Jul 28, 2025 | News, Research
Bukavu’s fast-growing population faces myriad challenges when it comes to accessing healthy and nutritious diets. Located in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the city is one of the country’s most affected by population explosion, mineral rush and wars. This...
Jul 23, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
By Francis Kariuki and Kelvin Mbatia Imagine living in a place where the ground beneath your feet feels uncertain. For the residents of Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, this is not imagined but rather their daily reality. For too long, headlines from this...
Jul 10, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
By Rasheed Shittu and Oluwaseun Muraina Informal settlements across Africa are often framed as problems – places of disorder, crime and dysfunction. Yet these communities are also spaces of resilience, agency and ingenuity, where informal solutions are devised to fill...
Jul 7, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
By Michelle Koyaro, programme assistant at SDI Kenya Like many large informal settlements, Mathare in Nairobi faces many challenges, including the poor management of waste, leading to severe health, environmental and infrastructural consequences. Its waste management...
Jul 3, 2025 | ACRC and change, Action research, Commentary, Research
Urban transformations: Aid, trust and ACRC This is the third in a series of blog posts focusing on how urban reform happens and where ACRC fits into change processes. The first blog post focuses on how ACRC’s approach links to issue-based programming, the second...
Jun 27, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
By Peter Elias, action research project lead Lagos is one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities, and what happens in its coastal informal settlements will shape the area’s climate future. In Lagos, hundreds of low-lying coastal informal settlements are on the frontlines...
