(FILES) Street vendors sell onions next to a street stand selling second-hand underwear in Kano, on September 10, 2025. Estimated at more than 60% in the early 1970s, the number of Africans working in the informal sector has continued to grow in recent years and now stands at nearly 83%, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). More than 90% of the working population is concerned in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Mali or Nigeria, while the figure reaches 80% in the Democratic Republic of Congo or Ghana. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP via Getty Images)