AAPS content partner UrbanAfrica.net is posting daily reports from the proceedings of the 2015 Africities Summit of African city leaders and local governments being held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Follow the news and discussions here.
UrbanAfrica.net editor Brendon Bosworth and contributor Kim Gurney are in Johannesburg and will be posting daily reports on the critical discussions emerging out of the Summit’s events.
Click on the links below to access the reports:
- Africities 2015: Africa’s cities need to be sites of sustainable growth (29 November 2015)
- Foreign investment lacking in African cities (30 November 2015)
- The fight to make slum dwellers visible (1 December 2015)
- Public space in focus at Africities Summit (1 December 2015)
- Africa leads with urban agenda for Habitat III (2 December 2015)
- ‘Local govt at the coalface’: message from Africities (3 December 2015)
You can also follow @UrbanAfricaACC on Twitter to keep up to date.
More about Africities 2015
The Africities Summit, organized by the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA), is held every three years and looks at issues affecting urban and economic development in African cities. The theme for 2015 is ‘2063 Vision for Africa: Which contributions from the African local governments?’ It will explore the local government vision for the next 50 years and creative ways of solving the problems facing cities on the continent.
The Summit brings together leaders of local/city governments, representatives from the private sector and trade unions, and researchers and academics to share ideas and experiences, and to discuss local development issues. Above all, the Summit will seek to develop a consolidated African position on urbanisation, climate change as well as human habitat in Africa.
