The International Labour Organization (ILO) has cautioned that indicators used to measure how exposed jobs are to artificial intelligence (AI) should not be interpreted as direct predictions of job losses. The organisation made this clear…
Shola’s (real name not used for fear of professional repercussions) voice shook as she tried to describe the moment everything changed. It had started like any other Friday. From her home workstation in Lagos, the…
More than 600 employees of Hugo Technology, a Lagos-based outsourcing company, were laid off in a single day in response to the increasing demands for automation by clients. One insider with knowledge of the development…
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has disclosed that job losses across Nigeria’s labour market led to N8.43 billion in pension withdrawals within a three-month period, as affected workers turned to their Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs)…
