Empowering young people in Lilongwe to be a voice for their communities
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...
Key principles for urban reform coalitions that work
By Anifat Ibrahim and Mindy Park All roads led to The University of Manchester in June as the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) hosted a conference on “The role of reform coalitions for equitable, inclusive and sustainable urban outcomes”, 13–15 June 2023. The...
ACRC at the 2023 DSA Conference
Members of the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) are convening two panels at this year’s Development Studies Association Conference, focusing on experiences of decoloniality in action and investigating the politics underpinning crises in African cities. Being...
Reflections from Dar es Salaam: ACRC’s second annual consortium-wide workshop
By Hannah van Rooyen, ACRC digital communications officer As ACRC’s foundation phase nears its end, around 120 consortium members gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the end of May 2023 for our second annual workshop. We were grateful to be hosted by colleagues...