Since the early 2000s, Africa’s urban population has more than doubled, reaching over 600 million in 2020. If current growth continues, the urban population is expected to double again by 2050. In ...

As urbanization reshapes global landscapes, ecological balance is increasingly at risk, especially in Africa. The primary drivers are rapid development and expanding human settlements, often without ...

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The conference, themed “Africa’s Development Dynamics: Skills, Jobs, Cities, and Opportunities”, jointly organized by the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) and the Organisation for ...

Africa's cities are growing very rapidly. By 2009 some 395 million Africans - nearly 40 per cent of the continent's population - lived in urban areas. That number is projected to triple to more than 1 ...

Gigantic trenches known as gullies are opening up in cities in Africa, swallowing up homes and businesses, sometimes in an instant, a study has found. About 118,600 people, on average, in the ...

Africa is entering an era of rapid and transformative urbanisation that is set to reshape its demographic and economic landscape over the next three decades. ・Africa is undergoing transformative ...

Jobs are vital for Africa’s development and creating more and better jobs is essential for reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. However, rapid urbanization in Africa is occurring at lower ...