May 13, 2025 | News, Research
As urbanisation accelerates across Africa, cities are under growing pressure to deliver essential infrastructure and public services – such as water, sanitation, drainage and electricity. Yet this expanding responsibility is unfolding in a context where sustainable...
May 12, 2025 | Action research, News, Research
Community knowledge The incorporation of community knowledge into action research projects is central to ACRC’s approach in the implementation phase. In this blog post, we look at how the insights, experiences and perspectives of waste workers in Nairobi are helping...
May 8, 2025 | ACRC and change, Commentary, Research
Urban transformations: Aid, trust and ACRC This is the second 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, this second one...
May 1, 2025 | ACRC and change, Commentary, Research
Urban transformations: Aid, trust and ACRC This is the first in a series of blog posts focusing on how urban reform happens and where ACRC fits into change processes. This first blog post focuses on how ACRC’s approach links to issue-based programming, the second...
Apr 28, 2025 | News, Research
Across African cities, young people experience specific barriers to accessing livelihoods. This not only constrains their agency and ability to fulfil their aspirations but also creates environments in which they both perpetrate and experience violence. The form this...
Apr 23, 2025 | Action research, Commentary, News, Research
By Evans Banana, ACRC Harare uptake officer The impacts of climate change are already exacerbating the challenges posed by urbanisation in Africa. While the gap between formal and informal settlements – planned and unplanned, legal and illegal – is slowly narrowing,...
