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...
Jul 23, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, 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, Lagos, 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, Nairobi, 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...
Jun 27, 2025 | Action research, Lagos, 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...
