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Public Employment Services Digitalization: Reflections from Tabiya on a New World Bank Guidance Note

October 10, 2025

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Building Responsible AI for Jobseekers: Model Evaluation of Compass

October 02, 2025

Press Release
Press Release

Tabiya Receives Grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to Develop Transparent AI Job Matching System

July 22, 2025

“For the 1.4 billion women currently out of the labor force, recognizing human capital developed in the 'unseen' economy can unlock pathways into paid employment.”

From Mapping the Unseen Economy

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Insight

Oct 10, 2025

Public Employment Services Digitalization: Reflections from Tabiya on a New World Bank Guidance Note

Digitalization of Public Employment Services (PES) can be costly and challenging, especially in low- and middle-income contexts. The World Bank’s new Guidance Note on PES Digitalization provides a practical framework for inclusive, cost-effective digital transformation. Read more to learn about Tabiya's contribution to the Note.

Insight

Oct 10, 2025

Insight

Oct 02, 2025

Building Responsible AI for Jobseekers: Model Evaluation of Compass

How do we ensure Compass produces accurate, safe outputs for jobseekers? LLMs can hallucinate skills, reinforce biases, or miss critical information—any of which could harm the users we serve. This post breaks down our seven-stage approach to model evaluation, which evolved alongside Compass itself. We started with end-to-end testing and added targeted validation as we discovered what needed to work—from synthetic queries testing taxonomy matching to manual review of over 1,000 real conversations. Read more about how we built evaluation into every stage of development.

Insight

Oct 02, 2025

Press Release

Jul 22, 2025

Tabiya Receives Grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to Develop Transparent AI Job Matching System

Tabiya has been awarded a grant by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) to develop Horizon, an AI-powered job matching system designed to connect young jobseekers with employment opportunities while ensuring transparency and fairness in artificial intelligence applications.

Press Release

Jul 22, 2025

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Open Source

Feb 24, 2025

The Power of Open-Source: How Tabiya’s Approach Supports Innovation and Social Impact

Open-source software is a powerful tool for innovation and collaboration, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Unlike proprietary software, which often relies on strong patents and copyrights, open-source solutions are readily available to anyone who wants to study, change, modify or distribute them.

Open Source

Feb 24, 2025

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Events

Nov 14, 2024

Innovation in Action: Reflections on the Tabiya Hackathon at Pwani Innovation Week 2024

Following our partnership announcement with Swahili Pot to host a hackathon at this year’s Pwani Innovation Week, the event took place from October 14th to 18th, 2024, at Swahili Pot Hub in Mombasa, Kenya.

Events

Nov 14, 2024

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Compass

Oct 24, 2024

Exploring Compass: An AI Conversational Agent for Personalized Skill Discovery

Compass is a generative AI agent designed to engage users in exploratory conversations to gather information and identify their unique skills, focusing on abilities over credentials, including informal and unpaid work.

Compass

Oct 24, 2024

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Announcement

Oct 08, 2024

Tabiya Partners with SwahiliPot for Hackathon at Pwani Innovation Week 2024

Tabiya is excited to partner with Swahilipot to host a hackathon during this year’s Pwani Innovation Week, taking place from October 14th to 18th, 2024, at Swahilipot Hub in Mombasa, Kenya.

Announcement

Oct 08, 2024

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Events

Sep 12, 2024

Tabiya at the Google.org Impact Summit 2024

Last week, the Tabiya team had the incredible opportunity to showcase our AI-powered skills discovery tool, Compass, at the inaugural Google.org Impact Summit in Mountain View, CA.

Events

Sep 12, 2024

Mapping the Unseen Economy: Expanding Traditional Skill Frameworks to Recognize and Utilize Unpaid Work
Insight

Sep 02, 2024

Mapping the Unseen Economy: Expanding Traditional Skill Frameworks to Recognize and Utilize Unpaid Work

Globally, women spend 2.8 more hours per day on unpaid care and domestic work than men, accumulating to 6 to 7 additional years over their working lives.

Insight

Sep 02, 2024

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