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FEATURED | Towards a comparative understanding of community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Kampala, Mogadishu and Nairobi
In this paper, we explore the Covid-19 pandemic’s evolving impacts and wide-ranging local initiatives in Mogadishu, Kampala, and Nairobi. Low-income residents often experienced Covid-19 less as a health crisis (especially in its early waves) and more in terms of its devastating socioeconomic, political and violent impacts. Although there were widespread misconceptions about the virus and vaccine, private sector and civil society groups also raised awareness about Covid-19 via several creative initiatives that can usefully complement official risk communication strategies.
- Briefings
Download key background documents and briefing materials from the African Cities Research Consortium here.
African Cities Research Consortium | Two-Page Summary
African Cities | Apr 2021 | GeneralCovid Collective | Politics and Covid-19 in Kampala
Badru Bukenya, Paul Mukwaya and Tonny Oyana | May 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Covid-19 response in Nairobi: A political settlements approach
Jacqueline Klopp, Eliud Wekesa and Abdhalah Ziraba | June 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Understanding community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Nairobi
Alice Sverdlik, Henrik Ernstson, Jane Wairutu and Jackie Waithaka | June 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Towards a comparative understanding of community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Kampala
Alice Sverdlik, Henrik Ernstson and Paul Mukwaya | June 2022 | Briefing PaperCovid Collective | Towards a comparative understanding of community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Mogadishu
Henrik Ernstson and Alice Sverdlik | June 2022 | Briefing Paper - City Scoping Studies
Download our initial city scoping studies here.
Accra: City Scoping Study
Ransford A. Acheampong | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesAddis Ababa: City Scoping Study
Ezana Haddis Weldeghebrael | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesBukavu: City Scoping Study
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Emery Mushagalusa Mudinga and Tom De Herdt | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesDar es Salaam: City Scoping Study
Milla Nyyssölä, Tim Kelsall and Tim Ndezi | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesFreetown: City Scoping Study
Alexandre Apsan Frediani | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesHarare: City Scoping Study
George Masimba | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesKampala: City Scoping Study
Henrik Ernstson and Paul Mukwaya | Dec 2021 | City Scoping StudiesKhartoum: City Scoping Study
Enrico Ille and Griet Steel | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesLagos: City Scoping Study
Ola Uduku, Taibat Lawanson and Oghenetega Ogodo | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesLilongwe: City Scoping Study
Kate Strachan, Jessica Kavonic, Tim Kelsall and Tom Hart | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesMaiduguri: City Scoping Study
Marissa Bell and Katja Starc Card | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesMogadishu: City Scoping Study
Lucy Earle | Jun 2021 | City Scoping StudiesNairobi: City Scoping Study
Alice Sverdlik | Jun 2021 | City Scoping Studies - Working Papers
Download our working papers here.
Working Paper 1 | Politics, systems and domains: A conceptual framework for the African Cities Research Consortium
Tim Kelsall, Diana Mitlin, Seth Schindler and Sam Hickey | Sep 2021 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 2 | Uneven development, politics and governance in urban Africa: An analytical literature review
Michaela Collord, Tom Goodfellow and Lewis Abedi Asante | Nov 2021 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 3 | Annotated bibliography on urban politics and political economy in African cities
Lewis Abedi Asante | Dec 2021 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 4 | Understanding the politics of Covid-19 in Kampala, Nairobi and Mogadishu: A political settlements approach
Badru Bukenya, Tim Kelsall, Jacqueline Klopp, Paul Mukwaya, Tonny Oyana, Eliud Wekesa and Abdhalah Ziraba | May 2022 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
Working Paper 5 | Towards a comparative understanding of community-led and collaborative responses to Covid-19 in Kampala, Mogadishu and Nairobi
Alice Sverdlik, Henrik Ernstson, Paul Mukwaya, Jane Wairutu and Jackie Waithaka | June 2022 | Working PapersAbstract | View | Download ⇩
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