The novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to destroy the livelihoods of more than 164 million workers in Africa's informal economy - the largest employing sector, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in its latest report.
The UN agency says Asia and Africa which both account for nearly 916 million workers from the informal economy are the hardest hit with full lockdowns of the informal sector.
It said lockdown measures had severe implications in terms sharp drops in incomes and livelihoods of the majority of workers in the informal sector.
The outbreak of the coronavirus outbreak and the introduction of a raft of measures to prevent its spread has worsened the plight of many in the informal sector in Africa who survive on day - to - day trade for survival.
The majority of the poor workers in Africa's informal sector are unable to survive without some form of daily trade.
