The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

390. Digital Sweatshops in Africa.

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In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explored how state-sponsored influence operations intersect with the exploitative outsourcing of digital labor—such as social media content moderation, data labeling, and click-work—to low-wage workers in poor conditions across Africa between 2015 and 2025. The analysis draws on insights from academic research, investigative journalism, policy studies, and intelligence reports.

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