Chinese-funded infrastructure projects in African cities are driven by the national elites and therefore do not necessarily lead to community-level improvements.
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Africa’s urban challenges are increasingly well known and documented. But the amount of data produced on urban Africa still pales in comparison to other parts of the world.
By better understanding the politics and governance of African cities and variations across cities, we can identify feasible opportunities to improve informal traders’ livelihoods.
Scholars have started to investigate what it really means to be middle class in Africa.
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