Fintech ‘frontiers’ and the platformed motorcycle: Emergent infrastructures of value creation in African cities
Concerned with financialized extraction, the exploitation of precarious workers and racialized violence, critical scholars call for greater attention to the…
In the press: Soccer betting is on the rise among young Zimbabweans – our study found it can serve a positive purpose
Betting on soccer games is a popular pastime in many African countries. A 2024 report by GeoPoll found that 76.16% of respondents…
In the press: Chronic state of food insecurity in SA demands dramatic policy change
In this opinion piece, Urban Food Systems researcher Gareth Haysom calls for a different approach to respond to urban food…
AUF a milestone in journey towards transforming Africa’s urban landscapes
Introducing the closing ceremony for the inaugural Africa Urban Forum (AUF) in Addis Ababa last week, Ethiopia’s Minister of Urban…
African cities require new modes of urban planning
“The future of Africa lies in its cities,” read Addis Ababa Mayor Adanech Abebe’s welcoming statement on the third and…
Sustainable urbanisation for Africa’s transformation at #AUF
Day two (05 Sep 2024) of the first-ever Africa Urban Forum (AUF) saw participants drilling down into the forum’s theme…
News
In the press: Chronic state of food insecurity in SA demands dramatic policy change
In this opinion piece, Urban Food Systems researcher Gareth Haysom calls for a different approach to respond to urban food…
AUF a milestone in journey towards transforming Africa’s urban landscapes
Introducing the closing ceremony for the inaugural Africa Urban Forum (AUF) in Addis Ababa last week, Ethiopia’s Minister of Urban…
African cities require new modes of urban planning
“The future of Africa lies in its cities,” read Addis Ababa Mayor Adanech Abebe’s welcoming statement on the third and…
Sustainable urbanisation for Africa’s transformation at #AUF
Day two (05 Sep 2024) of the first-ever Africa Urban Forum (AUF) saw participants drilling down into the forum’s theme…
Research Assistant training programme (CLAIMS project)
The University of Cape Town and the University of Copenhagen have recently launched an exciting research project entitled ‘CLAIMS to…
Financing Africa’s urban future takes centre stage at #AUF
Under the banner of the African Urban Forum (AUF), ministers, mayors and other key stakeholders from across the continent gathered…
Research
Fintech ‘frontiers’ and the platformed motorcycle: Emergent infrastructures of value creation in African cities
Concerned with financialized extraction, the exploitation of precarious workers and racialized violence, critical scholars call for greater attention to the…
Unemployment, hustling, and waithood: exploring Zimbabwean urban male youth’s utilisation of ICT in soccer betting
This article, co-written by Martin Magidi and Tavengwa Gwekwerere, explores how urban male youth in Zimbabwe have created economies of…
LOGIC Africa Project – Weekly Food Plate Research Report
A new booklet has been published under the LOGIC Africa Project called “Weekly Food Plate Research Report” published in June…
Demographic change and urban health: Towards a novel agenda for delivering sustainable and healthy cities for all
A recently published article by urban health researchers discusses the importance of linking demographic change and urban health in the…
State of the City Food System Report: Cape Town
A new report on the state of the food system in the City of Cape Town highlights the impact of…
Report: Reflections on the Tanzanian Urbanisation Laboratory, 2017–2020
In 2017, the African Centre for Cities (ACC) was asked by the New Climate Economy’s Coalition for Urban Transitions, to support National…
Events
Book Launch: High Stakes, High Hopes
The African Centre for Cities, University of Georgia Press and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of High…
Launch: CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship in Cape Town
The African Centre for Cities (ACC), in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen invite you to the public launch of…
MPhil Urban Studies – Info Session
The MPhil Southern Urbanism is designed to cultivate the next generation of urban thinkers from the South, who are rooted…
Planning for Food Secure African Cities Podcast
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Info Session: MPhil Urban Studies – Southern Urbanism
Info Session: MPhil Urban Studies – Southern Urbanism
The MPhil Southern Urbanism is designed to cultivate the next generation of urban thinkers from the South, who are rooted in the realities, theories and practise of cities of the Global South. Drawing together a diverse cohort of scholar and practitioners, the programme uses a combination of guided learning in small-group seminars, experimentation in various spaces of urban practice and independent thesis research to ground students in Urban Studies theory, and new research methodologies. This info session, hosted by programme convenor, Dr Anna Selmeczi will provide a brief overview of the pedagogical approach, programme structure and entry requirements, as well as discussion time to answer all your questions. APPLICATIONS DEADLINE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: 31 October 2024 REGISTER HERE
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Book launch: High Stakes, High Hopes
Book launch: High Stakes, High Hopes
The African Centre for Cities, University of Georgia Press and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of High Stakes, High Hopes: Urban Theorizing in Partnership by Sophie Oldfield. Sophie will be in conversation with Shireen Square, Valhalla Park resident and Anna Selmeczi, from the African Centre for Cities. High Stakes, High Hopes tracks the building of urban theorizing in a decade-long urban research and teaching partnership in Cape Town, South Africa. An argument for collaborative urbanism, this book reflects on what was at stake in the partnership and its creative, and at times, conflictive, evolution. Oldfield explores how research and assessment were reshaped when framed in neighborhood questions and commitments, and what was reoriented in urban theorizing when community activism and township struggles were recognized as sites of valid knowledge-making. WHEN | Tuesday, 29 October 2024 TIME | 17H30 - 19H00 VENUE | The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town Please RSVP here
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Launch: CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship in South Africa
Launch: CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship in South Africa
The African Centre for Cities (ACC), in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen invite you to the public launch of the CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship project. The launch will take place under the theme “Infrastructure’s Transitions”, where the project team will share the project overview, structure and direction. CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship is a four-year research project funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). In the context of a contested energy transition, the project explores claim-making, citizenship, and statecraft in Cape Town, South Africa. The project aims to advance creative and interdisciplinary methods for contributing to thinking related to the politics of infrastructure transitions. Thirty years after the formation of the post-apartheid state, a series of global and national transitions are reconfiguring the energy landscape. We present these transitions not as contextual inevitabilities but as social facts that require critical observation and new modes of sense-making. The event is titled Infrastructure's Transitions as a tribute to Antina von Schnitzler’s influential work, Democracy's Infrastructure: Techno-Politics and Protest after Apartheid. This seminal book has inspired scholars across various disciplines to see infrastructure as a site where state-society relations and urban futures are substantiated, contested, and performed. WHEN | Thursday, 31 October 2024 TIME | 3PM - 5PM VENUE | Studio 5, Environmental & Geographical Science Bld. UCT Upper Campus Please RSVP here
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Info Session: MPhil Urban Studies – Southern Urbanism
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Book launch: High Stakes, High Hopes
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