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Andrew Chimphondah parts ways with Shelter Afrique

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Beyond 2021: Broll looks at the trends shaping the African property market

Beyond 2021: Broll looks at the trends shaping the African property market

11 Nov 2021

Why Accra's property boom hasn't produced affordable housing

Why Accra's property boom hasn't produced affordable housing

Tom Gillespie 5 Aug 2021

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Somaya Joshua 1 Jun 2021

Ghana has a housing crisis: what we found in Kumasi, and what needs to change

Ghana has a housing crisis: what we found in Kumasi, and what needs to change

Lewis Abedi Asante and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi 3 Nov 2020

Housing deficit, pandemic, recession, inflation - the way forward for Nigeria's real estate industry

Housing deficit, pandemic, recession, inflation - the way forward for Nigeria's real estate industry

Noah Ibrahim 2 Nov 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF) members sign Cape Town Declaration for governments to address housing finance shortage.

5-point plan set for governments to address African housing finance shortage

15 Nov 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Lessons about housing from Ghana's Volta River project 50 years on

Lessons about housing from Ghana's Volta River project 50 years on

Iain Jackson 26 Sep 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

High-level panel at UN-Habitat Assembly focuses on creating innovative, inclusive cities

High-level panel at UN-Habitat Assembly focuses on creating innovative, inclusive cities

31 May 2019

Smart housing could help reduce environmental impact of rapidly urbanising Africa

Smart housing could help reduce environmental impact of rapidly urbanising Africa

18 Apr 2019

Architect, Tshepo Mokholo.

#DesignIndaba2019: Creating architecture for the African continent for the next 100 years

Louise Marsland 4 Mar 2019

New report: Global affordable housing gap has reached roughly $740bn

New report: Global affordable housing gap has reached roughly $740bn

29 Jan 2019

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018

L-R: Christian Agossa, director general of the mortgage refinance institution, UEMOA, and Stefan Nallemtaby, director of the financial sector development department, African Development Bank

Affordable housing in Africa to take centre stage at upcoming conference

8 Oct 2018

Slum neighbourhood in Accra, Ghana. Image source:

Accra's informal settlements are easing the city's urban housing crisis

Seth Asare Okyere, Jerry Chati Tasantab, and Matth 8 Oct 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Rina Chandran 7 Jun 2018

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

13 Apr 2018

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Confortis launches affordable housing hub Wellcity.O2

23 Oct 2017