What actually happens to the waste generated by households and vendors in an informal community where formal collection services do not consistently reach? Community members in Lagos answered that que...

A new film, produced by the Know Your City TV team at SDI, gives a personal insight into the experiences of Hawa Dauda and her neighbours as they navigate daily life in Old Fadama, Accra.

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Hear from ACRC’s CEO, Tom Goodfellow, as he tells us about how he got into urban development, what he finds most interesting about the ACRC approach, what African cities can do to drive progress, and ...

As part of a miniseries covering progress in the ISCCA project in Harare, this third blog post spotlights grassroots activities taking place in different communities.

As part of a miniseries covering progress in the ISCCA project in Harare, this second blog post explores the establishment of a community-led climate action network.

As part of a miniseries covering progress in the ISCCA project in Harare, this first blog post outlines the climate action goals the initiative seeks to achieve and what’s been happening so far.

Recognising the centrality of urban markets to Harare's economy, ACRC convened an urban markets indaba – or conference – under the theme: “Repositioning Harare’s urban markets as inclusive, productive...

Buying a piece of land – locally referred to as a “plot”, though not in the formal sense of a plot – in Kampala’s informal settlements is a complex experience.

Urban Radar is a podcast series brought to you by Professors Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry, which reflects on current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life. Drawing on t...

ACRC city managers Jack Makau and Temilade Sesan join Tom Goodfellow to talk about the action research that’s underway in their cities, along with how urban communities in informal settlements can bui...

A new paper, led by Stephen Gelb, outlines key findings from ACRC’s neighbourhood and district economic development domain research, which looked at HMEs in five African cities: Accra, Ghana; Lagos, N...

“Urban development” is a term that is widely used but rarely unpacked. It often evokes images of new roads, housing estates and expanding city skylines. Yet, when viewed from the perspective of cities...

In early February, the Akiba Mashinani Trust (AMT) led a nine-person delegation from Nairobi for a weeklong learning exchange visit to Okerube informal settlement in Lagos.

When the ACRC Lagos water and sanitation (WASH) team visited Mukuru in Nairobi, for a learning exchange, we carried a simple question: how do informal settlements secure dignified water and sanitation...

One of the less visible but highly impactful aspects of the ACRC programme is the opportunity for cross-learning that it presents for urban development researchers, practitioners and policymakers work...

In this episode - recorded on location in Kampala, Uganda during an African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) workshop in late April - we delve into questions of how urban communities in informal sett...

In the informal settlement of Okerube in Lagos, the community faces significant challenges in accessing clean water and sanitation, which disproportionately impact women and children. An ACRC action r...