Jun 5, 2024 | News, Research
ACRC has published a new report on factors impacting the uptake of healthy diets in five African cities: Bukavu, DRC; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Kampala, Uganda; Lilongwe, Malawi; and Nairobi, Kenya. The research explores how policymakers, consumers and key actors in...
Jun 4, 2024 | Commentary, News
Urban land in Africa is governed by a complex array of actors – spanning the public and private, formal and informal, local and international. With land governance remaining highly contested in this context, efforts to optimise systems or tackle injustices in African...
Jun 3, 2024 | News, Research
ACRC has published a new paper synthesising research findings from political settlements, city system and urban development domain analyses of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Domain research in the city focused on safety and security, land and connectivity and youth and...
May 10, 2024 | News, Research
Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi and its largest city, home to about 1 million residents – three quarters of whom live in informal settlements. Like many other African cities, Lilongwe’s rapid growth has been accompanied by the accumulation of environmental problems...
May 9, 2024 | News, Research
ACRC has published new research, exploring land and connectivity in six African cities: Accra (Ghana), Bukavu (DRC), Kampala (Uganda), Harare (Zimbabwe), Maiduguri (Nigeria) and Mogadishu (Somalia). Urban land is a crucial economic, environmental and social resource...
