Many Africans trying to build their own homes have been been stung by dishonest contractors, but a new digital platform is helping to put small-scale …

New technologies such as blockchain are helping to eradicate the problem of land and property fraud in Africa by providing transparent, secure digitised processes, as Philip Jarman explains.

Low-carbon brick industry clusters present a strong model to create local supply chains necessary to address the high demand for affordable housing in Africa’s Great …

Rwanda’s growing housing sector is relatively under-financed. Kenny Washington explains how the country’s affordable housing market presents an opportunity to mobilise new sources of finance …

Award-winning British author Stephen Gregory reminiscences about his time as anEnglish teacher in Algeria in 1975.

Onyekachi Wambu introduces a special report that brings together experts to provide insights on how to tackle the crisis facing the African housing market.

The founder of magazine titles Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, Béchir Ben Yahmed, died in Paris on Monday aged 93, after losing a two-month …

Decent homes can be built at a cost that is attainable for people on low incomes whilst being commercially viable for developers and investors, say Dr Andrew Jones and Donovan Storey.

Femi Adewole looks at how collaboration between the public and private sector is helping to unlock delivery constraints for large-scale housing programmes in Nigeria. 

In an exclusive interview, Ousmane Diagana, Vice-President of the World Bank for West and Central Africa, talks to us about the Bank’s strategy in the region.

Covid, conflicts and climate change have caused a deterioration in food security over large parts of the continent in recent years. Neil Ford examines the solutions.

What should be our ambitions for affordable housing design in Africa? Professor Ola Uduku examines the issues.