Planning and managing Africa’s cities: what place for technology innovations?

Introduction The speed of urbanization in Africa is clear to see – all Africa’s cities will have doubled or tripled in population within a generation. Twenty or so megacities are emerging on the continent, three of them absolute giants: Cairo, Lagos and Kinshasa. The spectacular spread of these capitals should not, however, mask the equally fast growth of Africa’s secondary cities. Small and medium-size towns and cities across the continent are seeing the same rate of expansion, so the entire..