Digital employees in Africa differ significantly from their global counterparts in what they value, with a good work-life balance continuing to be the most valued aspect of their job for digital employees worldwide.<\/p>\n
For digital employees in Africa, learning and skills training are the most important aspects of their job. That only ranks seventh for global digital talent, Boston Consulting noted.<\/p>\n
Digital employees in Africa are also significantly more willing to relocate to another country for work, with 76% saying they would move compared to 55% globally. The top countries that digital workers in Africa would like to relocate to are the US, Australia, and UK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis willingness to relocate is in stark contrast with the trend of decreasing mobility both globally with digital talent and with South Africans in a BCG study in March last year,\u201d said van Blerk.<\/p>\n The Decoding Global Talent, Onsite and Virtual study showed, for instance, that only 59% of South Africans were willing to move to another country for work, which was down from a 72% willingness level in 2018. This matches what digital talent globally revealed: the number of employees in digital fields who said they are willing to move to another country for work has declined to 55% from 67% in 2018.<\/p>\n However, 68% globally would be happy to work remotely for an employer without a physical presence in their country, significantly higher than the 57% of non-digital workers. The African average is even higher, with 80% willing to work for a remote employer, the report found.<\/p>\n The US, UK, and Australia also top the list of countries where digital talent would look for remote jobs<\/strong> \u2013 both for global and African digital talent. \u201cDigital talent in Africa have shown that they are very open to working remotely for a foreign employer because it offers opportunities for workers to advance their careers even with international companies without needing to relocate,\u201d said van Blerk.<\/p>\n Embracing flexibility<\/strong><\/p>\n Although the Covid-19 crisis did not impact technology employees\u2019 working patterns to the same extent as the general workforce, fully remote working increased significantly for employees in these roles, reaching as high as 76% worldwide by the end of 2020, compared with 41% in 2018.<\/p>\n Ninety-five percent of digital employees would like to retain some of that flexibility by working at least one day a week from home, although only 25% would like to work fully remotely, Boston Consulting said.<\/p>\n
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