Africapolis: Measuring Urbanisation Dynamics in West Africa

By Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) Secretariat. Africa is the least urbanised continent in the world but an urban transition is very much underway. This is particularly visible in West Africa where the number of urban agglomerations increased from 152 in 1950 to almost 2000 in 2010. Between 2000 and 2010 alone, the urban population grew by over 40 million people, making towns and cities home to 41% of the region’s total population. More...