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African Small Businesses Have Many Challenges. Can These Platforms Help?


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In this episode, the third in our docuseries on jobtech platforms and the future of work, we dive deeper into the value chain, because the problems that small businesses have across the continent are multi-layered. 


In an environment of demand constraints and a lack of infrastructure, platforms need to solve multiple problems across the value chain. This is what makes jobtech platforms so hard to build in Africa. 


But for those who can solve problems across the value chain, it not only unlocks growth opportunities for their users, but it also unlocks additional revenue streams for platforms to achieve greater profitability. 


Check out the first two episodes in this series:
What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa
The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped


00:00 - Intro
01:43 - Jobtech platforms in Africa need to solve multiple problems across the value chain.
02:31 - One sector with challenges across the value chain is fashion.
03:51 - How Fitted is solving problems for tailors in Nigeria.
05:51 - Unlocking revenue opportunities for SMEs and platforms alike.


Watch this episode on YouTube.
Learn more about the Jobtech Alliance.
Check out last year's podcast series on the future of work.


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