🌆 Building cities for all (not the privileged few)

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The politics of charter cities

Astrid RN Haas tackles the issue of charter cities in this guest blog, arguing that establishing local institutions over time is key to building successful cities that work for the majority of residents, not just the privileged few.

Household microenterprises and mobile money taxation

Ademola Omoegun and Stephen Gelb explore mobile money taxation for household microenterprises – and the balancing act needed for it to be both an important livelihood source for many African city dwellers, and a revenue source for governments.

Community knowledge: Pushing the frontiers of research in Harare

Harare research uptake lead Evans Banana highlights the importance of community knowledge in democratising research processes, outlining five ways that the ACRC Harare team has actively involved communities in its city studies.

AFRICAN CITIES PODCAST

ACRC Mogadishu researchers Surer Mohamed, Afyare Elmi, Abdirizak Muhumed and Abdifatah Tahir discuss urban politics and power dynamics in the city, along with the trends they are seeing that give them hope for urban reform in Mogadishu.

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