Ntombini Marrengane is the Manager of the Secretariat for the African Urban Research Initiative (AURI), a Pan African, interdisciplinary applied urban research network, based at the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.Sylvia Croese is a Research Associate based with the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town and a senior researcher with the Univeristy of the Witwatersrand (South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Africa’s Urban Challenge, Sylvia Croese Chapter 2: The Formal-Informal Interface Through the Lens of Urban Food Systems: the Soweto Food Market in Lusaka, Zambia, Gilbert Siame, Douty Chibamba, Progress H. Nyanga, Brenda Mwalukanga, Beverly Musonda Mushili, Wiza Kabaghe; Garikai Membele, Wilma S. Nchito, Peter Mulambia & Dorothy Ndhlovu Chapter 3: Formal-Informal Interface: comparative analysis between three Egyptian cities, Omar Nagati and Beth Stryker Chapter 4: Dialogues on Informality: land sharing as a sustainable approach to tenure security in Kiandutu informal settlement in Thika town, Kenya, Peter Ngau and Philip Olale Chapter 5: Urban Infrastructure and Inequality: lessons from Cairo and Johannesburg, Deena Khalil and Margot Rubin Chapter 6: Weathering the Storm: reflections on a community-based approach to flood-risk management in Kumasi, Ghana, Divine Ahadzie, Irene-Nora Dinye and Rudith Sylvana King Chapter 7: Housing for whom? Rebuilding Angola’s cities after conflict and who gets left behind, Allan Cain – Development Workshop Angolal Chapter 8: Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda for Knowledge Co-production in Urban Africa, Sylvia Croese

Ntombini Marrengane is the Manager of the Secretariat for the African Urban Research Initiative (AURI), a Pan African, interdisciplinary applied urban research network, based at the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.Sylvia Croese is a Research Associate based with the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town and a senior researcher with the Univeristy of the Witwatersrand (South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Africa’s Urban Challenge, Sylvia Croese Chapter 2: The Formal-Informal Interface Through the Lens of Urban Food Systems: the Soweto Food Market in Lusaka, Zambia, Gilbert Siame, Douty Chibamba, Progress H. Nyanga, Brenda Mwalukanga, Beverly Musonda Mushili, Wiza Kabaghe; Garikai Membele, Wilma S. Nchito, Peter Mulambia & Dorothy Ndhlovu Chapter 3: Formal-Informal Interface: comparative analysis between three Egyptian cities, Omar Nagati and Beth Stryker Chapter 4: Dialogues on Informality: land sharing as a sustainable approach to tenure security in Kiandutu informal settlement in Thika town, Kenya, Peter Ngau and Philip Olale Chapter 5: Urban Infrastructure and Inequality: lessons from Cairo and Johannesburg, Deena Khalil and Margot Rubin Chapter 6: Weathering the Storm: reflections on a community-based approach to flood-risk management in Kumasi, Ghana, Divine Ahadzie, Irene-Nora Dinye and Rudith Sylvana King Chapter 7: Housing for whom? Rebuilding Angola’s cities after conflict and who gets left behind, Allan Cain – Development Workshop Angolal Chapter 8: Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda for Knowledge Co-production in Urban Africa, Sylvia Croese

Ntombini Marrengane is the Manager of the Secretariat for the African Urban Research Initiative (AURI), a Pan African, interdisciplinary applied urban research network, based at the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.Sylvia Croese is a Research Associate based with the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town and a senior researcher with the Univeristy of the Witwatersrand (South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Africa’s Urban Challenge, Sylvia Croese Chapter 2: The Formal-Informal Interface Through the Lens of Urban Food Systems: the Soweto Food Market in Lusaka, Zambia, Gilbert Siame, Douty Chibamba, Progress H. Nyanga, Brenda Mwalukanga, Beverly Musonda Mushili, Wiza Kabaghe; Garikai Membele, Wilma S. Nchito, Peter Mulambia & Dorothy Ndhlovu Chapter 3: Formal-Informal Interface: comparative analysis between three Egyptian cities, Omar Nagati and Beth Stryker Chapter 4: Dialogues on Informality: land sharing as a sustainable approach to tenure security in Kiandutu informal settlement in Thika town, Kenya, Peter Ngau and Philip Olale Chapter 5: Urban Infrastructure and Inequality: lessons from Cairo and Johannesburg, Deena Khalil and Margot Rubin Chapter 6: Weathering the Storm: reflections on a community-based approach to flood-risk management in Kumasi, Ghana, Divine Ahadzie, Irene-Nora Dinye and Rudith Sylvana King Chapter 7: Housing for whom? Rebuilding Angola’s cities after conflict and who gets left behind, Allan Cain – Development Workshop Angolal Chapter 8: Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda for Knowledge Co-production in Urban Africa, Sylvia Croese