
Hélène Smertnik
@helenesmertnik
Tweet mostly about digital solutions for emerging economies and, sometimes, about other more random stuff.
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27-05-2010 16:41:02
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Important story on lack of ID leading to financial exclusion, thanks to Edem Robby Abbeyquaye #FreeTheCitizens and Habitus Insight #Identityexclusion #digitalidentity #financialinclusion

Join us on #IWD for an interactive conversation on our on-going research on women and platform work, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation. Details & registration below. ✨bit.ly/womenandplatfo… ✨ Research partners: LagosBusinessSchool QhalaHQ Value for Women University of Ghana #gigwork

🌍What are the experiences of young women earning a living on #platforms in Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria? Join us on #IWD to find out. ✨Register here: bit.ly/womenandplatfo… ✨ Mastercard Foundation University of Ghana Savita Bailur

Join tomorrow’s conversation with Caribou Digital and research partners QhalaHQ LagosBusinessSchool University of Ghana on their ongoing study on women’s experiences making a living through platform work. #IWD #platformlivelihood

Looking forward to tuning into the Inclusive Africa conference tomorrow, lead by inABLE.org

We are so please Hélène Smertnik that you are joining us for the #virtual Inclusive Africa Conference. So may #accessibility #champions are here in #Nairobi and on the #Livestream. We also have 16 watch parties across #Africa thanks to support of Google Accessibility #a11yAfrica2022

How do young African women use digital platforms to earn? And how can these platforms be more accessible? Mastercard Foundation & Caribou Digital ask these qtns in an ongoing study & great to see the stories of 3 digital entrepreneurs unpacked in this BBC story bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…



🚨Such a rich & interesting study, led by Caribou Digital and its fantastic partners, on the use of #socialmedia to support farmers' livelihoods in Kenya. Go read & watch! cc Mastercard Foundation Robyn Read (she/her) Kate.Kathy Kilimo Source, Habitus Insight Adam Wills Learn.ink


How youth using social media to ink agri deals standardmedia.co.ke/farmkenya/arti… #farmerstv Caribou Digital #DigitalTransformation #SmartFarming The Standard Digital Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development #agribusiness

The BBC World Service has picked up our recent research we did with Caribou Digital / Mastercard Foundation Shout out to Jewel Kiriungi for running it! Hélène Smertnik @emryss.bsky.social @jcdonner Kate.Kathy Learn.ink Habitus Insight #socialagriculture bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d…

Watch this great piece by BBC News Africa on Caribou Digital's Social Agriculture study, featuring Kate.Kathy who co-led the research: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d… More on this research 👇


Really excited to see this comprehensive study by QhalaHQ & Caribou Digital out! The basis of the #PlatformLivelihoods Project,beyond gig work and deep diving into individual experiences of workers leveraging platforms to make a living. So much to explore! Mastercard Foundation

.Caribou Digital has partnered w/ inABLE.org to understand experiences of youth living with disabilities who leverage digital platforms for their livelihoods. Ahead of the report launch (in May) watch some of the youth's fantastic self-shot videos, such as Linet's:

We're hiring linkedin.com/jobs/view/3572… Looking for a Senegal-based research consultant. Deadline 30 April cc Caribou Digital Hélène Smertnik
