Nov 10, 2022 | Commentary, Freetown, Research
What is ACRC’s research in Freetown all about? How does housing connect with land, youth employment and the rising costs of imported materials? How do political systems both help and hinder meaningful change? What attention is paid to informal settlements? Does the...
Nov 7, 2022 | Commentary, Research
Crosscutting themes A number of core themes cut across different elements of the African Cities conceptual framework, including climate change, financing and gender. Due to their centrality in the political economy of urban development in Africa, these issues will be...
Nov 3, 2022 | Commentary, Freetown
Guest blog by Bankolay Theodore Turay, doctoral scholar in sustainable urbanisation at the University of Lagos On 10 August 2022, protesters against the high cost of living and inflation staged a mass demonstration in Freetown – which led to the deaths of security...
Oct 28, 2022 | Commentary, News
The latest African Cities podcast episode features Amani Abou-Zeid – African Union Commissioner in charge of infrastructure, energy and ICT – in conversation with ACRC’s city of systems lead Seth Schindler about energy security and infrastructural development in...
