2025
Special Report
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Where do we go from here?
Edgar Pieterse of the African Centre for Cities on what needs to happen next.
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Financing the future
African cities will struggle to attract long-term investment unless they can demonstrate consistent…
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The housing crisis is everywhere
Executive Director of UN-Habitat Anacláudia Rossbach says the housing crisis has gone global—and…
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Cities must lead Africa’s energy transition
How African cities address their energy needs as they grow will determine their…
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Turning carbon into currency
World Resources Institute colleagues Obadiah Mungai, Fikresilassie Aklilu, Emmerentian Mbabazi, and Charity Mwangi…
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A new generation, for the next
Talib Ahmed Bensouda became mayor of Kanifing, Gambia, at 29, so he knows a…
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Ethiopia unleashes its cities
Ethiopia’s Minister of Urban and Infrastructure Development, Chaltu Sani believes Ethiopia’s radical urban policy…
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Fighting fires, and (constantly) bailing water
Manuel De Araujo, mayor of Quelimane, is no shrinking violet. As an opposition leader…
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Rebooting the global finance system will pay dividends
The continent’s Public Development Banks must play a key role in changing how African…
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Gender bias is stifling progress
As the first female mayor of Lusaka, Chilando Chitangala, has found entrenched gender biases…
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Set the cities free
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) colleagues Oumar Sylla (Director for the Regional…
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Data: The infrastructure Africa cannot afford to ignore
George Kibala Bauer, Senior Director at GSMA—a global organisation for mobile operators and the…
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Lagos: Restless City
Lagos is an ever-changing mix of ambition, chaos, and grit, building towards a future…
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Breathe easy
Collecting evidence, building connections, and collaborating: these are the three main ingredients of a…
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Beyond “participation”
Activist and planner Regina Opondo has spent years agitating and organising against gender discrimination…
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Why African cities are failing their youth
South Africa’s Human Settlements Minister, Thembisile Simelane, believes African countries are chronically unprepared for…
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Young, gifted and stuck
Young people across Africa are struggling to get a start in life because our…
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The future is worth fighting for!
Lawyer, youth leader, and human rights activist Namatai Kwekweza believes that the future isn’t…
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The AI hype train is coming to Africa
I know tech lies when I see them, having come of age during the…
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What African cities offer to the world
Here is a direct provocation. Too many cities on the African continent continue to…
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A reality check, for the world
Africa’s demographic transformation will reshape the world—and how we prepare now will have real…
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Harnessing An Unstoppable Force
Tau Tavengwa and Edgar Pieterse on how cities across Africa got here.
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