How do we unvision African cities?

How do we unvision African cities? Geci Karuri-Sebina offers a provocation that challenges our normal ways of planning cities – how can we use futures studies to become more comfortable with the unknown ahead? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tGdyYOqM0g&

Alternative planning approaches: for cities in Sub-Sahara Africa

In Sub-Saharan Africa, cities, towns and villages are growing at unprecedented rates, leading to large parts of most cities being unplanned, in some cases up to 80%. African cities face unique challenges and require context specific planning to deliver services, support local economic development and improve quality of life.

Sustainable food cultures: how our appetites can transform our cities

Food cultures in urban spaces are ever shifting and are expressed in both tangible and intangible ways. As Africa’s urban population is rapidly growing, the question around ‘what is on the menu’ of urban dwellers is increasingly becoming important to understand and address. This is because of the powerful and intricate way in which choices around food are linked to urban infrastructure, health and wellbeing of the citizens, diversity and inclusion as well as nature and climate.