May 25 , 2024.
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.
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