Africa: Governance, inequalities and urban land markets

According to UN-HABITAT’s State of African Cities 2010, the share of Africans living in cities is set to jump from 40 per cent in 2009 to 60 per cent in 2050. The projections of this report indicate that Lagos, Nigeria, will surpass Cairo to become Africa’s most populous city, while Kinshasha, DR Congo, is expected become the fastest-growing city on the continent and top Cairo’s population within a decade.