The Future of Work in Central and West Africa

Contrarily, many other scholars and experts are of the view that instead of an overreliance on manufacturing and industrialization, which may not favour the needs of the future of work in the 4IR, there should be a plan to pivot to other sectors, including the green and care sectors (Morgante & Wallace-Stephens, 2021; ILO, 2011), 8 | P a g e In the face of all these predictions and fragmentary inf. [...] Hence the need to expand the scope of the research to other regions and sub-regions in Africa besides SSA, particularly the WCA sub- region, to understand how DTs would influence job creation, displacement, and overall labor market dynamics, and enhance the resilience of the workforce and agriculture sector against the impacts of climate change. [...] The rise of such platforms has intensified the debate about the demise of the traditional employment contract and the persistence of widespread informal employment in Africa (Morawczynski & Porteous, 2019) The gig economy has a number of benefits for workers, businesses, and governments. [...] According to GetBundi (2024), the plight of these countries is exacerbated by the outdated nature of the educational curriculum, the lack teachers who are proficient in digital skills, the lack of appropriate educational infrastructure, low awareness of the benefits of digital skills, and insufficient digital training opportunities. [...] Technological developments, shifts in the nature of work, and the desire to stay competitive in the labor market are some of the factors that might lead to upskilling.