{"id":1114,"date":"2018-06-01T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prisme-proparco.fr\/reportages\/lynk-start-up-secteur-informel-kenya\/"},"modified":"2019-02-22T10:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T09:29:55","slug":"lynk-start-up-secteur-informel-kenya","status":"publish","type":"reportages","link":"https:\/\/afd-chooseafrica-qa.cegedim.cloud\/en\/featured-stories\/lynk-start-up-secteur-informel-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynk, a young start-up transforming the informal sector in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>In Kenya, as in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, the informal sector is omnipresent and very dynamic. 80% of the working population is employed in the informal sector.<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>THE CONTEXT\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Seeing this potential of non-referenced jobs is what gave the start-up Lynk<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>the idea of making this pool of professionals, craftsmen or specialists available to clients looking for high-quality services. 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