TERAWORK harps on future of work
TERAWORK has hosted its first #BeyondWork event, an initiative that brought together freelancers and professionals for issue-based conversations about the future of work and the workplace to demonstrate its commitment to providing growth opportunities for African professionals,.
Its CEO, Femi Taiwo, addressed a one-day programme organised by the firm for graphic artists, content developers, printers, copywriters, software engineers, and data analysts who are freelancers on the Terawork community platform.
“It cannot just be the norm. For our freelancers, TERAWORK is not just to connect them to the next gig, it’s about a safe and borderless community to work, doing jobs they are passionate about and in good health, getting the right support and timely rewards and fulfilment for their sweats, and truly creating wealth.
“For our customers, it can’t just be about hiring and managing talents, but getting values for every dime spent on talent and truly growing their enterprises and our economy, regardless of the ‘Japa’ syndrome.”
Executive Secretary, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, Tejumola Abisoye, stressed the need for collaboration, teamwork, and idea sharing, among persons with special tech skills in a workspace community, to further develop their talents.
The programme, which commenced with anaerobic exercise, was designed to help members of the Terawork community, share and discuss their personal experiences in a freelance economy.
Abisoye decried the state of the Nigerian economy, which according to her, was not growing in proportion to the high growth rate of the population growing at 2.5 per cent per annum.
“The Nigerian population is growing faster than the economy itself, and the economy is not able to provide enough jobs for the people. The Terawork platform, therefore, provides the best opportunity to address the situation by bringing together, content developers and other persons with specialised tech skills who can deliver jobs to interested job hirers.
“Collaboration, teamwork, and idea sharing, are necessary for the growth of communi