Guidelines to support African governments in improving food safety across the informal sector are to be developed. The African Union (AU) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are ...

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A groundbreaking report commissioned by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on One Health highlights the urgent need for innovative strategies to address ...

Anthony Kim is a research fellow in economic freedom, editor of the Index of Economic Freedom, and manager of global engagement in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.

The informal sector plays a significant role in Africa’s economy. According to data, in some countries, it can contribute as much as 60% of the country’s GDP and is responsible for some 50% of total ...

While many are engaged as casual labourers or domestic staff, more than 2.2 million work in informal businesses. Of these, ...

Repeated fire disasters across Nigeria have destroyed markets and small businesses, with an estimated N4.6 trillion in assets. The ...

President Bola Tinubu has pledged continued support to the informal sector of the economy, saying it is at the heart of the country’s story of resilience, creativity and enterprise, from market ...

The government has logged another annual increase in layoffs, continuing a four-year trend that points toward a growing informal sector.

Lagos State Bureau of Statistics (LBS), in partnership with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has urged stakeholders in informal sector to provide factual data to ...

Informal trade is a large part of most African markets. In Eastern Africa, informal cross-border trade (ICBT) could be worth as much as 80% of the value of formal trade, according to the Afreximbank ...