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"The Zenzeleni Networks project is, as far as we're aware, South Africa's first and only Internet Service Provider (ISP) that's owned and run by a rural cooperative. Just like any ISP, Zenzeleni installs and maintains telecommunications infrastructure and also sells telecommunications services like voice and data. Yet what's special about the project is that it involves a registered not-for-profit company which works with cooperatives in the community to deliver affordable voice and data services. Crucially, the project also keeps money in communities like Mankosi, often beset by high rates of unemployment."

Article sur l'importance des data pour les entreprises, y compris traditionnelles. En cas de mauvais rating par les utilisateurs, la marque revoit la production du produit en question.

"Tim's way of supporting local control like that starts with his software, which any community can use for free. It lets people list what they need and can offer each other. Each community group has its own unit of account for measuring how much members are sharing with others. The Collective doesn't advertise or sell data to advertisers. All Tim asks for is a small promise of goods or services from each group as payment in kind. It could be candles, garden honey, an old washing machine or a lift in a neighbor's car. The only money he has received for 15 years of building a free software platform was a three-year grant from the Ashoka Foundation."

"However, the real impact of digital platforms on social and economic life is still being studied, as is the relationship between users and owners, who should govern data generated by these platforms, and the ends for which this information is used.  "

The Datafication of the workplace Whilst a lot of recent discussion on the future of work in relation to technology has focused on the growing gig economy and platform labour, less focus has been on how more traditional forms of work and labour relations are being transformed with the implementation of data systems, particularly within Europe.

"We use 30 worker interviews and other data to compare three online piecework platforms with different histories and worker demographics "