Oct 6, 2025 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Research
By Temilade Sesan and Deji Akinpelu Potable water is a luxury good in Lagos – a city with so many ambient water sources that planning around them has yielded a rather quirky layout, which fuses a breakaway “island” axis with a much larger “mainland” axis. (Famously,...
Oct 3, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Evans Otibine, Kelvin Mbatia, Maureen Musya, Michelle Koyaro, Veronica Mwangi, Susan Mwanzia, Patrick Njoroge, Jane Weru, Jack Makau and Amollo Ambole What does research in informal settlements in Nairobi look like? This was the guiding question for a recent...
Oct 1, 2025 | Action research, Kampala, News, Research
By Teddy Kisembo (in-city urban development lead), and reflections from Ggaba action research team Ggaba Market is located in Ggaba parish, in Makindye division, along the shoreline of Lake Victoria. The market hosts over 500 vendors purveying fresh and cooked food...
Sep 15, 2025 | ACRC and change, Action research, Commentary, Research
Urban transformations: Aid, trust and ACRC This is the fifth 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...
Sep 1, 2025 | Action research, Kampala, News, Research
By Nansozi K Muwanga, action research project lead Uganda is one of the youngest countries in the world, with over 70% of its population under the age of 30. In the lead-up to the 2021 elections, it was estimated that two-thirds of registered voters were below 30,...
Aug 5, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Amollo Ambole, ACRC Nairobi in-city urban development research lead The ACRC Nairobi team had the privilege of joining residents, government officials, engineers, public health experts and other stakeholders at the Water and Sanitation Policy workshop for...
