Emmanuel Adegboye

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An overview of Woodstock Exchange, where entrepreneurs and small businesses rent office space, on 22 November 2016 in Woodstock outside central Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images.

MundoÁfrica

It is projected that 1.3 billion people will be living in Africa’s cities by 2050, an increase of almost 1 billion from today, and largely driven by young people migrating to urban centres in search of work. As the continent’s urban population grows, cities will need to adapt by nurturing new economic ecosystems to create jobs, while managing the environmental, social and political pressures that urbanization brings.

The evolution of Africa’s cities is critical for meeting the demands of its youth population and must be co-created with them. Africa’s young innovators are already proving to be an asset in shaping the future of African cities and, if they are allowed to flourish, they could be at the forefront of finding much-needed solutions to the continent’s vast urban challenges.…  Seguir leyendo »