#063 Firing up the gig economy one person at a time — Aasiyah Adams

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Aasiyah Adams is the inspirational founder of Abaguquli4IR and called herself the Gig Economy Driver. What does that mean?

Well, few people are more passionate about equipping the unemployed, small and informal business owners and traders, and aspirant entrepreneurs with a platform to accelerate or incubate their businesses or ideas for business.

She does this by providing entrepreneurship skills, applications, programs and tools in all functional areas that prepare this critical notch of the South African economy for the Gig Economy.

In this episode, we discuss her background, her interest in digital literacy, the challenges of her work, and making a meaningful impact at scale.
1 Dec 2023 English South Africa Management · Personal Journals

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