SWAC-OECD CSAO-OCDE 405d ago

​Unlocking land access: New approaches for expanding cities. First of the webinar series – Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics: Making Room for 700 million New Urban Residents. Over the next three decades, Africa’s cities will double in population, adding 704 million new urban residents and bringing the total urban population to 1.4 billion by 2050—making Africa the continent with the second-largest urban population after Asia. This rapid growth will drive a significant expansion of built-up areas. How can African cities make room for this additional urban population? ​Following the launch of the report "Africa's Urbanisation Dynamics 2025: Planning for Urban Expansion", held on the 6th of March 2025, the Sahel and West Africa Club (OECD/SWAC) will further explore this question by organising a series of webinars. Based on the report’s key findings, these webinars will delve into specific, urgent and interrelated aspects of urban growth: land governance, urban financing and housing. ​This first webinar has brought together experts, land professionals and decision-makers to address the nexus of land and urban planning: which are the current needs, but also the challenges of land acquisition for urban planning? How can land in cities and urban fringes be governed sustainably, taking into account both existing land rights and the need for land for urban expansion? All the presentations are available at: https://www.oecd.org/en/events/2025/05/unlocking-land-access-new-approaches-for-expanding-cities.html ​Pour la version française de l’enregistrement, voir ce lien : https://youtu.be/e65jKosdpoM 0:00 Opening Remarks: Nana Touré, Director, OECD/SWAC Secretariat ​5:51 Presentation 1: Dr Sina Schlimmer, Policy analyst, OECD/SWAC Secretariat, “Unlocking land access. New approaches for expanding cities” ​17:08 Presentation 2: Dr Bérénice Bon, Researcher in social sciences at French National Research Institution for Sustainable Development and at Kenyatta University, “New research avenues on urban expansion and land commodification in the Global South” ​32:59 Presentation 3: Prof Uchendu Eugene Chigbu, Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology, “Tackling Urban Land Dynamics in Africa: The Urban-Rural Land Linkages (URLLs) Approach” ​48:50 Presentation 4: Bizualem Admasu, CEO, Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Ethiopia, “Transforming Ethiopian Land Access. Urban Expansion Through Governance Reform” ​1:06:01 Q&A, Moderation: Margherita Fadda, Junior Policy Analyst, OECD/SWAC Secretariat ​1:26:10 Closing remarks: Dr Sina Schlimmer, Policy analyst, OECD/SWAC Secretariat