f home-based workers and street vendors are those of the largest sub-groups of the informal workforce in many African countries, professionals also participate in
the informal sector.Work and revenues generated in the informal sector are not reported in official statistics when they exist, and so informal sector work is not part of GDP or national measures
of work or employment.
obiles phones already allow africans to leapfrog fixed-line telephony to gain access to the world and have yet outnumbered fixed-lines. As a result, growth for
mobile technology is drawing there many businesses into developing activities and services, and the fierce competition among local and foreign operators has lowered consumer costs.