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<li>African Cities tend to grow outwards. That is a problem because it is generally cheaper to provide water, power, transport, and other infrastructure to compact cities than to sprawling ones
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<li>Planning regulations, especially in former British territories, are outdated (the French were keener to impose compact cities). Restrictive zoning helps push people into informal areas on the outskirts
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<a target="_blank" href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/03/09/the-growth-of-africas-towns-and-small-cities-is-transforming-the-continent?utm_medium=social-media.content.np&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-social&amp;utm_content=discovery.content">As put across by The Economist Q1 2023</a>

* African Cities tend to grow outwards. That is a problem because *it is generally cheaper to provide water, power, transport, and other infrastructure to compact cities than to sprawling ones*
    
* Planning regulations, especially in former British territories, are outdated (the French were keener to impose compact cities). *Restrictive zoning helps push people into informal areas on the outskirts*
    

[As put across by The Economist Q1 2023](https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/03/09/the-growth-of-africas-towns-and-small-cities-is-transforming-the-continent?utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content)

Why African urbanization is falling short of its potential.

Transforming Africa: Villages to Towns, Small Towns to Cities.

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