Brick by Brick: Building African Urban Futures

Across the African continent, cities are transforming at an unprecedented pace — shaped by rapid growth, climate pressures, and people’s everyday creativity.

The web dossier Brick by Brick: Building African Urban Futures brings together fourteen contributions from African urban thinkers, planners, and activists who explore what inclusive and sustainable urban futures could look like.

From green city policies in Senegal to feminist and disability perspectives on the “right to the city,” from mobility and housing innovations to uncovering colonial legacies in Lagos and Cape Town — these essays challenge conventional narratives of urban crisis. Instead, they reveal how communities are reimagining their environments, building networks of solidarity, and crafting distinctly African models of city-making.

Afrika's Urbanisation is a game-changer. The shift is not just demographic but is also reshaping economic and social outcomes substantially.
Edlam Yemeru, UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

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Cover Urbanisation

Feminist perspectives on gender-just and sustainable urban development

Factsheet
Urbanisation is a defining characteristic of life across the globe in the 21st century. Cities offer many opportunities for different types of people to forge a livelihood and lead a fulfilling social life. The diverse options are taken up in particular by women and people who renounce traditional, binary gender roles and norms and are thus often subject to various kinds of discrimination.

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