Feb 2, 2023 | Maiduguri, News, Research
ACRC’s research in Maiduguri has been covered by a number of radio and television stations, in English, Kanuri and Hausa along with other local languages. As well as news coverage of workshops and advocacy visits to the media houses, the city team has featured on...
Feb 1, 2023 | News, Research
“A critical mass of slum dwellers creates a force that councils cannot ignore… It can forge its own agenda and then negotiate and partner with others to implement it.” – Sarah Nanduduvice-chairperson of the Slum Dwellers Federation in Ugandaand community...
Jan 31, 2023 | Commentary, Research
“We really see these reform coalitions as very key. They’re key to nurturing new ideas, they’re key to articulating ideas that perhaps are working elsewhere and making sure they’re understood within their local context. They’re key in...
Jan 24, 2023 | Commentary, Harare, Lagos, Lilongwe, Research
“This is kind of a hub, if you will, that’s bringing in goods and services to the wider group of people in the informal settlements. And you can think about anything that you need in your life, in your home. So things to do with food, clothes, anything that you...
Jan 20, 2023 | Addis Ababa, Commentary
By Elizabeth Dessie “I have lived everything there is to be lived in this city. Now I need to leave because all that is left for me here is misery and I want a better life for my child.” It is with these words that Tizita, a 21-year-old mother of one from Gojjam in...