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Over US$ 50 000 in Annual Savings: Demonstrating Attractive Opportunities for Knowledge Workers in the Digital Sharing Economy Model
Direct Costs
From experience, Kenyan lecturers — a sizable number of whom have their families in the capital, Nairobi, had been used to driving themselves out of Nairobi to lecture and return to their families for the weekend reunion. Using a familiar example, of Taita Taveta University, located some 350 km from Nairobi, the associated direct costs would include expenditure on fuel and car maintenance due to the incurred mileage. The common expenses associated with a standard saloon car have been used in this example. Compared to connecting using Uber taxi then travelling by train from Nairobi at the current rates of US$ 7 (economy class) or US$ 20 (first class), the direct annual savings would range US$ 1,800–3,000. If the lecturer decides not to own a car, given reliable Uber taxi and train services, an additional saving on car insurance of about US$ 500 would easily arise.
Indirect Costs
The indirect costs are much more amazing, since an accomplished lecturer would also be a consultant, a knowledge leader. The same person has to forgo productive hours by self-driving the 350 km, complete with risks and stressing instances of traffic jam. An average of…
