Jun 3, 2024 | News, Research
ACRC has published a new paper synthesising research findings from political settlements, city system and urban development domain analyses of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Domain research in the city focused on safety and security, land and connectivity and youth and...
May 10, 2024 | News, Research
Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi and its largest city, home to about 1 million residents – three quarters of whom live in informal settlements. Like many other African cities, Lilongwe’s rapid growth has been accompanied by the accumulation of environmental problems...
May 9, 2024 | News, Research
ACRC has published new research, exploring land and connectivity in six African cities: Accra (Ghana), Bukavu (DRC), Kampala (Uganda), Harare (Zimbabwe), Maiduguri (Nigeria) and Mogadishu (Somalia). Urban land is a crucial economic, environmental and social resource...
May 8, 2024 | Commentary, Covid Collective, Research
Covid Collective A multi-partner international group, the Covid Collective is working to provide evidence on the social dimensions of the pandemic to inform decisionmaking on Covid-19-related development challenges. Supported by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and...
May 3, 2024 | News, Research
By Kate Lines and Elizabeth Dessie What catalyses positive transformation? The ACRC urban reform database aims to spotlight the many recent success stories in African cities. Its goal is to make evidence and insights openly available and easy to explore. We want to...
