Jun 3, 2021 | Accra, Addis Ababa, Commentary, Dar es Salaam, Lagos
What can we learn from looking at Africa through the lens of its cities? This blog is the fourth in a series exploring different aspects of city development and urban change in Africa, featuring contributions from researchers and practitioners working within the...
May 24, 2021 | Commentary, Dar es Salaam, Lagos, Mogadishu, Nairobi
What can we learn from looking at Africa through the lens of its cities? This blog is the third in a series exploring different aspects of city development and urban change in Africa, featuring contributions from researchers and practitioners working within the...
May 13, 2021 | Commentary, Covid Collective, Nairobi
By Professor Diana Mitlin, CEO of the African Cities Research Consortium This case study – originally published as part of the Covid Collective Research for Policy and Practice series – shows how an urban social movement was able to produce the knowledge that state...
May 10, 2021 | Accra, Addis Ababa, Commentary, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Khartoum, Lagos, Nairobi
What can we learn from looking at Africa through the lens of its cities? This blog is the second in a series exploring different aspects of city development and urban change in Africa, featuring contributions from researchers and practitioners working within the...
Apr 26, 2021 | Accra, Addis Ababa, Commentary, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Khartoum, Lagos, Nairobi
What can we learn from looking at Africa through the lens of its cities? This blog is the first in a series exploring different aspects of city development and urban change in Africa, featuring contributions from researchers and practitioners working within the...
Mar 22, 2021 | Commentary
To mark World Water Day 2021, Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism at The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute, discusses the issues the Global South face when it comes to accessing clean water. Diana Mitlin is currently leading the African...
