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That our kind has entered the Urban Age is unequivocal. In 2008 we became Homo urbanus. About 54 per cent of our kind - circa 3.95 billion people - now live in cities of various sizes. By 2030, about five billion people will live in cities. Via Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc 
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Skyline construction in Luanda, the capital city of Angola. (Reuters/Mike Hutchings) Bill Freund, an academic and author of The African City, isn't naive. He knows there's pessimism about his area of expertise.
Jason Schneider's curator insight,
March 9, 2015 5:12 PM
For now, Africa is known for it's lack of urban areas. There are more rural and agricultural areas than urban areas. However, its economy strength is thought to improve Africa's urban life. Burkina Faso seems to be the most grown city (in GDP & population) in Africa. |
