Others are satellite towns on the outskirts of major cities. Ruiru, home to 400,000 on the fringes of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, is the sixth-fastest-growing city in Africa. At the top of the ...

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg lauded the urbanization of Africa. “In 2011, there were 52 African cities with a population higher than one million people. By 2016, in only two ...

The number of people living in African cities will triple over the next 40 years and by 2050 60% of Africans will be city dwellers, a UN report says.