Aklilu Fikresilassie | Land-Based Finance in African Cities

Aklilu Fikresilassie | Land-Based Finance in African Cities

Africa’s #cities need $157B every year to fund infrastructure, public services and housing 🏘️. Today at #WUF13, UN-Habitat and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy — with contributions from WRI Africa’s Emmerentian Mbabazi, Obadiah Mungai and Hellen Njoki Wanjohi-Opil — launched a new report on how land-based finance 🪙 can help close that gap. WRI Africa’s Director for Thriving, Resilient Cities Aklilu Fikresilassie shares why land 🗺️ could be one of Africa’s biggest untapped opportunities for financing resilient urban growth. Read the report now ➡️ https://go.wri.org/sFnDtt