Discover how housing drives economic growth and learn about efforts to address Africa's housing deficit at the just concluded ...

Global Housing Affordability Index from Numbeo has revealed a concerning trend across African countries: a wide gap between ...

This project investigates how the economy of self-build housing contributes to urban and economic growth. Understanding what drives rapid urban growth is an urgent priority for African governments as ...

Deeper understanding of informality and better use of technology can build more sustainable housing markets Informality dominates Africa’s cities. Creative, chaotic hubs of job seekers, migrants, and ...

The WAEMU space is facing a deficit of decent housing of roughly 3.5 million units. An additional 250,000 houses would have to be built each year to address the combined impact of rapid urbanization ...

He noted that the 42-million housing deficit in Africa, with most of it coming from Nigeria, was a huge concern, saying, “Housing has become such a place of crisis that I think a state of ...

Experts say that the future of social housing depends on local governments in particular making life easier. South Africa's nascent social housing sector is facing systemic struggles. Rising ...

South Africa’s nascent social housing sector is facing systemic struggles. Rising construction costs, slow release of land, and insufficient grant funding are compromising the sector’s ability ...

South Africa has a critical shortage of decent, affordable housing, and its cities continue to reflect apartheid planning. Social housing is the only of South Africa’s housing programmes that ...