Edgar Pieterse of the African Centre for Cities on what needs to happen next. … Read more

African cities will struggle to attract long-term investment unless they can demonstrate consistent financial capacity, says Trevor Manuel, South Afri … Read more

Executive Director of UN-Habitat Anacláudia Rossbach says the housing crisis has gone global—and her organisation’s new strategy is designed to meet t … Read more

How African cities address their energy needs as they grow will determine their future, and that of the continent, say Jakkie Cilliers and Alize le Ro … Read more

World Resources Institute colleagues Obadiah Mungai, Fikresilassie Aklilu, Emmerentian Mbabazi, and Charity Mwangi argue that Africa’s urban transform … Read more

Talib Ahmed Bensouda became mayor of Kanifing, Gambia, at 29, so he knows a little about what the city’s youth want. Listening to their demands is vit … Read more

Ethiopia’s Minister of Urban and Infrastructure Development, Chaltu Sani believes Ethiopia’s radical urban policy reforms—granting cities autonomy ove … Read more

Manuel De Araujo, mayor of Quelimane, is no shrinking violet. As an opposition leader of a prominent Mozambican coastal city under siege from extreme … Read more

The continent’s Public Development Banks must play a key role in changing how African cities are financed, says Zeph Nhleko, Chief Economist of the De … Read more

The mayor of Shaggar City, Teshome Adugna, on what it takes to build a new city on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, virtually from scratch. He spoke to … Read more