Dec 19, 2025 | Commentary, Lagos, Research
By Esther Thontteh, Damilola Agbalajobi, Olumuyiwa Adegun and Taibat Lawanson Taxation is crucial for financing development. Attaining an equitable tax system depends on prudent policy formulation and effective administrative practices, aimed at generating revenue...
Dec 17, 2025 | Accra, Addis Ababa, Commentary, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Lagos, Lilongwe, Nairobi, Research
The housing challenge in African cities is far from consistent. With differing historical, sociopolitical and economic contexts, cities are seeing urbanisation play out along differing trajectories – impacting issues around housing demand, supply and justice. ACRC’s...
Nov 17, 2025 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Research
By Damilola Agbalajobi, in-city politics lead On 11 July 2024, Nigeria’s Supreme Court delivered a unanimous judgment affirming the financial autonomy of the country’s 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). It ordered direct payment of statutory allocations from the...
Oct 16, 2025 | Action research, Lagos, News, Research
By Chris Jordan As a consortium, we’re trying to learn what catalyses inclusive urban reform across African cities. But what does that really mean in practice, as well as in theory? This was the overarching question for our recent meeting in Lagos between our senior...
Oct 9, 2025 | Commentary, Lagos, Research
As in many cities worldwide, food production and management in Lagos is hugely complex – involving many different actors, shaped by various political dynamics and deeply intertwined with many other urban systems. With around 80% of food consumed in Lagos brought in...
Oct 6, 2025 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Research
By Temilade Sesan and Deji Akinpelu Potable water is a luxury good in Lagos – a city with so many ambient water sources that planning around them has yielded a rather quirky layout, which fuses a breakaway “island” axis with a much larger “mainland” axis. (Famously,...
