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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(MyAV·¶ 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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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 MyAV·¶ Urban Laboratory. The partner organisations are the , and .