Reflections on non-standard employment in Africa

Faced with the rise of atypical employment in Africa where flexibility often rhymes with precariousness the author explores the major issues involved in securing these forms of employment. In a context where innovation and entrepreneurship are redefining the labor market this book questions the fragility of the legal frameworks surrounding these new professional dynamics. Part-time temporary and digital-economy jobs certainly offer opportunities but expose workers to socio-economic risks without adequate protection. The author makes an uncompromising diagnosis of the challenges these jobs represent for African workers while offering visionary thinking on ways to improve their quality. Drawing on legal sociological economic and psychological research he proposes innovative solutions focusing on the key role of business incubation structures. As veritable laboratories of innovation these structures can become engines for promoting secure decent jobs while injecting a new dynamic into employment policies in Africa.