Return Database of street vendor
organisations: AFRICA
| Name of organisation | Organisation acronym | Address | Address | Address | Address | Address | Telephone number | Fax number | Website | Email address | Date of establishment | Links to other organisations | Name of Leader | Position of Leader | Scope of Operation | Area of operation | Members |
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| ACHIB East London | ACHIB (E) | East London | South Africa | +27 43 6852418 | Nombasa Nini | Uitenhage | street vendors | Eastern Cape. South Africa. | 1500 | ||||||||
| ACHIB Uitenhage | (E) | Uitenhage | South Africa | 6242 | +27 41 9771525 | Elizabeth Sahlulo | street vendors, hawkers, spaza shops | Eastern Cape. South Africa. | 1500 | ||||||||
| African Cooperative of Hawkers & Informal Businesses | ACHIB (E) | Off 221, 2nd floor | Northern Side Park Station | Johannesburg | PO 817 Wendywood | 2144 | cell 083 4763782/ 011-3330151/ | 001-333 0158 | achibsa@yahoo.com | FABCOS South Africa/NAFCOC | Lawrence Mavundla | President | Street vendors, hawkers, spaza shops | South Africa's nine provinces | 130 000 | ||
| African Hawkers Association Umtata | AHA (E) | 317 City Centre Bl | York St | Umtata | South Africa | 5100 | +27 047 5313213 | Mr Jalile | Chairperson | ||||||||
| Ajegunle Community Project | (E) | 67/69 Kirikiri Rd | Olodi, Apapa | Lagos | Nigeria | +080 33307190 | raliadaniju@yahoo.com | ||||||||||
| Alliance for Small and Informal Business of South Africa | PO Box 521, | Port Elizabeth, | 6000 | South Africa | 084-2346680 | vunani@mailbox.co.za | 26th July 2002 | Siyabulela Skade | informal business and traders | Eastern Cape | 1800 | ||||||
| Alliance for Zambia Informal Economy Associations | (AZIEA) (E) | PO Box 20652, Oxford Rd | Solidarity House | Kitwe | Zambia | +260-2-222607/+260 97799032 | +260-2-222607 | kashiwalameck@yahoo.com | October 17 2002 | StreetNet, IFWEA | Elvis Nkandu | President | street and market vendors, hawkers, and informal economy workers | national | 47 100 (12 member associations) | ||
| Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders in Lesotho | PO Box 2562 | Maseru | Lesotho | qhesit@yahoo.com | August 2006 | Thabo Quesi | Secretary General | informal traders' organisations | Maseru and surrounding areas | 5 organisations | |||||||
| Association Pure Water | C/o Fiawoyife Kofi, Sec General | Via SNTIN, BP 388 | Niamey | Niger | +227 735496/968893/cell + 227 938153 | +227 742581 | sntin@intnet.ne | Fiawoyife Kofi | Secretary General | Association of vendors selling purified water in plastic packets | |||||||
| ASSOTSI /Organiacao dos Operators e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal (S) | Avenida Olof Palme, No 245 | Maputu | Mozambique | sintiquigra@teledata.mz | 1999 | SINTIQUIGRA (Chemical, paper, rubber and graphic workers' union), SINTIA (Sugar industry union) of Organizacao dos Trabalhadores do Mozambique (OTM). StreetNet | Ramos Marrengula | President | City-based alliance of membership-based organisations of market vendors, hawkers and informal sector workers from 20-36 markets in the capital city of Maputo | Maputo | 4 256 | ||||||
| Athlone Informal Traders Association (E) | Cape Town | South Africa | Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| AVACI (F) | 11 BP 188 | Abidjan 11 | Ivory Coast | +225-07-766633 | +225-21266049 | 2003 | Emmanual Lessoy | street traders | Abidjan, Yopougon | ||||||||
| Banana Sellers Association | LMBSA (E) | PO Box GP 4333 | Mima, | Accra | Ghana | gawu@ighmail.com | Florence Debrah | Accra. Ghana. | |||||||||
| Cape Council of Hawkers & Informal Business, Nqele | CACHIB (E) | Box 22 | Ngqeleni | South Africa | 5140 | +27 083 4912400 | Mr Mkuzo | Tsolo. Eastern Cape. South Africa. | |||||||||
| Cape Town Hawkers Association (E) | Cape Town | South Africa | |||||||||||||||
| Cape Town Lower Deck Traders Association | Enclodek (E) | Cape Town | South Africa | +27 0826561600 | +27 21 419 0379 | Roseda Muller | Open air stall owners | Cape Town Station forecourt, South Africa | |||||||||
| Carpenters and Marketers Association (E) | PO Box 38867 | Lusaka | Zambia | Iron Mbewe | |||||||||||||
| CCSWB Ass (E) | Chibolya Market Hosp | Wusikili | Kitwe | Zambia | Bernard Tembo | Secretary | open to any vendors | 20 | |||||||||
| Cent des Syn. de Secteurs Prive et Infor de Benin | CSPIB (F) | 03 BP 2961 Jericho | Cotonou | Benin (F) | +229 33 46 96 | +229 33 53 53 | grachoun60@hotmail.com | StreetNet | Gratien Hounsinou | Regional Secretary D | |||||||
| Centrale des Syndicats Autonomes du Bénin CSA/FESYNDER | 1 Blvd. St. Michel, Bourse du Travail | Bourse du Travail | 04 B.P.1115 Cotonou | BENIN | +229 934009 +303183 | (229) 21302359 | guytossa@yahoo.fr | Guillaume Tossa | Trade union centre with several affiliates organising market vendors in Benin. | Benin | |||||||
| Chibolya Carpenters' Association (E) | PO Box 51 Wusakili | Kitwe | Zambia | ||||||||||||||
| City Stadium Open Air Market (E) | P.O.Box 34294 | Nairobi | Kenya | Loise Ngoru | Vendors at city stadium market, Nairobi | Nairobi City Stadium Market, Kenya | 31 | ||||||||||
| Claremont Hawkers Association (E) | Cape Town | South Africa | +27 21 487 2911 | Nariman Davids | |||||||||||||
| COGEC | Cote d'Ivoire | 225 05 746922/07 00225 05 67 9034 | gkbine@yahoo.com | Affilaited to UNI | Coulibaly Sory Haumar | Secretary General | Organisation of vendors operating cell phone cabins on the roadside. They have secured the right to set up cabins to do business called "Gérant de Cabine". | ||||||||||
| Confed of Free Trade Unions of Cote d'Ivoire | Dignite (F) | 03 BP 2031 | Abidjan 03 | Cote D'Ivoire | +22 520 377489 | +22 52037850 | dignite@aviso.ci | Mahan Gahe Basile | Secretary General | ||||||||
| Confederation Nationale des Travailleurs de Guinee | CNTG (F) | BP 237 Bourse Du Travail | Conakry | Guinea | +00224 415044 | +00224 415044 | nenefune@yahoo.com | 1960 | StreetNet | hadja Rabiatou Serah Diallo | Secretary General | Informal economy union organising in several sectors including street and market vendors and hawkers. Most of CNTG members work in the Avaria market in Conakry. | national | 5000 | |||
| Confederation Nationale Des Travailleurs du Senegal | CNTS (F) | BP 937 | Dakar | Senegal | 221-8210491 | 221-821 7771 | cnts@sentoo.sn | Mody Guiro | General Secretary | National trade union organising informal economy workers, including market vendors, street vendors and hawkers. number of members - 3 000. | national | 3 000 | |||||
| Covimy (F) | 11 BP 113, | Abidjan 11 Marcory | Cote D'Ivoire | +225 260154 | 1975 | Mme Yvonne Aka | co-operative of market women | Marcory Market , Abidjan. | |||||||||
| Durban Informal Trade Management Board | ITMB (E) | c/o Tekwini Developm | P.O. Box 623 | Durban | South Africa | 4000 | +27 031 3095432 | Emmanuel Dlamini | |||||||||
| Eastern Cape Street Vendors Alliance (E) | (ECSVA) | 29 Nelson Mandela Road | Umtata | South Africa | 083-5741129 | 2001 | Fundile Jalile | street and market traders, city-based alliance of membership-based organisation of street and market vendors | Eastern Cape | 2960 | |||||||
| Eye Traders' Association | 073 897 8203 | 15th September 2006 | Phoenix Plaza Street Traders' Association | Jabulani Maxwell Ntsele | Chairperson | street traders in Durban | Durban | 100 | |||||||||
| Federated Association of Informal Traders (S) | Johannesburg | South Africa | |||||||||||||||
| Fédération des Associations des Femmes Commerçants et Entrepreneurs du Mali | FAFCEM | BP 1894 Bamako | Mali | 223 221 5044 | 223 222 2120/2211401 | sogecim@yahoo.fr | Affiliated to GACDM, | Sangare Hadja Mouye Sanogo | Presidente | Vendors organisation affiliated to GACDM, national federation of street vendor organisations | |||||||
| Federation Nationale des Syndicats | FENASEIN | BP 388 | Niamey | Niger | (00) 227 20753131/96980930 | fenasein@yahoo.fr | 27 December 2006 | USTN | Zada Foumakoye | Secretary General | National federation of informal economy trade unions and covers many sectors mostly artisans and includes, stevedores/dockers, taxi workers, commerce, street and market vendors, mechanics, building, wood and foresrty, clothing and garment workers/tailers. | national | 3140 | ||||
| FESTRACOM -Federation Syndicale de Travailleurs de Commerce (Poutenga) | BP 112 Pouytengo - Secteur 03 | Burkino Faso | 1994 | Ouedraogo Salam | Secrétaire Général | market traders of the Pouytenga market. | Pouytenga | ||||||||||
| GACDM | C/o CSTM: Att Youssof Kebe | BPE 103 Bamako | Mali | 601 8609 | co CSTM Cstmfr@yahoo.fr | Affiliated to CSTM, trade union centre | Youssof Kebe | Secretary General | National federation of street vendor organisations | ||||||||
| GACDM - Groupement de Associations de Commercants Detaillants du Mali | C/o CSTM BPE 103 Bamako | Mali | +223 223 6018609 | CSTM; | Youssof Kebe | Secretaire General | Federation of informal economy associations, including FAFCEM an affiliate that is organising in the 59 markets of Bamako. | Mali | |||||||||
| GBENONKPO (F) | C/O SYNTRAUCIB | PB 12 | Pobe | Senegal | 229 845963 | 229 250559 | zounon@hotmail.com | 1991 | Claire Houessinon | Secretary General | Women's organisation, organising women informal economy workers who produce in co-ops and sell in markets | ||||||
| General Agricultural Workers Ghana | GAWU (E) | Ghana | +024 665514 | +024 667161 | gawugh@hotmail.com | Andrews A Tagoe | 0 | ||||||||||
| General Street Traders of Kisumu | GSTK (E) | P.O.Box 4138 | Kisumu | Kenya | C/o wvmitullah@swiftkenya.com | Charles Addah | Street traders on GSTK-manned streets | Regional within Kisumu, Kenya | 600 | ||||||||
| Ghana Construction Artisan Association (E) | PO Box 272 Accra | Ghana | +024 645118 | Isaac K Naarteb | |||||||||||||
| Ghana TUC, Informal Sector Desk (E) | PO Box 701 | Accra | Ghana | +233 21 662568 | +233 21 667161 | tuc@ighmail.com | FX Owusu | ||||||||||
| Ghana Union of Professional Photographers | GUPP (E) | Ghana | +024 664759 | Felicia Abban | |||||||||||||
| Gompo Hawkers Association (E) | c/o Emile van Heynin | P. O. Box 81 | East London | South Africa | 5200 | +27 43 7052268 | +27 43 43 5266 | Evelyn Mtyeshana | contact | fruit and vegetable vendors | East London, South Africa | ||||||
| Grahamstown Traders' Association (E) | 54b Joza Street | Grahamstown | South Africa | +27 083 9608069 | Eric Boma | ||||||||||||
| Greater Accra Traders Marketing Union (E) | Ghana | +233 24 313601 | Yemoteley Quaye | Accra. Ghana. | |||||||||||||
| Greenmarket Square Traders Association (E) | GMSTA | Cape Town | South Africa | fleamarket vendors | Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||
| Greenpoint Fleamarket Traders Association (E) | Green Point | Cape Town | South Africa | Rashieda Petersen | flea market stall holders | Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||
| Hitekani Street Vendors | PO Box 5360, | The Reeds, 0158 | Centurion | South Africa | 0278-29200128 | Gmkhari@uti.co.za | 2006 | Godfrey Oakeer Mkhari | street vendors | Gauteng | 12 | ||||||
| Jabulani Trading Club (E) | JTC | Durban | South Africa | Mrs Buthelezi | Advisor | street vendors | Local areas in Durban | ||||||||||
| Kantemba Association of Zambia (E) | 28 Songwe Street | Kalulushi | PO Box 260249 | Kalulushi | Zambia | +260 2 28284 | Eddie Lubunda | Secretary | open to vendors, market traders | Wusikili Market, Kitwe. Zambia. | |||||||
| Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders | KENASVIT | PO Box 2015 | Nakuru | Kenya | 254-2215651 | 51 2215651 | kenasvit2005@yahoo.com | March 18th 2005 | Simon Sangale Nasieku | Chairperson | national alliance of urban street vendor and informal trader' associations | national alliance | 6050 | ||||
| Kenya National Hawkers Union (E) | KENAHU | P.O.Box 9238 | Kisumu | Kenya | +254 35 22052 | Peter Kochiel | street vendors, market traders | Kisumu, other Kenyan towns | 2400 | ||||||||
| Kenya Street Traders Society (Coast Branch) (E) | KSTS | PO Box 839059 | Mombasa | Kenya | +27 11 221208 | KENSLAND@AVU.org | 1999 | KSTS Nairobi | Simon Kiarie | street traders | Kilifi, Malindi, Lamu, Taita, Kwale Mom-basa Kenya | 277 | |||||
| Kenya Street Traders Society (E) | KSTS | PO Box 17089 | Nairobi | Kenya | +254 2 767288 | Charles Nderitu | street vendors, market traders | Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Migori, Kenya | |||||||||
| Khatang Tema Baits'ukuli Association | Care of NURAW PoBox 15851 | Maseru | Lesotho | +09266-58702650 | +09266-22310258 | coperatives@ilesotho.com | October 2000 | NURAW | Tsolo Lebitsa | President | The association is open to street and market traders and informal economy workers. It organises in 10 districts of Lesotho. | 10 districts in Lesotho | 111 | ||||
| Kisumu All. of Street Vendors & Informal Traders (E) | KASVIT | PO Box 19392-40100 | Kisumu | 40100 | Kenya | +254-0733-456353/ | kasvit2002@yahoo.com | February 2003 | KENASVIT; Kenyan Land Alliance; Instiute for Development Studies; Kenya Human Rights Commission. | Teresa Ak'ongo | Chairperson | street, market vendors and hawkers. | Kisumu | 1001 (27 member organisations) | |||
| Kisumu Bus Park Development Group (E) | KBDG | PO Box 1796 | Kisumu | Kenya | 40100 | KBPDG@yahoo.com | 1988 | StreetNet | Joseph Onyango | Chairman | city-based alliance comrising 10 groups of street and market vendors and hawkers. | Kisumu | 1600 | ||||
| Ligue Pour Le Droit De La Femme Congolaise | (LDFC) | 41 Avenue colonel Tshatshi, Quartier Maviokele, | Commune de Kimbanseke | Kinshasa | RD Congo | 00243 8955440/(0) 99 9508149 | Idfc_04@yahoo.fr | May 1999 | Angélique Kipulu Katani | Seretary General | street and market traders and hawkers and informal economy workers | Kinshasa, Banundu province and Bas Congo province | 720 | ||||
| Lusaka Informal Traders Association (E) | C/o Mr Ray Wasah | P.O. BOX 30080 | Lusaka | Zambia | Mr. Victor Phiri | Contact | hawkers, street vendors, marketeers | Lusaka district. Zambia. | 50 | ||||||||
| Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (E) | MUFIS | PO Box 5094 | Limbe | Malawi | +265 016 20716 | C/o swedef2001@yahoo.com | 2002 | StreetNet | Ken Willaims Mhango | President | street and market vendors and hawkers and informal sector workers. | Malawi | 5000 | ||||
| Mansa District Business Assn (E) | MDBA | PO Box 710552 Mansa | Mansa | Zambia | +260 2 821736 | Elias Chongo | Vice-chairperson | association open to any vendors | Kalulushi Market, Kalulushi. Zambia | 70 | |||||||
| Maziwa Open Air Market (E) | c/o Charles Nderitu | P.O.Box 17089 | Nairobi | Kenya | KSTS | John Kimani | open-air market traders | Maziwa Market, Nairobi, Kenya | 200 | ||||||||
| Mbhilibi Workers Organisation | PO Box 5502 | Nelspruit 1200 | South Africa | 0766762359/0137527583 | mjevuza@ananzi.co.za | March 2006 | Bongani Sibanyoni | street and market vendors | Barberton, Mpumalanga | 356 | |||||||
| Mdantsane Hawkers Association (Mamcira) (E) | Unit 24848 | Mdantsane | South Africa | 5219 | +27 43 7616510 | Mrs Skeyi | |||||||||||
| Micro Business Chamber (E) | Johannesburg | South Africa | +27 11 333 5997 | +27 11 333 6180 | Livingstone Matanga | ||||||||||||
| Migori Small Trader Society (E) | MSTS | P.O.Box 960 | Suna | Migori | Kenya | +254 387 20456 | Joseph Onyango | street vendors, market traders | Regional within Migori, Kenya | 510 | |||||||
| Mitchell's Plain Progressive Hawkers Association (E) | P.O. Box 69 | Mitchell's Plain | Cape Town | South Africa | 7789 | +27 21 33 5964 | Farieda Hansen | Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||
| Mokola Traders' Union (E) | PO Box 1 Alajo | Accra | Ghana | +024-220455 | Deborah Yemoteley | ||||||||||||
| Nairobi Hawkers Alliance (E) | NAHA | PO Box 9483 | Nairobi | Kenya | +254 0733703620 | July 2001 | Ngugi Njuguna | Vice-Chairperson | street vendors, market traders | Nairobi. Kenya. | |||||||
| Nairobi Informal Sector Confederation | NISCOF (E) | 3rd Floor Lakamshi House | Biashara Street | PO Box 21081 | Nairobi | 0723-428608/0726-360697 office 230819 | niscof2006@yahoo.com | December 2005 | KENASVIT, Corporate Renewal Centre Nairobi | Steven Wawero | An umbrella body representing informal traders in Nairobi. | ||||||
| National Alliance of Street Vendors of Uganda (E) | C/o PO Box 31083 | Kampala | Uganda | +27 31 3074038 | +27 31 3067490 | March 2002 | Kibirango Ismail | Vice Chairperson | street traders | Kampala, Jinja | |||||||
| National Arts & Crafts Association (E) | C/o PCO PO Box 71360 | Ndola | Zambia | Francis Mwansa | |||||||||||||
| National Independent Business Development Assoc | NIBDA (E) | 5th floor, Chung Wa | 191 Jeppe Street | Johannesburg | South Africa | +27 11 337 1637 | Augustine Mqhaba | ||||||||||
| National Informal Business Association | NIBA (E) | South Africa | Thomas Cele | ||||||||||||||
| National Union of Informal Economy Workers' Organisations, Uganda | NUIEWO | PO Box 10650 Kampala | Uganda |