How Better Urban Planning Codes Lead to Greener, Sustainable Cities
As cities across West and North West Africa continue to expand rapidly, they face immense pressures—from climate shocks to population growth and deepening inequality. Yet the policies and planning frameworks governing these urban spaces often lag behind. They are shaped more by colonial legacies and outdated models than by the needs and creativity of their […]
Reclaim Tomorrow: Co-Create Greener, Safer, More Regenerative Communities
The future of our cities will not be delivered to us. It must be built—together. Across West and North West Africa, climate stress, rapid urbanisation, and widening inequality call for a profound shift in how we shape the places we live. But this shift won’t come from concrete alone. It must emerge from collaboration, material […]
Procurement Unleashed: A Material Breakthrough
In cities from Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso to Bamenda in Cameroon, a quiet revolution is taking root. Not with slogans, but with soil. Not with steel, but with stalks. The age of carbon-heavy construction is starting to lose its grip. But whether this transformation becomes mainstream depends not only on imaginative design. It hinges on […]