Africa's Rising Cities

 The Washington Post published on 19 November 2021 a major piece titled "Africa's Rising Cities: How Africa Will Become the Center of the World's Urban Future" by Max Bearak, Dylan Moriarty, and Julia Ledur. 

By the end of this century, Africa will be the only continent experiencing population growth and 13 of the world's 20 biggest urban areas will be in Africa.  Using numerous graphics and pictures, this piece takes a detailed look at the future of Lagos, Nigeria; Khartoum, Sudan; Kinshasa, DRC; Mombasa, Kenya; and Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.    

African Cities Are Starting to Look Like Chinese Cities

Quartz Africa published on 16 August 2015 an article titled "Photos: African Cities Are Starting to Look Eerily Like Chinese Ones" by Lily Kuo.  The author demonstrates with photos the impact Chinese companies have had on building Chinese-like infrastructure in African urban areas.