May 20, 2026 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Nairobi, Research
By Oluwaseun Muraina and Rasheed Shittu, ACRC Lagos action research project co-leads When a key character in Game of Thrones tells Queen Cersei that “knowledge is power”, her immediate response is to order his death, with the retort that “power is power”. We can draw...
May 20, 2026 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Nairobi, Research
By Patrick Njoroge , Rex Otieno and Maureen Musya In early February, the Akiba Mashinani Trust (AMT) led a nine-person delegation from Nairobi for a weeklong learning exchange visit to Okerube informal settlement in Lagos. The visit built on a previous exchange, when...
Apr 28, 2026 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Nairobi, Research
By Temilade Sesan, ACRC Lagos city manager One of the less visible but highly impactful aspects of the ACRC programme is the opportunity for cross-learning that it presents for urban development researchers, practitioners and policymakers working in different city...
Apr 24, 2026 | Action research, Commentary, Nairobi, Research
By Nyang’wara Chrispine, AMT project lead; Rosebella Apollo, ACRC research uptake officer; Jerry Okal, ACRC Nairobi uptake lead and Georgina Kasamani, AMT landscape architect In Nairobi, the rain does not arrive quietly. It comes with a rhythm the city knows well:...
Mar 26, 2026 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
Informal waste workers are the unseen backbone of Nairobi’s waste value chain. Moving from households to dumpsites, then to recyclers, farmers, businesses and other end users, they keep solid waste flowing – filling the gaps left by formal systems. In ACRC’s initial...
Mar 13, 2026 | Nairobi, News, Research
By Jerry Okal, Rosebella Apollo and Jack Makau An estimated 300,000 children in Nairobi’s informal settlements attend school each day without the certainty of a reliable meal. While the Nairobi County’s “Dishi na County” programme has been hailed as a novel programme...
