Spotlight

  1. ILO alliance with G5 Sahel

Special coverage

  1. Can collective bargaining create a fairer economy?

Contact us

ILO Regional Office for Africa

Plateau, CCIA Building 
Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire
01 BP 3960 Abidjan 01

Tel : (+225) 20318900
Email : abidjan@ilo.org
Website : https://www.ilo.org/africa

Facts & figures

  1. From Fragility to Resilience through Decent Work in Africa

ILO in Africa

  • Nigeria ratifies ILO conventions on occupational safety and health and on violence and harassment in the world of work

    Nigeria is the 29th country to ratify the Convention No. 187 promoting safe and healthy working environment and the 22nd to ratify the ILO Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work. By ratifying Convention No. 187, Nigeria is confirming its commitment to the objective of improving occupational safety and health in a continuous and sustainable manner.

  • Discussions examined the impact of climate change on migration patterns and trends to and from the Arab Region and how these patterns impact different vulnerable groups on the move.

    The importance of just transitions and labour mobility as mitigation and adaptation strategies to climate change

    The ILO, as one of the co-conveners of the Issue Based Coalition on Migration in the Arab region (IBC/M), participated in the online Regional Dialogue on Climate Change and Migration Nexus in the Arab Region on 24 and 25 October and organized a session on ‘Migration and labour mobility as an adaptation strategy to climate change and the importance of just transitions’, bringing together ILO’s tripartite constituents who explored the numerous linkages between climate change, migration and the labour market.

  • Didier Drogba, ILO and FIFPRO raise awareness among young football players of the risks of emigration

    A look back at the launch of the campaign to raise awareness among young Ivorian football players of the risks of ill-prepared emigration. The campaign is being run jointly by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Didier Drogba and his Foundation, the International Federation of Professional Footballers' Associations (FIFPRO), and former Ivorian international footballers.

  • ILO in action

    Tunisia develops its social and solidarity economy

    In Tunisia, the ILO is working to develop the social and solidarity economy, particularly for young people and women in rural areas. Projects include JEUN’ESS, funded by the European Union and FORTER'ESS funded by the government of Canada. ILO project officer, Youssef Belhassen Fennira, explains.

What's new

  1. COP27: ILO events streamed from the Just Transition Pavilion

    Keeping the social dimension of climate change at the forefront of discussions is the focus of events being organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) at the up-coming UN Climate Change Conference (COP27). Together with the European Commission, the ILO hosts the first ever Just Transition Pavilion, a convening space for events, meetings and knowledge sharing around just transition and climate action in cooperation with the UNFCCC, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International Organisation of Employers (IOE). You can watch live -or replay- all events held in the Pavilion on this page.

  2. COP 27: Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference (official website)

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Stories from the field

  1. South Africa - “The ILO prize was key for me to develop an effective business model”

  2. Tanzania - “I can see a new person in me because of the apprenticeship training”

  3. Ghana - “The training really equipped us with skills to help improve our productivity”

  4. Egypt - “Without the job search club, I would have never thought about applying for a job outside my field of study”

  5. Somalia - “Now I am no longer a refugee and I even managed to set up my own business in Baidoa”

Video Highlights

  1. Message from ILO Regional Office for Africa to mark the World Day against Child Labour 12 June 2020

  2. Start and Improve Your Business Programme in Egypt

Key resources

  1. Report

    Success Africa V: A brighter future of work in Africa

    This edition contains 38 stories covering the four dimensions of the Decent Work Agenda – standards and rights at work, employment creation and enterprise development, social protection and social dialogue – and all five sub-regions of the African continent.

  2. Report

    Report on Labour Migration Statistics in Africa (Second Edition)

    This publication demonstrates the sustained commitment of the African Union Commission to provide member states, regional economic communities and partners with tools that can help them make meaningful decisions on migration governance.

  3. Wages in Africa

    Recent trends in average wages, gender pay gaps and wage disparities

    This study, which complements the ILO’s Global Wage Report 2018/19, focuses on wage trends in Africa.

  4. Success Africa IV

    Delivering excellent decent work results in Africa

    The ILO Regional Office for Africa launched its new flagship publication entitled "Success Africa IV: Working together for a better Africa"

  5. The ILO helps protect rights and deliver HIV prevention, treatment, care and support

    HIV/ADIS

    Fighting AIDS and transforming lives in Africa

    The ILO, in partnership with Sida, implemented an innovative economic empowerment program for vulnerable communities in Southern and East Africa.

  6. Labour Migration

    Labour Migration Governance in Africa

    How to link migration and mobility issues of Africa with sustainable development goals.