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A model of the future Kigali City. An ambitious Kigali development master plan aims to turn the city into the ‘Singapore of Africa’. Panos/Sven Torfinn

Africa’s cities of the future

Proper planning key to sustainable cities

An artist impression (in the background) of a forthcoming shopping and office complex. Photo: Panos/Sven Torfinn

Kigali sparkles on the hills

Rwandan government implements an ambitious development master plan

Lagos Island from Apogbon, overlooking Apapa Wharf Sea Port. Photo: Africa Media Online/Ademola Akinlabi

Lagos now wears a new look

City transforming from chaos of traffic congestion, rickety buses and pickpockets

Dr. Joan Clos is the Executive Director of the Nairobi-based United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN- Habitat). Photo: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Urbanization is a tool for development

Aerial view of the district of Plateau in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: UN Photo/Basile Zoma

Abidjan regains its glamour

Spurred by Côte d’Ivoire’s current economic growth, the city is turning a corner