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The Platform Livelihoods Project: Podcast Companion

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This podcast series features interviews with researchers and practitioners on the topic of platform livelihoods: the ways people earn a living by working, trading, renting, or creating in digital marketplaces. It is a companion to the book The Platform Livelihoods Project.

Contributors Dr. Jonathan Donner

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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Micro-Entrepreneurs in a Platform Era

Featuring Annabel Schiff

Platform-Led Upskilling

Platform Livelihoods & COVID-19: Young People’s Stories of Resilience

Featuring Grace Natabaalo, and guests Miranda Grant and Abubakar Nuuman from Story X Design

Working, Trading, Renting, and Creating in Kenya’s Digital Marketplaces

Featuring Jonathan Donner, and guests Shikoh Gitau, Nasubo Ongoma, and Tessie Waithira from Qhala

Social Agriculture

Featuring Emrys Schoemaker, and guests Catherine Kamanu and Finn Richardson from Kilimo Source, Eliza Casey, Christian McDonaugh, and Eoghan McDonaugh from Habitus Insight, Adam Wills from Learn.ink, and Reem Talhouk from Northumbria University

Women in The Platform Economy

Featuring Savita Bailur and Grace Natabaalo, and guests Nana Akua Anyidoho and Akosua Keseboa Darkwah from Centre for Policy Studies, University of Ghana, Therese Nana Mokoah Ackatia-Armah an independent researcher, Shikoh Gitau, Wanjiru Mburu, Fred Mucha, Ann Muthiru, Mariah Ngutu, and Nasubo Ongoma from Qhala, Olayinka David-West and Raymond Onuoha from Lagos Business School, and Renée Hunter from Value for Women

Platform Livelihoods and Youth With Disabilities

Featuring Jonathan Donner and Hélène Smertnik, and guests James Angoye, Irene Mbari-Kirika, and Julius Mburra from inABLE, Emily Parcell and Bruce Walker from Georgia Institute of Technology

The Platform Livelihoods of Influencers

Featuring Wangari Njathi from Pepperdine University

Platform-Enabled Financial Services

Featuring Marissa Dean, Savita Bailur, and fintech consultant Mark Wensley