Over half of all working age Sub-Saharan Africans work in agriculture. More than 1/3rd in Nigeria, the most populous country. 1/3rd in Kenya. Even 19% in South Africa, despite its head start development. As a comparison, less than 2% of Europeans and less than 2% of Americans work in agriculture.
The contribution of agriculture to GDP disproportionate, but that is an artifact of the way GDP is measured. Most African farmers are smallholder farmers, living and growing food on their own 1/2-2 acres of land. None of the food they grow and eat is counted as GDP. And little to none of the surplus they sell to their neighbors informally is captured by GDP.
Food and agriculture is the backbone is Africa. In jobs. In economic output. And it is the key to economic development, as the formalization of the supply chain by companies like the bizi increase the incomes of the farmers and free up this enormous labor force to other activities.
