In a rapidly advancing, market-driven global economy, the adoption of technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping labor markets and economic systems. While digital innovation promises improved efficiency and new opportunities, it also threatens to displace workers, widen inequality, and concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few tech-driven enterprises.
In low- and middle-income countries like Uganda, the risk is particularly acute: many jobs are vulnerable to automation, and large segments of the workforce lack the skills needed to compete in a digitally driven economy. Without deliberate intervention, capitalism’s push for technological efficiency may deepen poverty, increase unemployment, and marginalize the already vulnerable.
This program addresses these concerns by ensuring that technology and AI serve people not replace them and by supporting inclusive digital transformation that preserves dignity, livelihoods, and opportunity.