Informal settlements with Joseph Muturi
African Cities24 Mar 2022

Informal settlements with Joseph Muturi

In most African cities, more than half of the population live in informal settlements. Residents often lack basic services and infrastructure, also facing unsafe housing and insecure tenure. Yet upgrading informal settlements is complex and can be contentious. While some successful models have been developed, too little upgrading has taken place in African cities, existing upgrading has lacked affordable options for the lowest-income residents, and tenants are frequently displaced. Moreover,...

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Urban politics and power in Mogadishu

Urban politics and power in Mogadishu

As the capital and the seat of the Somali government, Mogadishu has undergone a slow process of urban recovery over the course of the past decade. The city is experiencing rapid urbanisation, growing ...

10 Apr 202337min

Urban reform coalitions: Harare with George Masimba

Urban reform coalitions: Harare with George Masimba

ACRC defines inclusive urban reform coalitions as partnerships between government, experts and civil society organisations – often directly involving communities and groups most directly affected by t...

27 Mar 20231h

Inclusive urban reform coalitions with Diana Mitlin

Inclusive urban reform coalitions with Diana Mitlin

"We really see these reform coalitions as very key. They're key to nurturing new ideas, they're key to articulating ideas that perhaps are working elsewhere and making sure they're understood within t...

31 Jan 202347min

Household microenterprises with Selina Pasirayi and Rollins Chitika

Household microenterprises with Selina Pasirayi and Rollins Chitika

“This is kind of a hub, if you will, that's bringing in goods and services to the wider group of people in the informal settlements. And you can think about anything that you need in your life, in you...

24 Jan 202335min

Safety and security in Nairobi with Wangui Kimari

Safety and security in Nairobi with Wangui Kimari

"Beyond patrolling, beyond the police, beyond anti-terror police activities which come from a global war on terror, what are people doing every day and what have they been doing every day to keep them...

9 Jan 202324min

Community-led planning and transformation with Charity Mumbi and Jane Wairutu

Community-led planning and transformation with Charity Mumbi and Jane Wairutu

"It's not our data as SDI, it's not ACRC data, it's not their data. It's the community's data. So you have to have that understanding that, at the end of the day, it has to benefit the community." In...

14 Des 202228min

Migration, politics and urban governance in Lagos

Migration, politics and urban governance in Lagos

"Lagos is a city of migrants… migrants are shaping the city in ways that are evolving per day. We are where we are now as a city through the action of migrants. And, more recently, we find that the ac...

6 Des 202242min

Africa's urbanisation dynamics with Philipp Heinrigs

Africa's urbanisation dynamics with Philipp Heinrigs

What opportunities does urbanisation present for people living in African cities? How much does it really contribute to the economy? And what wider advantages can it have for rural dwellers? In our l...

30 Nov 202241min

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