research - ACRC

Webinar: an introduction to the African Cities Research Consortium

Jan 29, 2021 | Accra, Addis Ababa, Bukavu, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Harare, Kampala, Khartoum, Lagos, Lilongwe, Maiduguri, Mogadishu, Nairobi, News

Catch up on our webinar introducing the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) and outlining how the Consortium and its international partners are planning to tackle complex, political and systemic problems in some of Africa’s fastest-growing urban areas. ACRC has...

Participatory urban planning in action

Jan 11, 2021 | Research

In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, local SDI groups have played a critical role in making participatory planning a reality. Dialogue on Shelter, the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation, together with staff and students from the National University for Science and technology,...

The power of data in a pandemic: repurposing Muungano’s data-collection expertise to fight Covid-19 in Kenya

Nov 23, 2020 | Commentary, Nairobi

Whitney Banyai-Becker (GDI), Charity Mwangi (SDI Kenya) and Jane Wairutu (SDI Kenya) explain how Muungano’s work with the Kenyan Ministry of Health is helping to find data-driven solutions to Covid-19 that are appropriate in informal settlements. Muungano wa...

Symposium to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 5th Pan-African Congress in Manchester

Nov 6, 2020 | News

On 17th October, the Global Development Institute held a day-long symposium to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 5th Pan-African Congress which was held in Manchester. Organised by its Africa Research Group, the event brought together researchers to discuss ‘75...

Overcrowding, not density, makes cities more vulnerable to Covid-19

Oct 29, 2020 | Commentary, Nairobi

By Professor Diana Mitlin, CEO of the African Cities Research Consortium Covid-19 has brought a new realization to many governments and development agencies. Investment in towns and cities is essential. People need to live in healthy neighbourhoods with access to...

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