Lagos is arguably the most challenging Nigerian state to run, but it is also the most attractive in which to run for governor “Wherever you are in this country, in fact on this continent, there’s no place like Lagos,”...
Africa in Fact Issue 45
Sidelined by policymakers
The ANC and previous regimes have all seen rural areas as more deserving of attention and resources than cities, making it nearly impossible to talk seriously about urban policy Since the end of apartheid a central...
Where justice is measured in dollars
Kinshasa is set to become one of Africa’s largest megacities by 2030, but its land governance is in need of major reform Antoine* bought a plot of land in Kimbanseke, on the outskirts of Kinshasa, nearly 12 years ago....
Turning challenges into opportunities
African city governments face complex challenges, but they have many good governance tools at their disposal Cities are a recent phenomenon in Africa. In 1950, there was not a single city with a population of over one...
Cities: why simplistic, topdown interventions will fail
New Urban Worlds: Inhabiting Dissonant Times by AbdouMaliq Simone and Edgar Pieterse, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2017 Simone and Pieterse are passionate “rogue scholars” who want to make cities more responsive to the...
Living on the periphery
The African middle class isn’t strong enough to drive the economic development required to cope with the influx of new urban dwellers Obed Ndhlovu laughed a hearty chuckle that was tinged with bemusement. A rat had...
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