🆕 Kumbe unaeza earn up to 20,000 KSH per month online?! 📈 Cheki hii survey 👇🏿
Kuna survey ilifaanywa na KEPSA na wali-discover 31% of the youth wanafanya Job online juu ya lack of formal jobs
Internet na Gig Economy imefanya kazi online ikue rahisi sana.
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According to the National Study on Digital work in Kenya released by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) 63% of adult Kenyans are aware of the gig economy and at least 1.2 million Kenyans are working online, earning an average of Sh20,773 per month! The survey reveals that the majority of online workers at 461,523 are digital marketers followed by website articles and academic writers at 266,402 and 168,022 respectively.
The survey which sampled 1,526 respondents and conducted by Tifa Research found that the average hourly pay was Sh2,001. This amount translates to Sh7,549,00 compared to earnings per project which was Sh7,110. Other opportunity areas are as captured in the study under various skills categories include academic and scientific writing, transcription, virtual assistants, online research and surveys, coding, and data science activities.
The study notes that (31%) of workers who have adopted digital and digitally-enabled work prefer it because of a lack of formal employment opportunities. At least (21%) prefer to work online due to the flexibility and convenience of digital work and another (18%) said it was because of the ability to work part-time. This is against the top three barriers to participating in digital and digitally-enabled work, which were captured as expensive internet costs at (53%), lack of skills to participate in some digital platforms at (52%) and lack of access to WiFi or internet connectivity at (21%). Access to the internet, prohibitive cost of internet, family barriers as primary caregivers, cultural barriers, cyberbullying, lower internet usage skills and competition with experienced local and international gig workers stood out as barriers specific to women.
The trends show that older SMEs prefer the business process outsourcing model while younger SMEs are critically involved in digital outsourcing through platforms. Source: https://www.the-star.co.ke/...