For Africa, the 21st century promises a squarely urban future. At the turn of the millennium, according to the Africapolis…
Browsing: AIF Issue 77
Africa is the world’s fastest urbanising region, with cities growing at an average rate of 3.5% per year. Experts predict…
When discussions about South Africa’s townships arise, the focus is often predictable: unemployment, poverty, crime, service delivery protests, or the…
I spent a holiday near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape more than 20 years ago. Even then, the…
Most urban planning for Africa’s mushrooming cities has focused on megacities and high-value port-and-transport corridors, but medium-sizedcities, which accommodate a…
On the edge of Lilongwe’s Area 44, the maize field where 50-year-old Grace Nyimbiri’s parents buried their umbilical cords now…
It has been nearly 10 years since Johnson came to Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, from his rural birthplace in Makueni…
“No city in Zimbabwe operates with true devolution. Local councils remain largely hand-held by the Ministry of Local Government.” – Dumisani Nkomo, Ward 5 Councillor, Bulawayo …
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has projected that Africa’s urban population will double from around 717 million…
Rapid population growth across the eight countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) – (Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal,…
