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 …
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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 …
Harnessing diaspora investment to build affordable homes in Rwanda
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 …
How to build 500m affordable African homes
Onyekachi Wambu introduces a special report that brings together experts to provide insights on how to tackle the crisis facing the African housing market.
Innovative, climate-smart housing is commercially viable
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.