Zimbabwean fashion designer Martha Simango sits outside by a field and holds up one of her creations, a multicoloured dress she is working on

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Africa

Martha Simango, a fashion designer from Zimbabwe who is supported by the ILO Spotlight Initiative, September 2023. © Shaun Chitsiga/ ILO

The ILO in Africa supports 54 countries to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. Together with our worker, employer, and government partners we strive to achieve a human-centred future of work built on social justice for all.

Constituents on the African Continent have committed themselves to making decent work a reality for Africa’s people, through a series of priorities identified by them.

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Empowering TVET Instructors to drive Zambia’s clean energy transition
TVET instructors undertaking a study tour of Chatandika Mini-grid Solar Plant in Chipangali District.

Empowering TVET Instructors to drive Zambia’s clean energy transition

How I found hope again: David’s journey out of child labour in Nigeria
A young Nigerian man, David Chukwuemeka, stands smiling in front of his family’s rural home in Aponmu, Ondo State. He is wearing a blue shirt, surrounded by green plants and simple houses in the background.

Our impact, their story

How I found hope again: David’s journey out of child labour in Nigeria

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Diverse workforce with labour force graphs
Labour statistics in Africa

Labour statistics in Africa

National figures on labour markets in Africa for the last available year from the ILOSTAT database

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Development Cooperation Dashboard

Development Cooperation Dashboard

The Dashboard offers customizable views of ILO development cooperation projects in Africa funded by voluntary contributions around the world. It shows the budget and expenditure of voluntary contributions for the past 10 years.

Projects and programmes

Strengthening food security and livelihoods through construction and irrigation in 6 regions of Madagascar

Strengthening food security and livelihoods through construction and irrigation in 6 regions of Madagascar

E-waste for youth employment in Limpopo Province Project

E-waste for youth employment in Limpopo Province Project

Publications

Reducing the HIV testing gap in men: Voluntary counselling and HIV testing for workers

VCT@WORK

Reducing the HIV testing gap in men: Voluntary counselling and HIV testing for workers

South–South and triangular cooperation good practices in the World of Work in a changing multilateral environment: 2024–2025

Report

South–South and triangular cooperation good practices in the World of Work in a changing multilateral environment: 2024–2025

Events

Webinar on Advancing Quality Apprenticeships in Africa through ILO Recommendation No. 208

Quality apprenticeship

Webinar on Advancing Quality Apprenticeships in Africa through ILO Recommendation No. 208

Advancing Quality Apprenticeships in Africa

Joint ILO/AU webinar on R208

Advancing Quality Apprenticeships in Africa

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All resources

All resources

Browse our catalogue of resources from or about Africa.

Contact the ILO Regional Office for Africa

Plateau, CCIA Building 
Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire
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