Africities proposes blueprint for African urban development

Africities Summit held in Kisumu County, Kenya.

Delegates during a session at the ninth Africities Summit held in Kisumu County, Kenya, on May 19, 2022. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA | NMG

When a child born this year celebrates their 18th birthday, they will most likely be living in an intermediary city, an agglomeration with a population between 50,000 and one million people that generally acts as a bridge between urban and rural areas.

Yet more than 64 percent of the urban population in Africa today live in informal settlements, with only 15 percent of urban dwellers able to buy houses.