Skip To Content

Africa

Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

All posts in Africa

  • Audiovisual Materials

    Informal Workers’ Access to Healthcare

    This 10-minute video by WIEGO and partners, Asiye eTafuleni(AeT) in South Africa; HomeNet Thailand; and the Self-Employed Women’s Association...

    Read More
  • Project Reports

    Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

    “Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Draft Policy for the Informal Economy of KwaZulu Natal.

    This document sets out the policy framework that will create an environment that supports sustainable economic growth in the informal economy...

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Kwa Zulu Natal Street Trading By-laws, 2005

    This document outlines the street trading by- laws of Kwa Zulu Natal.

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Street Trading By Law Draft 2

    This document contains the by-laws that apply to all persons who carry on the business of street trading within the area of jurisdiction...

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001

    To establish an unemployment insurance fund to which employers and employees contribute and from which employees who become employed or their...

    Read More
  • Stories/Case Studies

    Leading the Fight for Legitimacy: Malawi Union for the Informal Sector – MUFIS

    When the global economic downturn’s impact on the informal workers in Malawi went unreported and unrecognized, the Malawi Union for the Informal...

    Read More
  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Waste Picking in Africa, Volume 1.1

      Disponible en français ici.

    Read More
  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 14 2013

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Report from 2011 Consultation with Domestic Workers in Ghana

    Read More