Learning and Working with Smartphones in the Informal Sector: New Findings and Recommendations for Action on Digitalisation in Apprenticeships in Sub-Saharan Africa by Léna Krichewsky-Wegener, Luka Brück instant download

Learning and Working with Smartphones in the Informal Sector: New Findings and Recommendations for Action on Digitalisation in Apprenticeships in Sub-Saharan Africa by Léna Krichewsky-Wegener, Luka Brück instant download

Mobile phones have changed everyday life in Africa. Internet-enabled devices, smartphones and even simpler technologies, such as feature phones, have opened up new sources of knowledge and channels of communication for people who still have no access to laptops and computers. The rapidly growing share of the population that uses the internet and the spread of smart-phones in developing countries would suggest that such technologies can play an important role in autonomous learning and the acquisition of vocational skills. 
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This study examines the effects of digitalisation on traditional forms of vocational training in the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa. By taking stock of the current situation in three countries − Ghana, Kenya and Senegal − it attempts to draw conclusions and make recommendations for action for international cooperation in the field of vocational training.