Jillian Baker

Welcome back to the last blog post in my Journey of a Banana series! Morning in Lusaka brings with it a familiar sight: fruit sellers. Wheelbarrows, stands, head baskets—each loaded with bananas, placed or moved across the city. If you’ve been following The Journey of

Welcome back to my Journey of a Banana series. In the last article, I wrote about my interest in Lusaka’s banana sellers and got a sense of how street vending works in African cities. Today, we’ll follow banana sellers around Lusaka’s streets. We will learn

Each month the CCI team selects a new book to read and discuss together Our book club selections cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to charter cities but they are most often related to development urban issues and governance In this ongoing

Introduction Massimo Mazzone can have a prickly demeanor. The sixty-year-old Italian businessman is usually abrupt and to the point, especially when discussing business. He is unafraid to raise his voice when addressing an employee who isn’t performing up to standard or when discussing his closely

Introducción Massimo Mazzone puede tener un carácter áspero. El empresario italiano de sesenta años suele ser brusco y directo, especialmente al hablar de negocios. No teme alzar la voz cuando se dirige a un empleado que no está rindiendo según lo esperado o al discutir