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Refugee gig workers in Kenya's Kakuma camp do data and tech work for companies without knowing their pay, and some have lost work to AI.
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Refugee gig workers in Kenya's Kakuma camp do data work for tech companies without knowing how much they will be paid, and some have lost work to AI.
Why it matters: The work these refugees depend on is precarious and increasingly displaced by the same AI systems they help train.
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Refugee gig workers in Kenya power tech for dwindling pay
‘Someone else will do it for less’: refugees in Kenya are powering tech for dwindling pay
Guardian Technology · 08 Oct 2026, 09:00
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