Little is known about the rural housing conditions in Sub‐Saharan Africa; the scant information about the housing situation in this macro‐region refers to the urban areas. This article describes present housing conditions in three rather different districts of Kenya against the background of ...
There is also a chronic lack of market data and industry benchmarks, even in more developed markets like South Africa and Kenya – a critical challenge in contexts where margins are tight, and customers are highly price sensitive. This market data gap constrains investment and increases the ...
Access to adequate housing is a fundamental human right, essential to human security, nutrition and health, and a core objective of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals1,2. Globally, the housing need is most acute in Africa, where the population will more than double by 2050. Howeve...
Housing and Housing Finance Professionals do not miss the Housing Finance Course for Sub-Saharan Africa which will be held in Mombasa, Kenya from April 14 to 20, 2024. HFCSSA is a comprehensive housing finance workshop focused on innovations in lending, funding, regulating and policy-design in...
Housing and Housing Finance Professionals do not miss the Housing Finance Course for Sub-Saharan Africa which will be held in Mombasa, Kenya from April 14 to 20, 2024. HFCSSA is a comprehensive housing finance workshop focused on innovations in lending, funding, regulating and policy-design in...
Exports to Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan:There is a lot of construction happening in Kinshasa and Juba, among other emerging capitals in East Africa. With the ramp-up of domestic demand for housing, export opportunities will naturally emerge. Kenya should, on the back o...
KENYA MIDDLE EAST MYANMAR NETHERLANDS NIGERIA POLAND QATAR SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SRI LANKA SURINAME SWEDEN TAIWAN THAILAND TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TUNISIA UGANDA VIRGIN ISLANDS ZIMBABWE ECONOMIC TRENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESEARCH AGED POVERTY BANKRUPTCY BRAND SHREDDING CARE COSTS...
M. and M. Kiambigi (2012) `Remittances' Influence on Housing Construction Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Kenya'. African Development Review, 24(3): 255-265.Kagochi, J.M. and Kiambigi,M.(2012),"Remittances Influence on Housing Construction Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa : The ...
If Africa’s housing revolution is to become a reality, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, amongst other things, needs to be a success.
private sector offers an excellent opportunity to crowd in privately held skills and resources towards achieving the country’s Big 4 affordable housing goals and in alignment with the World Bank Group’s Maximizing Finance for Development agenda,” said Felipe Jaramillo, World Bank K...