My name is Frida Mwangi, a gig and platform workers’advocate. I now lead the Kenya Union of Gig Workers, 10 years after starting freelancing.
I work to make digital work fair and sustainable, organizing freelancers and platform workers so they have rights, protections, and a real voice.
I want to speak because developers are not just builders of platforms, you’re also workers in this economy. With AI and automation changing coding itself, your future can look like gig workers’ today. It can be precarious without a collective voice. I want to share lessons from organizing digital workers to show why solidarity matters for developers too.