Even as Africa’s cities are crowded with inhabitants — but not dense with capital — they are physically fragmented and dispersed. They develop as collections of small, scattered neighborhoods. Without ...

A staggering new £11.6bn African metropolis that is being built between two important cities is hoping to transform a country's fortunes. Konza Technopolis, often called "Silicon Savannah," is ...

Most academic and policy work on self-built housing in the Global South has focused ... The project is based on qualitative research in two of Africa’s fastest-growing cities (Accra, Ghana; and Dar es ...

One African country will invest £1billion in an unprecedented overhaul of its road networks ahead of 2030. The huge undertaking will involve building two new motorways and upgrading connections ...

Here in South Africa, the supply of electricity ... apartheid to segregate non-white people. They were built on the outskirts of towns and cities and had the effect of alienating communities.