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...
Mar 20, 2025 | News, Research
Infrastructure and services are key to driving productivity in African cities and making them liveable, sustainable spaces. They are also essential for attracting investment, which in turn helps to enhance employment opportunities – especially among rapidly growing...
Feb 28, 2025 | News, Research
Despite its negligible contribution to the problem, low levels of socioeconomic development make Africa highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. According to IPCC analysis, the vulnerability and exposure of urban areas in Africa to climate change are...
Nov 21, 2022 | Commentary, Research
Crosscutting themes A number of core themes cut across different elements of the African Cities conceptual framework, including climate change, finance and gender. Due to their centrality in the political economy of urban development in Africa, these issues will be...
