26/07/2024
Nigeria is known for its rapid demographic and urban growth.
Governing the Urban Transition in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa's cities are experiencing the fastest growth rates in the world. By 2050, most of the countries in the region will have made an urban transition, meaning that more than 50% of their population will live in urban areas. Urban growth is often presented as a cornerstone of the continent's socio-economic development.
To assess these challenges Ifri’s Sub-Saharan Africa Center is launching, in May 2022, a research program looking into the major socio-economic and geopolitical challenges of urban dynamics on the continent.
The program deals with urban development in Africa through a sectoral and cross-cutting approach based on three key sectors:
- Land issues are the foundation of urban life. Each urban project triggers changes within the relationship between land and its inhabitants.
- Urban infrastructure is often presented as a solution to the challenges of demographic growth in cities. However, the lack of infrastructure and its financing remains a concern for specialists.
- The mobility of goods, people and financial flows is characteristic of urban life and drives the multiple links between cities and the countryside. Analyzing the urban-rural continuum is at the heart of this program's objectives.
Research will be conducted at the macro (continental), meso (country), and micro (city/neighborhood) levels and will be promoted through events and publications.
Sina SCHLIMMER
Research Fellow, Coordinator of the Governing the Urban Transition in Africa research program, Ifri's Sub-Saharan Africa Center
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Alain ANTIL
Research Fellow, Director of Ifri's Sub-Saharan Africa Center
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Elisa DOMINGUES DOS SANTOS
Associate Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa Center and Turkey/Middle East Program
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Sep
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from 14:30 to 16:30
- Conférences
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The rapid expansion of Africa’s cities is considered as one of the continent’s main socio-economic challenges.
20
Jun
2024
from Thursday 20 June 2024 10:45 to Friday 21 June 2024 13:30
- Conférences
City Diplomacy in Africa. The role of municipal actors in global policies and geopolitics Conférence Nairobi, Kenya
Across the globe, mayors, city managers and leaders of decentralized governmental institutions are increasingly contributing in international policy making and geopolitics. In Africa, too, cities have become players on the international policy and diplomatic scenes.
14
Jun
2024
from 10:00 to 12:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
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Over the past twenty-five years, a confluence of factors, from rapid growth to disastrous impacts of climate change, has focused global attention on African cities.
28
Nov
2023
from 09:30 to 12:45
- Conférences
Politics and Policies of Africa’s Intermediate Cities Conférence hybride
Debates on Africa’s urbanization have long focused on the continent’s capital- and megacities, such as Dakar, Lagos or Nairobi. Africa’s capital cities concentrate political offices, cultural goods, foreign direct investment as well as local economic production and businesses.
09
Nov
2023
from 14:30 to 17:45
- Conférences
Digitization of Africa: International Power Plays Conférence hybride
Over the past two decades, increasing attention has been paid to digital infrastructure development and funding on the African continent. Whereas massive infrastructure gaps in funding persist, especially in rapidly growing urban areas, investments in telecom and digital infrastructure have...
29
Mar
2023
from 14:00 to 17:30
- Conférences
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17
Nov
2022
from 14:00 to 15:30
- Videoconferences
Geopolitics of Urban Infrastructure Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Investment in infrastructure is promoted as a key tool for sustainable urban development. According to the African Development Bank, it would require between 130 and 170 billion dollars annually to meet infrastructure needs.
31
May
2022
from 14:30 to 16:30
- Conférences
Governing Africa's Urban Transitions Ifri's Conference
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