Browsing: Africa in Fact

Informal transport operators in the Sierra Leone capital face levies, bans, fines and government disregard

Tunisian police have been cracking down on informal traders.

South African small grocery businesses need to learn lessons, and so do legislators Informal retailing offood and drink accounts for…

In Kumasi, small traders face forced relocation as the government seeks to neaten up the country’s cities

With the right policies, legislators could harness the potential of the Nigerian informal economy The informal economy can be understood…

Governments need to implement the Africa Mining Vision, not honour it in the breach

The government plans to tax the informal economy to make up for funds lost through corruption

While the involvement of Africans in the Panama Papers scandal has been described as ‘jaw dropping’, the revelations have resulted…