In Freetown (the capital of Sierra Leone, a small West African nation), a growing number of women are taking up kekeh driving — operating three-wheeled motorised rickshaws — as a means of economic survival in a country where youth unemployment and underemployment hover between 60% and 70%. Women's participation in the formal labour market stands at less than 30%, according to the country's labour ministry, pushing many into the informal sector where earnings are low but accessible. College graduate Alimatu Kamara, who turned to kekeh driving after failing to find work in her field, represents a wider trend of young Sierra Leonean women using the informal economy as a practical alternative to unemployment.