Bio
Archimedes Muzenda is a PhD candidate and researcher at the African Centre for Cities (ACC), University of Cape Town under the Smartness as Wealth project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. In his doctoral work, he explores the inclusion and speculations of digital platforms innovations in the FinTech landscape of Nairobi. Prior to joining the ACC, Archimedes worked as a researcher at the Glensburg Cities Institute and as a fellow at the Brenthurst Foundation where he engaged in various projects that explored strategies for urban transformation in cities across Africa.
He has published his work in various formats and key among his publications includes, Dystopia: How the Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities (African Urban Institute Press, 2019).
Archimedes graduated with a BSc in Regional and Urban Planning from the University of Zimbabwe, and a Master of Public Administration from Central European University.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Muzenda, A. (2019) Dystopia: How the Tyranny of Specialists Fragment African Cities. Harare, African Urban Institute Press.
Book Chapters
- Chirisa, I., Mavhima, B. & Muzenda, A. (2019). Community Resilience under Urbanisation and Climate Change: An Overview. In I, Chirisa & C, Mabeza (Eds) Community Resilience under the impact of Urbanisation and Climate Change. LANGAA Press, pp 1 – 16. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc61mv.3
- Manyeruke, C. & Muzenda, A. (2019). The politics of community resilience: A closer look into the settlement hierarchy of Zimbabwe. In I, Chirisa & C, Mabeza (Eds) Community Resilience under the impact of Urbanisation and Climate Change. LANGAA Press, pp 177 – 200. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvgc61mv.11
- Chirisa, I., Bandauko, E. & Muzenda, A. (2016). Establishment of New Satellite Towns in Zimbabwe: Old Wine in New Skins?” In I, Chirisa., E, Mazhindu., & E, Bandauko., (Eds) Peri-Urban Developments and Processes in Africa. Springer, pp 105 -113. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-34231-3_9
- Chirisa, I., Muzenda, A. & Bandauko, E. (2016). A Case for Inclusive Growth through Green Economies in Peri-urban Sub-Saharan Africa” In I, Chirisa., E, Mazhindu., & Bandauko, E., (Eds) Peri-Urban Developments and Processes in Africa. Springer, pp 81 – 90. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-34231-3_7
Journal Articles
- Muzenda, A. (2023). The Spatial Efficiency of Bus-Rapid Transit in selected African Cities”. Glensburg Cities Review 2(4), 31- 46.
- Muzenda, A. (2020). Southern Urbanism: The (Non) Exceptionality of Urbanism in Africa. Glensburg Cities Review 1(2), 1- 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19202.96962
- Chirisa, I., Kawadza, S. & Muzenda, A. (2014) Unexplored Elasticity of Planning and Good Governance in Harare, Zimbabwe. International Review of Spatial Planning and Spatial Development 2(4), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.14246/irspsd.2.4_19
- Muzenda, A. & Chirisa, I. (2014). Limits to Ecological-based Planning in Zimbabwe. The Case of Harare. TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment 7(1), 69 – 82. https://doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/2234
- Chirisa, I., Muzenda, A. & Manyeruke, C. (2013). The Devolution Debate and the New Constitution of Zimbabwe: An Exploratory Evaluation. Southern Peace Review Journal 2(2), 86-103.
- Chirisa, I. & Muzenda, A. (2013). Environmental Rights as a Substantive Area of the Zimbabwean Constitutional Debate: Implications for Policy and Action. Southern Peace Review Journal 2(2), 104 -121.
Reports/Working Papers/Policy Briefs
- Muzenda, A. & Chikukwa, M. (2023). Governing African Smart Cities: The Role of Digital Citizenship in Municipal E-Participation. Tayarisha Working Paper Series No 2023/013. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/37687
- Aleksandrova, M., Khan, U., Muzenda, A., Bauer, S. & Bhandary, R. (2023). The Role of the G7 in strengthening the global landscape of climate finance for adaptation, loss and damage. Think7 Policy Briefing, April 2023. https://think7.org/the-role-of-the-g7-in-strengthening-the-global-landscape-of-climate-finance-for-adaptation-and-loss-and-damage/
- Obasanjo, O., Pinzón, J C., Mills, G., Hartley, R., Hamukoma, N., Calburn, S., Doyle, N., Games, D., Muzenda, A., van der Merwe, E., Kilcullen, D. & Dickie Davis, D. (2020). Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Future of African Cities. The Brenthurst Foundation Special Report January 2020. https://www.thebrenthurstfoundation.org/downloads/finalcitiesreport.pdf
- Hamukoma,N., Doyle, N. & Muzenda, A. (2018). Rabat and Salé – Bridging the Gap. Future of African Cities Project. Discussion Paper 13/2018. Brenthurst Foundation/ Policy Center for the New South. https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/future-african-cities-project-rabat-and-sal%C3%A9-%E2%80%93-bridging-gap.
- Muzenda, A. & Chirisa, L. (2018). Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Nature and Scope of Local Government Reform in Zimbabwe. Glensburg Cities Institute Discussion Paper 1/2018.
Conference Papers
- Muzenda, A. (2018). Trading Places: The rise of shopping malls and the decline of town centres in African cities. African Centre for Cities International Conference 1 – 3 February 2018.
- Muzenda, A. (2017). Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Nature and Impacts of post-2000 Local Government reform in Zimbabwe. 4th Annual International & Comparative Urban Law Conference 17 – 18 July 2018.
- Muzenda, A. (2015). From Urban Sprawl to Compact City: An Inquiry into the Application of New Urbanism Principles in Transitional Cities. 2nd Interdisciplinary Congress on Sustainable Development 20 – 22 May 2015. https://cidd2015.sciencesconf.org/51544/51544.pdf
