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YaganKar, which has its main office in Canada, is now helping more than 600 Afghans gain remote work with more than 70 employers around the world, in sectors ranging from tech to design, marketing and social media.<\/p>\n
The workers need a computer with internet access and a webcam. Around 70% or 400 of the current 600 are based in Afghanistan, including around 140 women.<\/p>\n
The rest are based in around 20 other countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, Italy and Indonesia. Around 20% of the total are female.<\/p>\n
YaganKar makes its money by charging firms to post about their available work, and Mr Hashimi, its founder, hopes to continue to expand operations. He wants to have more than 1,000 Afghans on the books over the next year, and to launch a learning platform to help users increase their available skills.<\/p>\n
“Even before the fall of the government [to the Taliban], employment opportunities in Afghanistan were not ideal,” he says. “But through the remote work, creator and gig economies we can scale Afghan talent [both at home and abroad] to the demands of the global market.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n