Time to tell the real African development story

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Clik here to view.43% of Africa's urban population lives below the poverty line. Vanessa Watson, professor of City and Regional Planning at UCT's School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, and a speaker at the recently concluded African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit, notes that beneath the 'Africa is Rising' narrative currently in circulation, lies the reality that the continent's cities continue to face an urban 'polycrisis'.