Skip To Content

Africa

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

All posts in Africa

  • Legal Instruments

    Trade Act, 2008

    An Act to simplify trade licensing procedures; to empower a licensing committee in a council to issue trade licences within the council area;...

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    COMESA Simplified Trade Regime

    The Simplified Trade Agreement (STR) is aimed at simplifying the trade process of clearing goods by informal-cross-border traders. The STR...

    Read More
  • Toolkits and Guides

    eThekwini’s Informal Economy Policy

    Approved and adopted by the Durban Unicity Council

    Read More
  • Stories/Case Studies

    The Launch of ‘Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’

    Reflections on the launch of  Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’ exhibition, a project by the Smithsonian-Cooper Hewitt, National Design...

    Read More
  • 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

    City of uMhlathuze: Allocation of Market Stalls Policy Document, 2008

    “The policy document outlines the procedures for the allocation of Market Stalls in Umhlathuze, and aims to provide both business and...

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Kwa Zulu Natal Green Paper Policy for Informal Economy, 2006.

    This document contains the green paper for informal economy in KZN, which was drafted to give an idea of the general ideas that would inform...

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Nelson Mandela Bay FIFA World Cup, South Africa By-laws, 2010

    This document contains the by-laws adopted by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

    Read More
  • Legal Instruments

    Labour Relations Act, 1995

    To advance economic development, social justice, labour peace and the democratisation of the workplace by fulfilling the primary objects...

    Read More