Apr 28, 2026 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Nairobi, Research
By Temilade Sesan, ACRC Lagos city manager One of the less visible but highly impactful aspects of the ACRC programme is the opportunity for cross-learning that it presents for urban development researchers, practitioners and policymakers working in different city...
Oct 6, 2025 | Action research, Commentary, Lagos, Research
By Temilade Sesan and Deji Akinpelu Potable water is a luxury good in Lagos – a city with so many ambient water sources that planning around them has yielded a rather quirky layout, which fuses a breakaway “island” axis with a much larger “mainland” axis. (Famously,...
Aug 5, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Amollo Ambole, ACRC Nairobi in-city urban development research lead The ACRC Nairobi team had the privilege of joining residents, government officials, engineers, public health experts and other stakeholders at the Water and Sanitation Policy workshop for...
Jul 10, 2025 | Action research, Lagos, News, Research
By Rasheed Shittu and Oluwaseun Muraina Informal settlements across Africa are often framed as problems – places of disorder, crime and dysfunction. Yet these communities are also spaces of resilience, agency and ingenuity, where informal solutions are devised to fill...
