A makeshift cafe around Senga Tera caters to the coffee needs of the residents from a nearby building. The tilted corrugated roof masks cosy accommodations. Addis Abeba is home to a vibrant informal economy providing hundreds of thousands with daily income and employment. According to a recent study by the African Cities Research Consortium, the capital generates 29pc of Ethiopia’s urban GDP and 20pc of national urban employment. Since the early 2000s, the government adopted a two-pronged approach towards informality marked by mandatory business registration and reorganization of micro and small enterprises.