Eighty percent of Africa uses traditional medicine, according to Mender’s report in “Economics of the Traditional Medicine Trade in South Africa” [1]published in 2007. In South Africa alone the trade (mostly informal) in medicinal fauna and flora is estimated to be worth 2.9 billion rand a year in 2010, employing more than 133 000 people, mostly rural woman.
[1] https://www.hst.org.za/publications/South%20African%20Health%20Reviews/18_SAHR_2006-2007_Section%2013.pdf
