Addis Ababa, March 15, 2026 (ENA)—Addis Ababa’s sweeping modernization and rapidly evolving skyline are positioning the Ethiopian capital as one of Africa’s most dynamic hubs for business and ...

FOR ALL but the well-off, living in an African city can be dispiriting. Home is often a cramped shack in a fetid slum. Getting to work, if there is any, means navigating rutted streets and manic ...

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For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. General view of the JKIA-Westlands Expressway. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] A voyage of ...

The urban population of Africa is set to reach 722m by 2026, up from 286m in 2000. Mega-cities face overtaxed infrastructure and urban planning constraints. Ambitious charter city plans to help ...

Making up 65 percent of Africa's population, young people between the ages of 18 and 35 play a key role in politics, yet they live in an environment of rapid urbanization, high unemployment rates and ...

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah has previously received funding from Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, USA. African cities are rapidly urbanising and already experiencing considerable negative impacts of ...

South Africa’s young people, aged 15 to 34, who make up more than 50% of the country’s working age population, bear a disproportionate burden of unemployment. They have done so for more than a decade.

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. Africa’s newest megacities need infrastructure. Urban populations will double over the next ...

Marie-Noelle Nwokolo (@marienoelleobj) is a researcher at the Brenthurst Foundation and an alumna of the Programme for African Leadership at LSE. Christopher Coker is Director of LSE IDEAS and former ...

A voyage of aspiration marked by hopes and visions of a better life underpins the migration from rural to urban regions in many parts of the world. Every year, young people make a leap of faith by ...