Africa Blog

Our new blog series called ‘Student Diaries: Perspectives on Urbanization & Development’ aims to amplify student voices on urbanization and development issues in Africa. Our second blog is by Clinton Kala, a student at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. He explores how charter cities can promote sustainable urbanization and climate resilience in Africa.

Our new blog series called ‘Student Diaries: Perspectives on Urbanization & Development’ aims to amplify student voices on urbanization and development issues in Africa. Our first blog is by Subilo Banda, a student at the University of Zambia, discussing an alternative avenue to fostering economic growth in developing nations.

This blog post provides a summary of the concluding thoughts from the “Walking the Un-Walkable” project series.

I recently gave ten one-hour lectures at the University of Zambia (UNZA) in bountiful summer-ripe Lusaka. The lecture series was planned in collaboration with the Center for Urban Planning and

This blog documents the third walk and mapping activity carried out as part of the ongoing “Walking the Un-Walkable” project series.

This blog documents the second walk and mapping activity carried out as part of the ongoing “Walking the Un-Walkable” project series.

One afternoon in 2021 in D.C., we made fun of a friend who couldn’t cross a street properly. My friend who grew up in a sub-Saharan city said she was

As a part of our Walls blog series, we look at the issue of migration in Africa and how charter cities can be a solution while helping to spur economic development across the continent.

Urban Researcher Heba Elhanafy recently released the publication Cairo Road: Urbanism and Architecture. In this blog she explores why Cairo Road, one of the oldest streets in Lusaka, interested her and the journey behind the project.