Invited TalkKeynote
2026-05-26University of South Africa · South Africa
University of South Africa - Innovation Week
I gave a presentation titled Rooted to RISE: African Knowledge as the Catalyst for Digital Transformation. In this invited presentation at the University of South Africa (UNISA). I explored how Africa’s digital transformation can be strengthened by drawing more deliberately on the continent’s own knowledge systems, social realities and ways of organising economic and community […]
Guest LectureInvited Talk
2026-04-15University of South Africa (UNISA) · South Africa
University of South Africa (UNISA) postgraduate event
I gave a guest lecture at the University of South Africa (UNISA) postgraduate event on digital futures at work.
ConferencePresentation
2024-08-13Academy of Management · Chicago, United States
Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2024
Conference presentation examining African digital platform workers’ behaviours through the lens of Omoluwabi ethos at the 2024 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Chicago.
ConferencePresentation
20–22 May 2024IFIP Working Group 9.4 Conference · Cape Town, South Africa
18th IFIP Working Group 9.4 Conference on the Implications of Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Conference presentation at the 18th IFIP Working Group 9.4 Conference in Cape Town on technology and the unequal world of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East.
Invited TalkPresentation
7 November 2023International Labour Organization (ILO) · Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Governing Body
Invited presentation on digital entrepreneurship, digital platforms and youth employment at the ILO Governing Body meeting.
ConferencePresentation
20–22 July 2023Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Annual Meeting · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SASE 2023 Annual Meeting
Conference presentation on the unintended consequences of policies and regulation in the gig economy at the SASE 2023 Annual Meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
ConferencePresentation
June 2023European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) · Kristiansand, Norway
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2023)
Conference presentation at ECIS 2023 in Kristiansand, Norway.
ConferencePresentation
2022SASE Conference · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)
Conference presentation on modern slavery, invisibility and the social exclusion of female African domestic workers in the Middle East.
PanelRoundtable
2021-12-13Chatham House · London, United Kingdom
Chatham House roundtable
Panel contribution to a Chatham House roundtable on South-South cooperation, technology governance and digital labour.
PresentationSeminar
14 October 2021Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (DIGIT)
ESRC Digital Futures at Work Research Centre – Mid and Early Career Researcher (MECR) Papers in Progress (PIP) meeting
Paper-in-progress presentation on the informal and cultural institutions propelling the gig economy.
▶InterviewPanelTV
30 September 2021BusinessDay TV · South Africa
BusinessDay South Africa TV panel discussion
BusinessDay South Africa TV panel discussion on youth entrepreneurship in the digital transformation era.
Invited TalkPresentationSeminar
14 July 2021University of Lagos · Lagos, Nigeria
Seminar at the University of Lagos
Presentation at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, examining whether digital platforms are failing young entrepreneurs in the Global South.
FestivalPresentation
13 November 2020ESRC Festival of Social Science
ESRC Festival of Social Science – Young people & employment in a digital age
Festival presentation on digital entrepreneurship, retail platforms and formalising employment for young people in the UK and Africa.
ConferencePanel
30 September 2020GSM Association (GSMA)
GSMA Thrive Africa
Panel contribution to a closed-door GSMA session on COVID-19 and the future of work through the mobile industry in Africa.
ConferencePresentation
2019European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) · Stockholm, Sweden
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
Conference presentation on employment sustainability, digital platforms and the survival work of crowdworkers.
PresentationSymposium
2019Research Group Collaborative Space Symposium · Barcelona, Spain
Research Group Collaborative Space Symposium
Symposium presentation on self-organized teams and co-creation among crowdsourcing workers in Nigeria.
ConferencePresentation
2018European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) · Portsmouth, United Kingdom
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
Conference presentation examining the implications of crowdsourcing as an employer in Nigeria from workers’ perspectives.
PresentationWorkshop
2018Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organizations, Artefacts & Practices (OAP) Workshop
Workshop presentation on the implications of crowdsourcing and digital labour platforms as an employer.
