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ICYMI | The #AfricanLiteraryCities team (Polo Moji & Laura Nkula-Wenz) invites papers for a forthcoming coming book titled Hubs, Maps and Urban Literary Ecologies. If you have an interest in Literary Urban Studies, submit your paper by 23 Dec. More info: africancentreforcities.net/hubs-maps-urba…

WATCH | The Citizen Canvas is a short film produced for the 2024 UTA-Do African Cities Workshop workshop by the collective, @ajabuajabu1630. It's a beautiful visual chronicle of Dar es Salaam, and brings together many of this city's landscapes, practices and histories. youtube.com/watch?v=A0xmOS…

As part of our project Smartness as Wealth (where we look at Fintech in Nairobi), Andrea and I wrote a playful chapter in this wonderful book. It is free to download! Thank you Marc and Armin :) African Centre for Cities andrea pollio

Proud to announce that Jonty Cogger, lecturer and Ndifuna Ukwazi attorney, is on the UCT panel for the SAHRCommission, focusing on temporary relocation areas in the Western Cape. Joining him are esteemed experts: Mercy Brown-Luthango and Nobukhosi Ngwenya of African Centre for Cities ,

Very excited that the first episode of our new podcast 'Urban Radar' is now up, along with the 3-minute trailer for those who want to know what it's all about: open.spotify.com/show/5Dm0m9BLw… The Urban Institute @geography Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield

SCHOLARSHIP | The ACC, through DAAD South Africa, is calling for scholarship applications for students who enrol in the MPhil Southern Urbanism at UCT in 2026. The In-Region scholarship is open to students in Sub Saharan Africa. Apply by 9 April 25. 🔗africancentreforcities.net/daadmphil26/

🔴#LiveNow: Launch of #Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣! How can urban growth be planned, financed, and governed to ensure sustainability, inclusiveness, and resilience? 💻Join online: afdb.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #UrbanExpansion #SustainableUrbanisation

ICYMI | Join us next Monday as we host Philip Harrison and Alison Todes for the launch of their latest book, The Promise of Planning: Global Aspirations and South African Experience Since 2008. It provides an analytical account of the practice since the global financial crisis.

BROWNBAG | Join us for lunchtime chats at our first brownbag of the year. Dr. Lauren England, Creative Economies lecturer at King's College London, will present initial reflections from an ongoing pilot project on sustainable fashion and textile manufacturing in Kenya and RSA.

ICYMI | If you're interested in applying for the MPhil Urban Studies - Southern Urbanism scholarship and have questions about the application process, join DAAD South Africa's info session today (10:00 CET / 11:00 SAST). MS Teams link: bit.ly/43PeN86

Graduated University of Oxford with an MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance. Best part was writing on UTA-Do African Cities Workshop Dissertation: “The Story of UTA-Do: A Rose, a Black Sense of Academic Place and Orientation Towards Africa Urban Praxis” Snippet, table of contents 😉

Join #AFUF2025 online 13h00 - 14h30 to explore the systemic legacies that have shaped environmental access - the roundtable includes government leaders, academics, traditional healers, artists, and activists . youtube.com/live/tYuZwkmV0… KDI Kenya Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation CITY OF JOBURG

.UCT launches #CollectiveConversations on 8 April. Prof Edgar Pieterse (African Centre for Cities) & Prof Geci Karuri-Sebina (Wits School of Gov) will discuss solutions for sustainable urbanisation in Africa, facilitated by Africa Melane. Seats are limited. RSVP: bit.ly/3Xw5Dty.

In a landmark moment for Africa and Europe, UCT and Sciences Po – a public university in Paris – have joined forces to launch a prestigious, internationally recognised dual-degree programme: bit.ly/3E5FIlJ. #UCTCollaboration

EVENTS | In Cape Town? Join us for an exciting array of events this week, each exploring the urban question at the intersection of environmental governance, the critical role of data in driving development, and how we envision our urban futures. 🔗 africancentreforcities.net/events-photo/

Day 1 of #IfCitiesCouldSpeak 2025 workshop in #Nairobi. Teams from #India, #SouthAfrica , #SierraLeone & #Kenya come together to share learn & think on Vulnerability, Climate & Health in the City. #KISS2025 #HotMegaCities Wellcome IIED Indian Institute for Human Settlements SLURC African Centre for Cities