For years now, the informal sector has been a key economic hub in many parts of the world. As various findings have put it, the economic contribution of the informal sector in most developing ...

Toward the end of last year, 97 Beijing-based food delivery drivers sued a number of takeout platforms and two dispatch companies for wage arrears and nonpayment of social insurance. Not long after, ...

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An informal trader at Kantamanto market. “Africa is people!” Three words, the central, frustrated and hopeful thesis of Chinua Achebe’s final compilation of essays. As I read his essays, I kept ...

Nigeria and South Africa are Africa’s largest economies, and their future development significantly impacts their regions and the continent as a whole. Updated forecasts by the African Futures and ...

Martin Magidi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Governments should harness the potential of informality as a bridge rather than a barrier to building economic resilience. Nigeria and South Africa are Africa's largest economies, and their future ...

[caption id="attachment_20929" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A street vendor sells roasted corn in Tanzania: Unregistered household enterprises comprise a ...