Fintech companies, like Lesaka Technologies, are equipping micro-merchants with affordable, easy-to-use digital tools that are reshaping how informal businesses operate.

African governments and development agencies have embraced science, technology and innovation as levers for development over ...

Studies show that women who toil in South Africa’s informal economy, working jobs that are neither taxed nor monitored by the government, play a critical role in lifting their country out of poverty.

Governments should harness the potential of informality as a bridge rather than a barrier to building economic resilience.

Delta Corporation faces challenges in South Africa due to labour disruptions while experiencing growth in Zimbabwe, driven by ...

South Africa needs to improve health and social insurance coverage for both internal and international migrants.

CCBSA’s involvement in the Township Economy Revitalisation Programme is part of a strategic approach to drive inclusive economic growth and uplift informal traders.

Nigeria has retained its status as the fourth largest economy in Africa despite a rebasing exercise that’s poised to shore up ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...

After a weekend of heavy rains lashed South Africa’s Western Cape, homes in flooded informal settlements with makeshift electric wiring have become the sites of multiple deaths. At least eight ...