Africa: The World’s Most Important Design Laboratory

Africa is urbanizing faster than any other region in the world.

This presents a paradox:

• Massive housing deficits
• Strained infrastructure
• Rapid informal development

Yet, within this challenge lies one of the greatest opportunities of our time.

Africa has the chance to:

• Leapfrog outdated planning models
• Innovate in affordable housing
• Redefine what sustainable cities look like

The future of urbanism will not only be shaped in global capitals.

It will be tested and proven in cities like Lagos, Nairobi, and Kigali.

The question is:

Will we replicate existing systems—or invent new ones?