The Africa Urban Lab Podcast

Kurtis Lockhart
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African cities are growing faster than anywhere on Earth. The Africa Urban Lab Podcast asks one of the most important questions facing humanity today: how do we make that growth work? We talk with mayors, urban planners, economists, and infrastructure builders about harnessing rapid urbanization for lasting economic prosperity.

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  1. 2D AGO

    Joe Studwell on How Africa Works

    Our first guest is Joe Studwell — development scholar and author of the landmark How Asia Works — who has just published his long-awaited follow-up book, How Africa Works. We dig into the book's central arguments: why dense cities are essential to building functional markets, how urbanization can actually boost agricultural productivity, and why population density is the key to affordable infrastructure at scale. It's a conversation that challenges some persistent assumptions about African development. Enjoy the show.

    1h 15m
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African cities are growing faster than anywhere on Earth. The Africa Urban Lab Podcast asks one of the most important questions facing humanity today: how do we make that growth work? We talk with mayors, urban planners, economists, and infrastructure builders about harnessing rapid urbanization for lasting economic prosperity.

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    Kurtis Lockhart
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