ARI is the UK’s only think-tank to focus exclusively on sub-Saharan Africa. Our work encourages debate, questions orthodoxy and challenges “received wisdom”. We draw attention to actions and ideas that have worked in Africa, and seeks to identify new thinking where needed.
Dr Deborah Potts, author of ARI publication “Whatever happened to Africa’s rapid urbanisation?” quoted in The Urban Portal’s article “Is sub-Saharan Africa becoming urbanised?” ...
It is frequently asserted that urbanisation levels are rising faster in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world. In the latest Counterpoint from Africa Research Institute, “Whatever happened to Africa’s rapid urbanisation?”, Dr. Deborah Potts presents evidence to show ...
ARI’s publication “Whatever happened to Africa’s rapid urbanisation?” by Dr Deborah Potts cited by IRIN News’ article “Africa: Challenging the urbanization myths”. ...
