Africa

Supporting Self‑Organization of Home‑Based Workers in Africa: Lessons Learned

This organizing brief draws out the lessons of HBWs organizing in five countries; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. It...

Why an Enforceable Protocol on Social Protection is Essential in Africa

The African Union recently adopted a Protocol on Social Protection, which is significant because it means that the African Union now has...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the MUPROSI Health Mutual in Togo

In Togo, workers in the informal economy (90.7% of the total workforce) are excluded from the state’s social protection provisions. In an...

New Forms of Social Insurance: The Case of the FIWON Cooperative Scheme in Nigeria

The FIWON cooperative, a wholly informal worker-driven collective with chapters in Lagos and Osun, facilitates access to insurance for its...

Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?

Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...

World Bank’s Push for Individual Savings Provides Little Protection for Crisis-hit Workers

A recently launched report by the World Bank that provides guidance on how to expand Social Protection for the Informal Economy in Africa...

Extending social protection for informal workers in Togo

Informal Workers in Senegal: A Statistical Profile

In Senegal, 84 per cent of employment is informal. This brief examines six groups of informal workers who comprised over three-quarters of...

Social Protection for Self-Employed Informal Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A rights-based assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis

Informal workers make up a large proportion of the “missing middle” in social protection – those who are not considered vulnerable enough...

Worker-led Social Protection Schemes Provide a Lifeline

Informal economy worker-led social protection schemes are certainly not a substitute for universal social protection, but they can play a...