Oct 1, 2025 | Action research, Kampala, News, Research
By Teddy Kisembo (in-city urban development lead), and reflections from Ggaba action research team Ggaba Market is located in Ggaba parish, in Makindye division, along the shoreline of Lake Victoria. The market hosts over 500 vendors purveying fresh and cooked food...
Sep 15, 2025 | ACRC and change, Action research, Commentary, Research
Urban transformations: Aid, trust and ACRC This is the fifth in a series of blog posts focusing on how urban reform happens and where ACRC fits into change processes. The first blog post focuses on how ACRC’s approach links to issue-based programming, the second...
Sep 2, 2025 | Lagos, News, Research
Lagos is one of the fastest-growing cities globally, with a population of between 18 and 20 million and an annual growth rate of 6%. While rapid urbanisation has vastly outstripped the state’s capacity to provide adequate infrastructure, Lagos’s position as the...
Sep 1, 2025 | Action research, Kampala, News, Research
By Nansozi K Muwanga, action research project lead Uganda is one of the youngest countries in the world, with over 70% of its population under the age of 30. In the lead-up to the 2021 elections, it was estimated that two-thirds of registered voters were below 30,...
Aug 28, 2025 | Accra, Bukavu, Harare, Kampala, Maiduguri, Mogadishu, News, Research
By Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield, co-lead of ACRC’s land and connectivity domain research The urgency of developing more effective mechanisms to capture rising land values for urban infrastructure and services is now widely acknowledged. It is also accepted...
