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As Zimbabwe heads for 2023 presidential elections, there are key things voters should watch out for in the social protection promises made by candidates.
Informal sector organisations in Zimbabwe have the potential to influence politics at a personal and societal level.
A levy on electronic transactions in Ghana makes sense if the government gets the architecture for it right
Study shows that agriculture, one of the most important sectors, did not decline in 2020 compared to its historical trend. Service sectors were hit hard in each of the five countries.
Informal economic activities in Norton, Zimbabwe play a part in environmental sustainability and contribute to the town’s financial sustainability.
Informal employment is significant in sub-Saharan Africa. The plight of informal workers needs to be highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Can the structural barriers to low-skilled employment growth be overcome?
Youth unemployment in Nigeria is a skills mismatch problem – corporations can’t find suitable workers in the midst of a large pool of unemployed workers.
Most of the million gardners employed in South Africa earn less than the minimum wage.
Many unemployed young people are engaged in a variety of economic activities. These may not necessarily be recognised as a form of self employment or informal employment.
It’s time African governments supported the development of online platforms designed to support local people in the informal sector.
Waste reclaimers save South African municipalities up to R748 million a year in landfill space. Without them, the country’s recycling economy would not exist.
Lagos state must include the informal sector in its waste economy for inclusive development to happen.
The continued entrapment of African countries in the global circuit of capital and its proclivity to large scale accumulation imperils the ability of many to cope with the pandemic.
It is vital that the latest move by government towards restructuring succeeds in making the industry safe, reliable and viable, contributing to the country’s economy.
It will take a long time for the full economic impact of COVID-19 to be known, but a careful scrutiny of labour market outcomes over the next couple of months will shed some light.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the existing challenges facing artisanal and small-scale mining in Kenya.
The judgment creates a new layer of uncertainty in an already highly fluid situation and heaps further unwelcome pressure onto government.
The loss of livelihoods flowing from the efforts to combat the pandemic highlights the dearth of social protection measures on the continent.
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Andrew Wells Robertson Professor of Economics, Allegheny College
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Professor of Cross-cultural Management, Middlesex University
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Venda
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Sr Lecturer in Human Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University of the Free State
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Professor of management, Director of the Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, Rhodes University
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Research fellow, United Nations University
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, and Head of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Departmental Lecturer in African History and Politics, University of Oxford
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Senior researcher at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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Director, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
