Useful sources about Africa

Data reflects the total recorded employment from 2012-2016 and includes wage information for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled employees in the building and construction industry. A report published by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics.

Data, published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, reflects wage employment by industry and includes the number of working people in the private and public sectors across 21 industries in Kenya.

A table which provides employment by economic activity in different industries such as construction, education, transportation and storage. It was published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

Economic reports, produced by the National Treasury every three months, that provides information on economic growth in Kenya by various indicators.

Informality and Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa forms part of a research paper series from the University of Cape Town's Development Policy Research Unit. It undertakes a regional evidence synthesis examining literature and case studies from the sub-Saharan Africa region on income, inequality and inclusive growth.

The World Bank's World Integrated Trade Solution publishes economic data on exports, imports, products, tariffs, GDP and other development indicators in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. Launched with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the database has been published every three years since 2011. The data are collected in partnership with Gallup, Inc., through nationally representative surveys of more than 150,000 adults in over 140 economies. The 2017 edition includes updated indicators on access to and use of formal and informal financial services. And it adds new data on the use of financial technology (fintech), including the use of mobile phones and the internet to conduct financial transactions.