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Publications
Blog posts
- How Japan is Contributing to Making Africa Urban by Sylvia Croese and Yohei Miyauchi
- Politics of Master Planning in Accra by Kofi Kekeli Amedzro
- Politics of Master Planning in Tanzania by Sylvia Croese & Francis Dakyaga
- Chinese Influence in Making Africa Urban at Scale by Romain Dittgen
- How Do We Research ‘Circuits’ of Finance? by Matthew Lane
- Can Global Development Finance Make Accra Resilient? by Rosina Sheburah Essien, George Owusu and Kofi Kekeli Amedzro
- Understanding the Fractured Workings of Urban Development Fiinance in Africa by Sylvia Croese
- New Forms of Urban Planning are Emerging in Africa by Dr Sylvia Croese and Professor Philip Harrison
- Sovereign Circuits at Work in Africa’s Cities by Phil Harrison
- Urban Infrastructure in the Ghanaian Media: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area by Musah Aziba Issah, George Owusu, Rosina Sheburah Essien and Kofi Kekeli Amedzro
- Infrastructure Financing in Africa: Five Key Themes for Sustainable Development by John Spyropoulos
News articles
- Understanding the Forces Shaping African Urbanisation I EU Research journal (Summer Issue 2024, pg. 52-53)
- Africa’s Rising Cities I European Research Council (ERC)
- New forms of urban planning are emerging in Africa - The Conversation by Sylvia Croese & Philip Harrison
Academic publications
- Robinson, J. 2021. Reconfiguring the Spaces of Urban Politics: Circuits, Territories, and Territorialization. In Million, A., Haid, C., Castillo Ulloa, I. and Baur, N. (eds) Spatial Transformations. London: Routledge, pgs 269-284.
- Harrison, P., & Croese, S. (2022). The persistence and rise of master planning in urban Africa: transnational circuits and local ambitions. Planning Perspectives, 38(1), 25–47. (Available open access)
- Croese, S., & Miyauchi, Y. (2022). The transcalar politics of urban master planning: the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Africa. Area Development and Policy, 8(3), 298–320. (Available open access)
- S. Croese, J. Robinson, K. K. Amedzro, P. Harrison, W. Kombe, E. Mwathunga, G. Owusu (2023): Persistent, pragmatic and prolific: Urban master planning in Accra, Dar es Salaam and Lilongwe. Land Use Policy, Volume 133
- Robinson, J., Harrison, P., Croese, S., Sheburah Essien, R., Kombe, W., Lane, M., Mwathunga, E., Owusu, G., & Yang, Y. (2024). Reframing urban development politics: Transcalarity in sovereign, developmental and private circuits. Urban Studies, 62(1), 3-30.
- Croese, S. and Kombe, W. (2024), Negotiating Urban Development in Africa: Transnational Communities of Embedded Support in Dar es Salaam. Dev Change, 55: 1125-1149.
- Sheburah Essien, R., Amedzro, K. K., Owusu, G., & Robinson, J. (2025). The agency of national government in negotiating resilient urban infrastructure development: the case of GARID, Accra. Urban Geography, 1–28.
- Lane, M., Mwathunga, E., & Robinson, J. (2025). African experiments in infrastructure financialisation: an urbanisation of debt in Malawi. Finance and Space, 2(1), 237–259.
- Sheburah Essien, R., Owusu, G., Amedzro, K. K., & Issah, M. A. (2025). Committeefication of African urban development: The case of Ghana’s Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development Project (GARID). World Development Perspectives, 39 (100724), 1-12.
Resources
Explore interesting resources related to the Making Africa Urban project, including videos, news articles and reports.
Videos
Accra, Ghana
- Current state and future plan of the Marine Drive Project - A plan for the redevelopment of Accra waterfront
- Ghana, Accra Tema Motorway Construction Project - Cooperation with the Japanese JICA
Reports
Accra, Ghana
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- The Urban Planning Act, 2007 - Government of Tanzania
- Dar es Salaam Masterplan 2012 – 2032 (PowerPoint) - Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development
- Map of Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) projects in Tanzania
Lilongwe, Malawi
- Master Plan for Lilongwe 2010 - JICA and Government of the Republic of Malawi
- Master Plan for Lilongwe 2010 (Final Drawings) - JICA and Government of the Republic of Malawi
Related News Articles
Accra, Ghana
- Pokuase interchange delayed completion time now March 2021 - Graphic, 11 Nov 2020
- Coronavirus: Contractors for Marine Drive project donate to squatters, promise them jobs - CNR, 18 Apr 2020
- Tourism Minister Inspects Marine Drive Project - Graphic, 27 Sept 2019