Cameroon
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Yaounde city faces tough choices over planned motorway
Building a modern capital city based on existing urban planning and disorder seems costly and challenging to the Cameroon government as a future motorway project that will run from the Yaounde Nsimalen airport to the city faces planning stalemates. Building the highway will require demolition of homes on the road’s path and government will be […]
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A look inside Yaounde’s scrap metal economy
Every day, 12-year-old Ali Mustapha and his three older brothers take to Yaounde’s streets in search of scrap metal with little or no idea of what they will excavate from beneath the earth and rubble. “We never return empty handed,” said the young waste picker. “We pick all sorts of metal, even those that are […]
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Yaounde gets renewables makeover
For students and staff at Cameroon’s University of Yaounde 1 getting around campus has become greener. Two electric mini buses called ‘blue buses’, which are charged using solar energy, transport them free of charge around campus. The buses are part of multinational transport company Bollore’s pilot vision to reduce its green house gas emissions by […]
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Canals to stave off flood risks in Yaounde
When it rains the effects of poor drainage and waste disposal is evident in every part of Yaounde. Rainwater overflows from the narrow gutters that are partially blocked by garbage, mainly plastic bottles, flooding the roads with dirt and disrupting traffic. Recently, heavy rains in Yaounde caused flooding in parts of the city: the quarters […]
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Weekly urban news roundup: May 9, 2014
World Economic Forum lands in Abuja No fewer than 13 heads of state and about 1,000 delegates participate in the World Economic Forum, WEF, on Africa in Abuja. Ms Elsie Kanza, Director, Head of Africa, said that Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa has a great role to play in the region to ensure positive economic […]
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Weekly urban news roundup: April 25, 2014
Benghazi votes peacefully. Benghazi residents on April 19 voted to choose their municipal council in an atmosphere of hope and optimism about a better future. The chairman of election subcommittee, Abdel Wahab al-Feki, expressed his relief over the smooth flow of elections, which took place without any obstacles. –Magharebia. Small traders fear evictions in Kigali The city of […]
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Weekly urban news roundup: March 31, 2014
New protocol to restore Old Cairo. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended the signing of a cooperation protocol between the housing and antiquities ministries to resume the restoration of historical sites in Old Cairo. AllAfrica. Bujumbura restricts the areas of jogging. In Burundi, jogging has just become a high-risk activity. If you’re not careful – if […]
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Weekly urban news roundup: March 17, 2014
Johannesburg is Africa’s busiest city for twitter The top tweeting cities in Africa have been revealed in a new study that seeks to analyse the behaviour of Twitter users. According to a study by strategic communications agency Portland, SA and Egypt are the most active on Twitter, with peaks for the Egyptian uprisings and the […]
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Fuel crisis hits Cameroon’s cities
In Yaounde and Douala, motorists are seeking fuel as filling stations run dry. While there is very little information available, it appears that the cause has primarily been an issue with distribution. While the cause of the distribution problem is unclear, Business in Cameroon reports: Meanwhile, at the National Corporation for Petroleum Depots (SCDP) that […]
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First victims of Cameroon’s highway construction compensated for land loss
The super highway linking Cameroon’s two largest cities will displace numerous residents along the route. Last week, the first of these residents were compensated for the loss of their land. The highway is being financed by a loan from the Chinese bank Eximbank China. Construction on the highway has commenced. Business in Cameroon reports: “12 […]
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Start from where you are: the case for a community-led affordable housing model
Poor urban residents have been successfully housing themselves while states struggle to meet housing demand. James Clacherty explores how an informal, community-led housing model might be able to meet growing urban housing demand.
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Intermodality in practice in African cities
Authors study intermodality as a practice rather than a planning strategy in African cities.
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The economic value of improved air quality in urban Africa: a contingent valuation survey in Douala, Cameroon
This study investigates the effects of ‘time to think’ and ‘ballot box’ on willingness-to-pay, while providing the first empirical evidence on assessing the benefits of an air quality improvement program in urban Africa.
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“The Right-To-The-City Question” and Indigenous Urban Populations in Capital Cities in Cameroon.
This paper explores the implications of state land tenure modernization and urbanization-promotion initiatives for human rights in Cameroon.
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Sources of inequality in the cost of transport mobility in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
This paper examines the sources of inequality in the cost of transport mobility in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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The booklovers, the mayors and the citizens: participatory budgeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon
This paper examines how citizens, local mayors and a society of booklovers collaborated to establish participatory budgeting in Yaoundé, despite the weakness of democracy and absence of traditions of participation or public service in Cameroon. Participatory Budgeting (PB) involves local authorities and the inhabitants of a municipality co-operating in determining the allocation of public money. […]
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Self-Help, a Viable Non-Conventional Urban Public Service Delivery Strategy: Lessons from Cameroon
Although cities with populations in excess of 1million receive almost all the attention from national and international development authorities, most urban dwellers in developing countries live in cities with populations below 50,000. Neglecting such smaller- and medium-sized cities often means that they receive little or no support from the central government and international sources.