects for future
employment.
page 2
What Success
Looks Like
n One million lives impacted through jobs and skills
for high potential African youth by catalyzing sus-
tainable employment opportunities.
n Youth employment will have a powerful multiplier
effect. Family members of the youth employed in
digital jobs will gain economic and social benefits
through better health outcomes and improved
access to education; digital jobs created will
catalyze the creation of indirect job opportunities
for communities such as small scale food vendors,
housekeeping, construction, and transportation.
n Youth develop technical and empowerment skills
that help them to identify and create sustainable
income generating opportunities well into the
future, making them more resilient to the dynamic
labor markets.
n Creation of an enabling environment for digital jobs
by coordinating government and businesses with-
out the continued involvement of philanthropy—
leading to broad global adoption of inclusive
business practices.
Photos by Antony Njuguna.

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Digital Jobs Africa

  • 1. Simultaneously, there have been transformative develop- ments in Africa’s Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector in the last decade, which is expected to reach $150 billion by 2016. New technologies are creating new types of work along with cost-effective ways to distribute work across the globe. For example, the global Business Processing Outsourcing and Information Technology Outsourcing sectors are expected to reach $574 billion by 2015—representing one of many ways to create digital job opportunities that build skills for a young population and allows them to increase their income between 40 and 200 percent, all while giving businesses the potential to reduce their costs by up to 40 percent. D igital Jobs Africa is a Rockefeller Foundation initia- tive that seeks to impact the lives of 1 million people in six countries in Africa by catalyzing sus- tainable Information and Communications Technology- enabled employment opportunities for African youth who would not otherwise have an opportunity for sustainable employment. The Foundation’s work will deliver impact at two levels—through improving the well-being of those employed, their families and communities as well as influ- encing broader adoption of inclusive business practices that lead to job creation for youth at scale in ICT-enabled sectors. The work will be led out of the Foundation’s Africa Regional office in Kenya, and will focus on Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa. The initiative will span 7 years and leverage significant funds and sup- port from other stakeholders with an $83 million budget. THE CHALLENGE Africa has the youngest and fastest growing youth popula- tion in the world today. n The number of people between age 15 and 24 is expected to double to 400 million by 2045. n By 2050, the continent will have a larger working- age population than India or China. n Youth under the age of 25 represent 62 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s unemployed population, and nearly three-fourths live on less than $2 a day. McKinsey’s World and Work report says that there will be an estimated shortage of 45 million medium-skilled workers in developing countries to meet the demand of labor intensive industries—showing that job creation is not keeping pace with the demands of a growing youth population. How Will Digital Jobs Africa Create New Jobs? The Digital Jobs Africa initiative will create new jobs in three ways—by leveraging the rising demands from African-based companies, government and multi- nationals to create employment opportunities, by exploring new and innovative digital job opportunities, and by catalyzing the Impact Sourcing sector. Impact Sourcing is the socially responsible arm of the busi- ness process and information technology outsourcing industry that employs individuals, especially high potential but disadvantaged youth, women and marginalized people, who would otherwise not have an opportunity for sustainable employment. page 1 Digital Jobs Africa
  • 2. WHAT THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION IS DOING: OUR STRATEGY Digital skills are fast becoming a requirement for gaining well paid employment, and ICT-powered jobs are critical in helping young people develop the required skills for the jobs of the future. Digital Jobs Africa will seize upon the tremen- dous opportunity presented by the youth bulge in Africa and the phenomenal rise of the ICT sector to bring about sustain- able impact, through job creation, consequently improving the well-being of those employed, their families, and com- munities. To achieve its goal of impacting one million lives, Digital Jobs Africa will focus on three specific interventions: n Creating digital jobs by catalyzing the Impact Sourcing sector, leveraging the rising demands from African- based companies, government and multinationals to create employment opportunities, and exploring new and innovative digital job opportunities. n Working with local organizations to provide skills training that prepare youth for digital jobs. Skills include data entry, transcribing and digitizing information, tagging audio and video files, problem-solving and communications, and learning Android and iOS plat- forms, among many others. n Coordinating an enabling environment for digital jobs by coordinating government and businesses without the continued involvement of philanthropy—leading to broad global adoption of inclusive business practices. EXPECTED OUTCOMES Digital Jobs Africa will improve the lives of one million people in six countries in Africa through jobs and skills training for high potential youth. Employment of African youth will generate greater social and economic benefits and have a powerful multiplier effect by helping improve the welfare of households and catalyzing indirect job creation for their communities. Digital Jobs Africa will increase the demand for African youth in the workforce by engaging directly with the private sector to identify and prioritize job opportunities that can employ youth at scale, while the employment opportuni- ties created will develop the skills and digital literacy that is critical to accessing future jobs. Ultimately, Digital Jobs Africa will create an enabling environment by coordinating government and businesses leading to broad global adop- tion of inclusive business practices. IMPACT SOURCING IN ACTION Diana Muthee is the CEO of a business center in Kenya, an enterprise she began in 2007 to create jobs for Kenyan youth. Despite the demand for this work, Diana did not initially have the connections to win contracts from large clients. Samasource, a Rockefeller Foundation grantee, secures contracts from Fortune 1000 companies, local governments and multinationals with a local presence in Africa, and assigns individual projects to centers, like Diana’s, in developing countries. Through a web-based interface, Diana’s enterprise assigns portions of a project to young workers who have been ICT-trained via virtual platforms. Assignments range from updating business databases to transcribing and digitizing receipts and business cards to tagging audio and video files. Today, Diana’s enterprise employs 70 full-time workers, many of whom now make up to three times the average living wage in Kenya. Stephen, one of Diana’s employees, was having difficulty finding work in Kenya’s job market— even though he was enrolled in an engineering program. Stephen was hired by Diana’s company, where he now puts his education and skills to work—giving him financial freedom and increasing his prospects for future employment. page 2 What Success Looks Like n One million lives impacted through jobs and skills for high potential African youth by catalyzing sus- tainable employment opportunities. n Youth employment will have a powerful multiplier effect. Family members of the youth employed in digital jobs will gain economic and social benefits through better health outcomes and improved access to education; digital jobs created will catalyze the creation of indirect job opportunities for communities such as small scale food vendors, housekeeping, construction, and transportation. n Youth develop technical and empowerment skills that help them to identify and create sustainable income generating opportunities well into the future, making them more resilient to the dynamic labor markets. n Creation of an enabling environment for digital jobs by coordinating government and businesses with- out the continued involvement of philanthropy— leading to broad global adoption of inclusive business practices. Photos by Antony Njuguna.