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...
Apr 30, 2024 | Accra, Bukavu, Harare, Kampala, Maiduguri, Mogadishu, News
Date: Monday 20 May 2024 Time: 13:00-14:30 BST / 14:00-15:30 SAST / 15:00-16:30 EAT Register: bit.ly/ACRCUrbanLandWebinar Summary: In many African cities, land is governed by a complex arrangement of actors – public and private, formal and informal, local and...
Apr 26, 2024 | Commentary, Covid Collective, Harare, Kampala, Lilongwe, Nairobi, 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...
Mar 26, 2024 | Commentary
By Elizabeth Dessie Young people across the global South face much economic, social, political and environmental uncertainty that impacts their daily lives as well as their futures. The challenges they face, as well as the resources they dispose of and the strategies...
Mar 25, 2024 | Accra, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Nairobi, News, Research
The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) has confirmed the cities going forward into its implementation phase: Accra, Ghana; Harare, Zimbabwe; Kampala, Uganda; Lagos, Nigeria; and Nairobi, Kenya. This follows the foundation phase research and engagement work in...
