Getting the politics right – Political contestation has stalled Africa’s urban development - Africa in Fact

Getting the politics right – Political contestation has stalled Africa’s urban development - Africa in Fact

Adopted in 2014 by the African Union, the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Government and Local Development is a recognition of the importance of the continent’s urban centres to its future. Africa – particularly sub-Saharan Africa – has been a late urbaniser, and the acceleration of the process is powering a profound socio-demographic transformation.