Perspectives on the Future of Work(ers)

• 12 November 2024 - Diana Vela-Almeida | The just energy transition ignores labour outside the formal economy. So is it just? 
• 11 November 2024 - Ruth Castel-Branco | A decade ago, such a protest movement in Mozambique would have been difficult to fathom
• 4 September 2024 - Moina Spooner with Hannah J. Dawson, Imraan Valodia and others | Africa’s ‘youthquake’: No jobs, the wrong skills and little hope 
• Moneyweb’s new podcast explores the realities of street-level business in Africa. In this inaugural episode, experts Ruth Castel-Branco and Laura Alfers unpack the complexities of informal work, explore its policy implications, and reveal why it deserves more recognition in Africa’s economic narrative. Ramela, D. (Host). (2025, April 4). From street stalls to structural change [Audio podcast episode]. In The Business of Africa. Moneyweb.

• 26 October 2023 - Edward Webster |  Labour’s future hangs in the balance 
• 1 October 2023 - Edward Webster |  Trade unions: new ways of organising in the digital age 
• 23 June 2023 - Fikile Masikane | Riding to survive: food couriers in three African cities 

Digital Sift and Social Protection - Ruth Castel Branco 

In this episode of Digital Dilemmas: Women@Work, host Anweshaa is in conversation with Ruth Castel-Branco—researcher, activist, and leading voice on social protection and informal work. Together, they unpack the evolving landscape of digital social protection and its far-reaching implications for women informal workers, particularly in the Global South.

40 Political Economy Of Digital Social Protection In Mozambique: 

WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment Organizing and Mobilizing) has a podcast series on the Informal Economy. In their latest episode, they interviewed me about the digitalization of social protection in Mozambique.

Innovations to Financing Social Protection in a Changing World of Work