Innovative financing for affordable housing in Africa
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is applying innovative finance solutions from traditional infrastructure developments to enlarging Africa’s stock of affordable homes.
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The power of ‘massive small’ for housing in Africa
Affordable housing faces many barriers in Africa but points of innovation are beginning to make a difference. Kecia Rust highlights two promising examples
Boosting African home ownership through help to buy models
What can be done to make home ownership available to a wider population in Africa? Olu Olanrewaju looks at the opportunities afforded by Rent to Own.
Digital solution puts Africa’s small-scale constructors back in control
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 …
Using digital technology to solve Africa’s title deed snarl-ups
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.
Modern bricks provide green solutions for affordable housing in Africa
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 …