Nov 9, 2023 | Accra, Harare, Lagos, Maiduguri, Mogadishu, Nairobi, News, Research
The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) is commencing pilot action research projects in four African cities: Nairobi, Kenya; Harare, Zimbabwe; Maiduguri, Nigeria and Mogadishu, Somalia. Aimed at reducing urban poverty and inequality, these interventions are the...
Sep 26, 2023 | Commentary, Covid Collective, 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 24, 2023 | Nairobi, News, Research
By Rosebella Apollo, ACRC research uptake officer The ACRC Nairobi team convened a final research uptake workshop on 9-10 March 2023. The two-day event aimed to stimulate policymakers, community representatives, county government officials, urban practitioners and...
Jan 9, 2023 | Commentary, Nairobi, Research
“Beyond patrolling, beyond the police, beyond anti-terror police activities which come from a global war on terror, what are people doing every day and what have they been doing every day to keep themselves safe?” In this episode, Wangui Kimari talks to...
Dec 16, 2022 | Nairobi, News, Research
By Rosebella Apollo, ACRC research uptake officer Community representatives, academic researchers and practitioners from the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) convened for a three-day workshop in Nairobi on 23 November, to advance preparations for the...
Dec 2, 2022 | Nairobi, News, Research
By Charity Mumbi, projects officer at SDI-Kenya African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) research aims to unravel the complex challenges that impede urban development. It recognises that there are different actors and political interplay that influence the shape of...
