Towards a fairer online platform economy in Kenya

Online platforms play an increasingly important role in today’s digital economy. One example of the growing relevance of the platform economy are online labour markets. These two-sided platform marketplaces allow buyers and sellers of online mediated work to connect around the globe and transact tasks in various occupations, such as graphic design, translation work or software development. Platform labour markets deliver value to customers and provide economic opportunities for suppliers. While these markets can be a means for economic empowerment and growth, they also generate substantial economic benefits for the platforms themselves and often introduce novel and precarious forms of work and economic interaction. Hence, the emergence of these digital marketplaces call for novel and sustainable approaches to regulation.

This event is dedicated to exploring pathways for a sustainable regulation of online labour markets in Kenya. It consists of two parts: The first part will be an invitation only multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD). The dialogue is especially directed at policy makers, platform workers, civil society organisations, and academics in the field of labour rights and the platform economy as well as platform company representatives and aims to initiate an in-depth expert discussion. For the second part, the event will be opened to the public for a panel discussion of renowned experts on the challenges and opportunities towards a sustainable regulation of Kenya’s online labour markets.

Agenda Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue

Attendance at the panel discussion