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The Africa Urban Lab Podcast

by 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.

Latest episodes

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Mark Roberts on Catalyzing Jobs & Economic Growth in African Cities

Our guest is Mark Roberts — Lead Urban Economist at the World Bank and a lead author of the Bank’s new flagship report, Sub-Saharan Africa’s Urban Awakening: Catalyzing E

Oct 29
1 h 01 min

Ken Opalo on Unleashing African Economic Growth

Our guest is Ken Opalo — Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a leading voice on African political economy and development. We dis

Oct 7
1 h 30 min

Daniel Yu on Export Manufacturing & Labor Mobility

Our guest is Daniel Yu — Founding Partner of the Africa Jobs Fund and Founder of Wasoko. We discuss the Africa Jobs Fund's two main areas of focus, in particular exp

Aug 26
1 h 26 min

Stefan Dercon on Implementing Elite Bargins

Our guest is Stefan Dercon — Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford and former Chief Economist at the UK’s Department for International Development (now FCDO). We discuss

Jun 2
1 h 25 min

Astrid Haas on Financing African Cities

Our guest is Astrid Haas — urban economist and one of the leading voices on municipal finance in African cities, whose advisory work spans mayors and finance ministers fr

Apr 23
1 h 14 min

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

Mar 20
1 h 14 min

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