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Is there a limit to hustling even as it is celebrated in Kenya?

A second hand shoes  trader displays her wares in Nyeri Town ,on 30 December,2023,majority of traders from the informal sectors have termed the year 2023 as worst in the profit making.[FILE/Standard]

Data can be surprising; only about 20 per cent of the South African (SA) economy is informal. In Kenya, it’s 80 per cent.

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