Citizen-government coalitions could hold the key to the reform of African cities

Cities across Africa are growing at an astonishing rate. All 20 of Africa’s fastest growing cities have experienced average growth rates of more than 6% over the last decade. Gwagwalada, on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, topped the list with a population that has grown by 9% each year since 2010.

Over the past 10 years, every year Kinshasa (in the Democratic Republic of Congo) added an average of 410,000…

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