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Making Africa Urban: The transcalar politics of large-scale urban development

This project investigates how the future of African cities is being shaped by transnational processes based on sovereign, developmental and private investment in large-scale urban developments in Accra (Ghana), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Lilongwe (Malawi).

Making Africa Urban is a collaboration between Prof Jennifer RobinsonÌý(¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Geography), (University of the Witwatersrand), (University of Ghana, Legon) and (Chancellor College, University of Malawi). Three cities are studied: Accra (Ghana); Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); and Lilongwe (Malawi). The transnational framework allows a new perspective on urban governance challenges, focused on large-scale projects, and will seek to treat African experiences as the basis for wider insights into global urban politics.

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Making Africa Urban logos (European Research Council; ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Urban Laboratory; ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Geography)
This research project has received funding from the (ERC) under the European Union’s research and innovation programme (). It is based in the and supported by the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Urban Laboratory. The partner organisations are the , and .