What we are doing
African urbanisation has been taking place in a context of global commitments to sustainability, low-carbon futures, inclusive development and reduced resource consumption. Yet, African cities have yet to lay the infrastructures needed to support their current and expected populations. With rapid population growth, high youth unemployment, under-resourced communities, and often under-resourced municipalities, African cities dully represent the world’s most complex challenges, and wide opportunities to urbanise in new and as yet unknown ways.
The increasing rate of urbanisation in African cities, and its associated challenges, calls for proactive planning, innovative design and responsive action to promote sustainable urban development. African Capital Cities involved from Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
What we are achieving
The African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) draws together the political and technical leaders of the continent’s capital cities to provide a guiding light for how African cities must think about the future and lead sustainability efforts. It facilitates the exchange of knowledge and learning and provides a platform for exploring how to develop truly African solutions to African problems. The forum marshals the collective power of capital cities to contribute to, and influence, the pan-African and global discourse on sustainability.
ICLEI Africa, as the Secretariat the ACCSF, is responsible for serving the Mayors and cities of this forum. By bringing together mayors and city managers of African capital cities, ICLEI facilitates the exchange knowledge and information on potential interventions, opportunities and threats that influence the potential for economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.
