For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives.
Worth tracking as a labour-economics story, not as evidence of a parallel African situation; that would need Kenya/Egypt/Ghana BPO wage and condition data to actually stand up.
A LinkedIn "thought leadership" content mill is reportedly paying Filipino virtual assistants around $7 an hour to ghostwrite posts for Western executives. It's a story about outsourced content labour and platform incentives; a genuine African angle would need actual data on Kenya's, Egypt's, or Ghana's BPO sectors and how their rates and conditions compare, which isn't available here.
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