Though none of the region’s cities are in our top five, Abidjan, Lagos and even Cotonou could very well feature next year.

The second edition of our ranking – with a few surprises – confirms the dynamism of the continent’s municipalities. From Cairo to Casablanca via Cape Town, cities are innovating in infrastructure, ...

The cost of living across major African cities has surged in 2025, fueled by inflation, currency fluctuations and rising housing and transport costs. According to multiple sources, including Numbeo's ...

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In 2012, when Moses Aloo inherited a plot from his grandfather, his neighbourhood in Kisumu, western Kenya, had plenty of farmland. But over the past decade, as Kisumu has grown, Nyamasaria has become ...

There is a reason why Johannesburg in South Africa is now the most cultural and most vibrant town in Africa. Research shows 12 African cities support and enables the arts, culture, and creative ...

There has been growing interest in smaller towns as buyers and tenants alike are becoming more intentional with their ...

Cities are often seen as hotspots of violence, with the assumption that larger cities are inherently more violent than smaller ones. This “universal law” of urban scaling has long shaped scientific ...

1. As Isocarp’s Africa region coordinator, what are your duties? Africa is the least urbanised at about 20-30 per cent, yet it is experiencing the highest rate of urbanisation in the world. Indeed, ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The new 30% tariffs set to be imposed on South Africa by the Trump administration will threaten 35,000 jobs in the country’s citrus-growing sector and the economies of entire ...