11 Aug 2020 | 14:00 – 15:30 CAT | English

Nature-based solutions (NBS) have gained traction globally as a way to address, or partially address, vexing urban issues such as urban heat, pollution and flooding. Despite limitations, NBS have become increasingly integrated into policies and strategies and reflected as part of an urban toolkit of interventions. NBS, as defined by the IUCN (2016) are “actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, which address societal challenges (e.g. climate change, food and water security) effectively and adaptively, while simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits.” (p.xii). While NBS have started to reflect in practice, there is confusion about the definition of NBS and its usefulness in the urban context.

This webinar addresses the issue of variable interpretations of NBS and presents the latest thinking on the interpretation of NBS. In addition, our interest is also in whether and how this concept and practice is finding application in African cities. The webinar will showcase some of the NBS tools and actual examples of NBS implementation that have been developed in a selection of African cities. Our invited speakers and panellists will discuss the application of NBS and related tools within an African context and some of the challenges that have been experienced along the way.

More about our webinar series:
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Largest Cities in Africa by Population (1950 - 2035) | African Cities | YellowStats

This video show animated stats of population of largest cities of Africa from 1950 to 2035. Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population. Wikipedia
Area: 30.37 million km²
Languages: 1250–3000 native languages
Largest city: Lagos
Population: 1.216 billion (2016)

This Video Compares the Countries in the Eastern Region of Africa by their most populous cities from 1950 till Date. Cities featured in this video includes:
Addis Ababa
Nairobi
Dar es Salaam
Mogadishu
Mombasa
Djibouti
Asmara
Nakuru
Mwanza
Kisumu
Zanzibar
Eldoret
Morogoro
Hargeysa
Berbera
Mbeya
Dire Dawa
Merca
Nazret
Gondar
Kampala
Kismaayo
Kigali
Lilongwe

Data Source for this video includes:
World Bank, Macrotrends

Audio:
A Good Day On_the African Planes.

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In sub-sharan Africa, where sanitation infrastructure does not keep pace with city growth, the use of polluted water for urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is a common reality. While UPA puts consumers at risk; it also plays an important role in food supply and job creation. The question is how to preserve the benifits while minimizing the risks? This short video clip gives voice to the people most closely involved, to ariculate their own solutions to the challenges they face. This video was produced by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and it's partners to aid in knowledge sharing.

State of Urban Governance in African Cities
Anne Amin
Programme Manager at @un-habitatplgs9766
#AfricanCitiesLab #UniversityofNairobi @unhabitatglobal

Welcome to a new era for Africa—a continent often stereotyped by images of poverty and wildlife but now standing on the brink of a technological revolution. In this video, I take you on a journey through Africa’s most promising smart cities, from Kenya’s Tatu City to Kigali in Rwanda, and even South Africa’s ambitious Lanseria Smart City project.
Discover how these cities are using cutting-edge technology to create sustainable, efficient, and livable urban environments that are attracting international investment and transforming the future of millions.
Having moved from Germany to Kenya at just 23, I've seen firsthand the incredible potential these developments hold, not just for Africa, but for anyone looking to invest in or relocate to this vibrant continent. Stick around to the end to uncover the opportunities these smart cities offer, and learn how you can be part of Africa’s urban transformation.
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Top 10 Most Innovative Cities in Africa

Nairobi has been ranked sixth in economic growth potential on the continent by the MasterCard African cities growth index while regional SMEs are set to get a boost from two private equity firms seeking to invest over 6.5 billion shillings in capital.

Water for African Cities Programme facilitates the adoption of measures to ensure access to environmentally sound water and sanitation service provision to the un-served, as well as improved access for underserved populations of the target cities. Through demonstration projects and capacity building interventions carried out in collaboration with national partners, regional and international financial institutions, the programme supports water supply and sanitation utilities, local governments, NGOs and communities to leverage resources for scaling up and replication at the country level.

Malls, Markets, and Malnutrition: Food In/Sensitive Planning in African Cities | Jane Battersby | Senior Researcher, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
Jammal Lecture

Food security and urban systems governance are not widely acknowledged as falling within local government mandates in African cities. However, urban policies and planning profoundly shape urban food systems and the urban conditions that drive food insecurity and malnutrition. The state’s engagement with the food system is informed by historical policy and planning legacies overlaid with decontextualized imported ideals from the global north. This lecture presents findings from research conducted in South Africa, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe to frame the impacts of existing planning on food security, but also the potential for more food sensitive planning to emerge.

Biography
Jane Battersby is a senior researcher at the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town. Her current areas of particular interest are urban food systems, urban food policies and the construction of food security theory in Northern and Southern research contexts. This work has both theoretical and applied components, and explicitly seeks to work across a range of spatial and governance scales.

She has been the Cape Town Partner of the African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) since 2008. She was the Research Coordinator of the recently completed ESRC/DFID-funded Consuming Urban Poverty Project, is associated with the Hungry Cities Programme, and is the PI of the IDRC-funded Nourishing Spaces project.

Jane is the Premio Daniel Carasso 2017 laureate. She is actively engaged in international, national, provincial and local government policy process, having acted in an advisory or consultative position at these levels, and currently a member of the South African Vulnerability Assessment Committee (SAVAC). Jane serves on the advisory boards of several international research projects and a member of the Independent Expert Group of the Global Nutrition Report.

Jane holds a PhD from Oxford University, a Masters from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and a BSc(Hons) from Kings College, London.

Co-Sponsored by the UB Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab